Refresh the Laundry Room
I knew it was time to refresh the laundry room. It had a few chips in the wall paint. The backdoor to the garage was beyond the help of my magic eraser! Definitely time.
I thought I would just paint the walls and trim. However, like any refresh here at the castle, it took on a life of it’s own.
This was the wall color before. It was a faux finish look that in retrospect reminds me of an “under the sea” theme. I loved it at the time. Now? Not so much!
This time around, I chose to paint the room Sherwin Williams Tradwind, the same color that I painted my kitchen. I love it. You might not be able to tell by the photo, but it has a slight green tone to the blue. It reminds me of a summer rainy day. Since this room has no windows, the lighter, brighter color makes it feel more open.
Have I told you how much I hate painting trim and doors? Hate it! However, I got over myself and got busy painting.
Once all of the painting was done, I could tell that a few other things needed to be replaced. The first was the laundry room rug. Honestly, at this point I thought about adding some color in here, but once I saw this rug I knew that it was going to stay black, white and blue. I love buffalo check!!!
A new ironing board cover was definitely called for. I am hard on ironing board covers and I ‘m not entirely sure why. Believe it or not, I try really hard to keep it nice and neat. Nope, I burn them every time.
For awhile, I made my own laundry soap. I gave that up and went back to the pods, so I didn’t need the HUGE glass jar that housed the soap anymore. I had this cute jar with lid in my kitchen that was perfect to hold the pods! ( looking at this picture I realize that I forgot to caulk! Yikes)
After cleaning out the baskets in the room and a quick chalkboard update, the refresh of the laundry room was almost done.
Except for the wall across from the washer and dryer. This area holds my paint smock, pool bag , gardening hat and Sadie’s many leashes. It’s a workhorse of an area for sure! I have an idea to update this area and will hopefully share it with you soon.
Until next time….
Tammy
This is so refreshing looking, where do you get your ideas girl!!!
I love it all , Tammy. That SW Tradewind is really pretty. However, I just had a slight panic feeling when I saw your ironing board cover. I know I bought one a couple weeks ago at WM, but I must’ve left it in the store, because I don’t know where it is!
On no Rita! I hate when I leave stuff at the store or can’t remember where I put it (that is so me!). Hope you find you ironing board cover!