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.
My sweet seester Darrla has been talking about giving her laundry room a facelift for awhile now. One problem. She hates to paint. Say whaaaaatttt???? I KNOW, I have been telling her she is adopted for years! Just kidding.. Since I love to paint, I told her that when she was ready I would be there with paint brush in hand. Cuz we all know I lurve to paint.
I should tell you that she rents her home so she is limited to what kind of laundry room facelift she can make. Her walls? Yup, she can paint. Her cabinets and woodwork? Nope. We so wanted to paint it all a bright white. So… here is what we started with – a lot of brown. A room with four, count them FOUR doors in it. Decorating and painting nightmare.
I can not say it enough … paint can rock your world! We painted this room a soothing light turquoise with a hint of green. Here it looks very light blue… hard to get great pics with not much light.
My sister Darrla had already added the baskets and her awesome dog. Last time we were at her house the hubs hung this stellar chandy for her… love it! Get this – the girl can find a deal – she found this chandy for $4.00! Guess she really is my sister after all. She also added new glass handles to the doors above the washer and dryer.. she is still on the fence whether they work for her or not.
I think her little dog is the star of the room… we even added a little bling for some fun!
This sweet little mirror is perfect for checking makeup and hair before grabbing your keys and heading out.
This laundry room is small and doubles as her mudroom, so having this long rack is a must for jackets, purses and all the nick, nack, paddy-crap we all need to keep up with in everyday life.
She found this really cool rug and it was what we took our cue from. You can’t really see it but it has black, navy, turquoise, white, gray and a tiny bit of lime green. We hung new blinds and added cafe curtains in two coordinating patterns to the long window on the door.
So just a recap… from this… boring beige and brown.
to this… a light, bright , soothing blue laundry room facelift.
It really is true. Paint makes all the difference! I think my seester is very happy with her laundry room facelift. On my next visit we are going to tackle her “sunshine” ceiling in her kitchen…shhhh, don’t tell!
Until next time…
A few months ago I gave my laundry room a mini face lift. Added some paper to the back of the shelving, new baskets, new rug etc. At the time I was looking for a chandelier for the room but had’t found one that was the right size or the right price. Today I am so happy to say that I finally found the laundry room light that I love!
The hubs and I were in Lowe’s on a Friday evening – yep we are the exciting couple! Of course I check out the main cross isles because that’s where they put all of their sale items – especially late Friday before the weekend. You just never know what you are going to find.
This time I found my laundry room light! I was looking for a chandelier. But the ceiling height is 8 ft. and the room is narrow and small. With two doors that swing into the room. So it had to be just the right scale. If I found the right size, it didn’t put out enough light. Or if I found one I loved it was like $500.00! Ouch! Not in my budget.
When I saw this light I knew it was perfect even if it wasn’t a chandelier! It had tons of real crystals and it was only $25.03!!!! Woo Hoo! It had been $159.00 – a special order someone had returned.
I started by putting on all of the crystals…. which wasn’t too bad about a half an hour. Sorry about all the clutter in the background… I couldn’t wait to put this baby together!
And then the hubs hung it for me! YES! Sorry about the picture quality… It is so hard to get a good photo of lighting! But I think you can see most of the detail here… Pretty! yes?
My beauty all lit up….
One last quick look at the completed laundry room….Girl Squeal! So darn excited to have one room done. Well… for now.
Until next time…
A few days ago I walked into the laundry room and it hit me that it was looking a little tired. The cabinets needed dusted and maybe a little paint touch up. The laundry basket was overflowing with who knows what and the tile grout was well – I’m not even gonna go there! It was time for a laundry room mini makeover!
A few years ago we remodeled our laundry room. I didn’t take pictures of it back then. It was just a small rectangular room that had a shelf and clothes hanging bar that ran the length of the room over the washer and dryer. The hook ups for the washer and dryer were not even side by side, they were at opposite ends of the room. All I can say about it was that you could wash, dry and hang up your clothing. Oh, and have a small amount of storage. But that was it! The hubs built shelving, relocated the hookups and installed a countertop on top of the washer and dryer. I repainted the walls and shelving, bought baskets for the shelves , hung a curtain to give Firehydrant, the cat, some privacy for her personal matters, hung a three hook rack and decorated the room. This was no mini makeover this was an almost total face lift! But I loved it. Until now.
You can see from the picture above it was looking a little tired. A lot little cluttered. Time for that mini makeover!
I started by removing everything and cleaning. Then I removed the shelving and got some black and white wrapping paper that I had and cut it to fit the back wall. I installed it with glue dots. This way if I decide that I want a new pattern or no pattern tomorrow I can easily change it out. Plus, it was way cheaper and easier than wall paper!
I originally had large brown wicker baskets to keep stuff organized and contained. They were great for towels etc but, when I put in laundry soap and cleaners they were way too heavy. I had these smaller baskets from my craft room that I wasn’t using any more and decided to go through and reorganized, decrapify ( new laundry term!), and split up the heavier items into the smaller baskets.
I hate to admit it but, I scrubbed the tile grout for over an hour on my hands and knees before it came clean. Apparently we came in and out of the garage way more than I thought. I had always avoided a rug in here because (a.) it was such a small skinny room and (b.) I have a psycho cat that loves to tear stuff up! At night she is put in her bed and the door is closed to keep her from going on a wrecking spree. I decided that I will just put on my big girl panties and pick it up at night and replace it in the morning. Way easier to wash a rug than scrub the grout! I also bought Firehydrant a new bed that I put into an extra basket that I had. She hates loves it! No, really, She does.
I am a creature of habit. Since I moved everything around I decided that I had better put these tags on the baskets so that I could find everything. Plus, it didn’t hurt that they were super cute!
I also bought a new laundry “basket”. I like that when I am not using it it will collapse and I can store it. SNORT! Like that is gonna happen! But it might…. in an alternate universe. I also recovered my little bitty “trash can” with the same paper that I used on the back wall. Yup, makes me happy when it all is co-ordinated!
So here is my finished laundry room mini makeover. Clean, reorganized and updated – just a little! I love that it feels so fresh and my hubs loves that it didn’t cost him very much since I had almost all of the stuff to give it a little face lift. I bought the new pet bed – $12.00, new laundry basket – $10.00 and the rug $15.00. All were on sale, cuz that is just how I roll. The only thing that I didn’t do that I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY want to do is find a mini chandelier to hang in here. Still on the hunt for that!
New room – or it feels like one – for under $40.00. Score!
Until next time….
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