I'm Done!! I'm done!!
OK, so my weekend project turned out to be a weeklong project....you might have noticed, but the laundry room is finally finished. I'm still in that lean-in-the-doorway-and-stare phase, but I'm really thrilled that I have a weeks worth of laundry to do {NOT}!! Really though, this is the first project checked off my goals list for the new year, so when I put it in that perspective, I think we did pretty good.
OK, so my weekend project turned out to be a weeklong project....you might have noticed, but the laundry room is finally finished. I'm still in that lean-in-the-doorway-and-stare phase, but I'm really thrilled that I have a weeks worth of laundry to do {NOT}!! Really though, this is the first project checked off my goals list for the new year, so when I put it in that perspective, I think we did pretty good.
The demo went REALLY quick, what took the most time was the floor.....but I am over the moon how it turned out. I will share the step-by-step on the flooring a different day, so be looking for that soon.
Anyway, let's get started on the tour.
The laundry room is a small room in the corner of the kitchen. It is small in size, but I wanted it to have a lot of personality. The rest of the kitchen/living room is neutral, so I felt like I wanted to really add a pop of color.
The wall color is Aqua Chiffon (A58-3) from Olympic Paints (Lowe's)
This is what I started with, it's bad I know....this is probably the worst case scenerio. Cluttered, disorganized, white walls, wasted space, but so much potential.
BEFORE:
The single changing aspect; hanging cabinets. Already changed my life. I found out many moons ago that I'm not an open shelving girl, so the cabinets cleaned up a lot of the visual clutter for me. I bought them unfinished (which is money saving) and painted them with left over paint from the kitchen facelift. Justin hung them the exact height of the kitchen cabinets, 54" from the floor. I helped a little. ;)
AFTER:
I found a new ironing board cover at Target, which is actually a huge detail. It ties in the grey striped ceiling and grey baskets. A clock that I spray painted, and a fun owl print I found on Etsy from THIS wonderful artist.
I thought long and hard about what type of flooring. Two things I knew: I couldn't put a ton of money into it, and I wanted it different. In the end, I decided on a ceramic tile in a herring bone pattern.
I will go into greater detail later, but it really makes me happy, and even happier that we did it ourselves.
I found this two gallon glass jar at Walmart...I have wanted to do this FOREVER...put the laundry detergent in a pretty glass jar. Yes, I'm easily amused. I was even further amused that the scoop that comes with Gain coordinates too. :)
Selecting knobs was fun, I looked at all the home improvement stores, but found these fun glazed ceramic ones at Hobby Lobby. I love the little flower detail and could not have come closer to the wall color if I tried.
The clothes rod has really made a difference (I only had the wire shelf to hang on before), little did I know the ability to slide clothes hangers would be so thrilling!
The dryer completely cluttered, this is not staged people....
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Oh joy.
I debated on whether to add crown molding to the top of the cabinets, but decided to use the space for additional storage and display space. I am really loving the pop of orange in there too.
When we started this project I allotted a budget of $300.00 (not including appliances)
So here's the cost break down:
Paint and Paint supplies:
$55.08
Cabinets and knobs:
$137.23
Flooring and supplies:
$102.06
New Accessories:
$30.10
Grand total: $324.47
$24.47 over budget
Not too bad!
Even though I've got a ton of laundry to do, I am going to be MUCH happier doing it!
I've got a doctors appointments Monday and Tuesday of next week, but look for flooring details soon!
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