The Laundry Room Makeover

Slowly but surely we are tackling one room at a time

to make the space in our home more efficient.

Project Laundry Room

Key Mission: More Storage!!

(Ryan's ulterior motive: getting Katie's crap out of the den!)

Three years ago I tackled painting the laundry room

from boring white

to perky sunny yellow

and adding a few decor items

in order to make it a happier place to spend my time.

When I moved into this house over 6 years ago one of the

things on my list was to install cabinets in this huge waste

of a space laundry room.

But you know how that goes.

It never got done.

Until now!!
(ok that "now" was actually almost a YEAR ago!)

Ryan went on a mission to find the right (priced) cabinets

which of course we know I'm going to change anyway!
He installed them,

ripped down the current cheesy single board shelf,
(yes the ONLY storage this entire room had!)

and even went as far as to install a counter top for me too!

Then it was time for me to take over.

Those brown bad boys were going to become crisp white!

(Taylee wanted to help me one day so she got her own cabinet backing board to paint!)

Each time I do this I wonder,

 on the 4th coat of the same dang thing,

why the heck I don't just spend the extra money to buy the shade I want originally

or pay someone else to paint it?!?!

But it's the thrill of the challenge right?!

Or the stupidity? ;-)

I trudged on and finishing painting.

Taylee and I picked out the hardware at Home Depot.

Ryan installed it all.

And the finished cabinets....

(well thus far!)

Then we had the Mortensens move in with us for a month after their house fire

and all home improvement projects were postponed.

When the multi-family commune went back to just one family,

I talked Ryan into building me custom shelves underneath the new counter

to store the laundry baskets!

Ahhh I could almost taste the much anticipated organization!

Then I went on a hunt to find the right stylish yet functional laundry baskets.

Mission Accomplished!

My "want" list for this room wasn't quite complete.

We then designed a huge built in pantry closet for the other wall

and then Ryan built it for me!

Ahhh finally the junk was hidden behind closed doors!

Then we had a baby and everything stood just like this for 6 months. 

Well that is until this past weekend

when I decided I wanted to repaint and change the decor in the laundry room.

(lol yes I have decorater ADD)

Besides we still had that nasty white area to re-texture and paint

from ripping down the shelf last year!

So I got Ryan on board

(by promising new decor would make me want to do laundry and keep it clean in there!)

and away I went.

So NOW after three years of working on this room

IT'S FINALLY DONE!!!

(Ryan is cheering louder than me right now!)

Now when I walk in from the garage carrying 163 bags and a baby

I can glance in here and smile instead of cringe!

I LOVE IT!

Crisp! Clean! Organized!

And finally how I envisioned it could be!

Oh but wait I'm still searching for the perfect chandelier/light fixture

to really make me feel like a domestic queen! ;)

lol guess it's never really done!