Aaahhhh. It’s finally Friday, and I’m sharing pictures of the finished laundry room! Here was the boring builder utility room just a few short weeks ago…
It wasn’t awful but it was blah. After some painting, re-organizing and accessorizing, this room has a little personality. Check it out.
I’ll take you on a tour of my small but happy laundry room. Let’s start at the door and work our way around in a clockwise fashion. Just inside to the left is where my Etsy-fied ironing board found its new home.
I nearly fainted over this handmade cover. Sorry, Handy Hubby, I still probably won’t take up ironing.
I hung the Goodwill mirrors that I spray-painted to the left of the washer in an asymetrical arrangement. In my book, mirrors are a must-have for every room…even a laundry room. I must say I never realized how ‘domestic’ I look while doing laundry – until now. Ugh.
Look down and there’s the IKEA stool that I stained and polyurethaned. (If it had been a snake, it woulda bit ya!)
Not only does the stain look great, but that stool has purpose! Keeping the washer door open to prevent mold growth and giving me a lift to reach overhead storage. (The rugs in the laundry room are also from IKEA but since I had them before the makeover, they aren’t getting much airtime here.)
On to the space above the washer and dryer…
I made and hung two curtains from a tension rod to hide all the water hoses and electrical cords. For interest, I added geometric borders and a stenciled ‘knot’ onto each. (More on stenciling the fabric next week!) Yup, that was my big surprise for ya – the handpainted knot. Or had you already figured that out? Originally, I hung the curtains with just the contrasting borders but quickly realized that was too much bland, brown linen. These geometric knots were the perfect inexpensive solution! They are the focal point in the room.
Doesn’t the new hardware give the cabinets a polished look?
To the right of the dryer is Layne’s artwork. I like that it pulls from the yellow in the ironing board cover without exactly matching hue for hue. And it makes me smile.
Discreetly hidden behind the door is my secret bra-drying hook rack. No more lil’ boys running around the house with my wet bras on! (Okay, it is funny.)
That brings us so quickly back to the door again.
I’m lovin’ the way the wicker laundry baskets play off the baskets above the cabinets. All rooms need some texture.
And that, my friends, is how I tweak a laundry room…for about $125. Enough eye-googling, there’s laundry to be washed!
budget decor, DIY, organization