I’m trying to act cool and chill about the fact that I’m FINALLY posting my six-months-in-the-making over-promised laundry room reveal, but inside, whole parts of my brain are in various stages of explosion.
Because look what happened to my laundry room! Here’s how it looked when we moved in:
That clothesline border helpfully clarified the purpose of the room, in case we ever got confused.
Right after we moved in, we slapped a coat of paint on the wall, removed the popcorn ceilings, and left it that way, until last summer.
And today, it looks like this:
I mean whatever. No biggie. *Casual shrug.*
*Simultaneous happiness explosion. Smoke coming from ears.*
It’s SO MUCH MORE FUNCTIONAL.
- Pretty it up.
- Fix the storage problem. (The single wire shelf was not doing the job.)
- De-grossify (real word) the flooring.
- Create a DIY drying rack.
And we hoped to do it all for $100 total.
Goal one: Pretty it up
I’m the only one who uses the laundry room, so for the first time ever, I sat down and considered the kind of room where I want to live. NOT what’s trendy. NOT what’s in style. Just what makes me happy, even if posting this on the blog caused whole interwebs to collectively point, laugh and shun me forever. (A little inspiration to help you do the same in this post.)
I will admit I’d prefer to avoid the collective shunning.
I decided these things make me do a happy little jig:
- Teal
- Wide horizontal stripes
- Sparkle and bling
The sparkle didn’t so much make it in the end result, but you can see where the other two ideas did:
Little note: In some of these pics, the walls look bowed or the room looks a little fish-eyed and distorted. It’s just a weird thing our camera did as a result of trying to take pics of a tiny room.
First, we cleared the room and slapped a fresh coat of Benjamin Moore Atrium White on the walls and Benjamin Moore Butter Pecan on the ceiling.
Then, I stenciled. Day and night, night and day for many moons did I stencil. (Or maybe it just felt like that.) Here are all the details on the stenciling, including a few lessons learned from this newbie stenciler. And RIGHT NOW there’s a giveaway too so you can win your own stencil free. Check it yall!)
Goal 2: Fix the storage problem
Once that whole wall was done and I’d moved past the persistent nightmares in which some twisted person forced me at gunpoint to re-stencil the wall again, it was time to add cabinetry. We found this cabinet at a yard sale for only $20.
Buying a new one would’ve blown our budget completely, so we were happy to snatch this guy up. It was originally a corner piece, but Andy worked his magic on it to remove that weird corner section and add a new side. (See that post here.) We peeled the cracked laminate off the cabinet doors and repainted them white. Finally, we sprayed some oil-rubbed bronze spray paint on those shiny golden knobs. Then Andy hung up the cabinet. RIGHT on top of all that stencil work. The nerve!
Okay, I forgive him. He also built and installed shelves on either side of the cabinet using scrap wood and his trusty kreg jig.
At this point, I had STORAGE. I was so happy to have a place to put my starch that I’d often go missing for several hours, then be found standing in the door of the laundry room, smiling and sighing blissfully. My life felt complete. But we still had another goal to attack.
Goal 3: Un-nastify (yep) those floors
The floors were an ugly vinyl that never looked clean no matter how much we scrubbed.
To stay on budget, we’d planned to spend no more than $1 a square foot on the floors. In this post, I shared our options for redoing vinyl floors on a budget. The riskiest option – but most exciting for us DIYers-at-heart – was paint. We didn’t know anyone who’d ever tried painting vinyl floors, and the guy in the paint section at the hardware store expressed his concern about this wacky idea (and our sanity) but we could not be dissuaded by “facts” and “expertise.”
I’m thrilled to report that it worked! (Score one for impulsivity!) Here’s the full tutorial for how to paint your dated vinyl floors.
We’ve had these floors painted for about five months now and they’re holding up perfectly. At first, like those people who buy nice furniture and then cover it in plastic, we were hesitant to actually use the floors. We were afraid to get them wet in case the water made the paint bleed, and afraid to vacuum or put laundry baskets on them in case the paint scratched, but they turned out to be SUPER durable despite lots of action from our feet, vacuum, baskets and children. More on that soon!
Goal 4: Make a DIY Drying Rack
This goal was a fail-slash-win. We’d planned to build our own because the manufactured drying racks always seemed to be priced as if they’re built from the hides of majestic unicorns. Then one day while I was shopping the Ballard’s Backroom Outlet, the clouds parted and the sun shone upon a pile of their drying racks. They all had slight damage, but they were marked down about 90 percent off – only $25! – so I went for it. The beadboard backing on my drying rack is slightly bent, but it’s virtually invisible. (They must’ve built my drying rack out of a defective unicorn.)
And that little hunk-a-wood has changed my life. We use it almost constantly to dry Mila’s cloth diapers.
Now it was time for the fun part: putting the room back together!
I filled that cabinet with all my laundry junk: iron and various sprays, brews, concoctions and poisons.
On one side of the shelves, I popped all my travel-size and sample-size detergents in that sweet yellow plate and cloche. The apothecary jar holds clothespins and I dropped in a little pot-o-succulents to add some life. I’m using the baskets on top for extra towels and linens.
On the other side, I’m storing my detergents in pretty glass jars, because it makes doing laundry feel fancy, like I’m scooping piles of gummy worms and chocolate sno-caps from those candy-by-the-pound stores. The larger jar holds our clothes detergent and the smaller one holds the special detergent we use for our cloth diapers.
A while back I showed you how I found those yard sale picture frames and spray-painted them, then added some pics of my sweet babes and a couple of DIY cleanliness-related Bible verse printables I made. (You can download them free here.)
All spare change I collect from the pockets of jeans goes in that yellow bowl, which lives beside our dryer sheets in a tidy little wicker tray.
And here is a universal life truth: you could plop a few pink peonies on an old crusty toilet and it would instantly look beautiful.
But why are we talking about dryer sheets when we haven’t even mentioned *THAT LIGHT.*
That is the very dodecahedron light I challenged my brilliant husband to make and he DID it. Without breakin’ a sweat. It’s our DIY version of the Ralph Lauren Dustin pendant which costs $440 for the small version. You can see how we made it, and how you can have your own, right here!
I am madly, deeply in love. Every time I look at it, I feel giddy-happy.
And also? It cost us about $10. (And a lot of hours.)
Andy proclaims it to be his best work yet, and that kid has made some pretty amazing things in his time. *Happy sigh.* (Click here for the details on the light!)
The wall on the left is still empty for now. Eventually we want to add some kind of ironing board storage – right now the ironing board is propped up against the wall in the master bedroom – and some hooks for clothes hangers, but I can’t tell you how much more useful and comfortable this room has become already. It’s a happy place.
Now let’s see how we did on cost!
Painting the Floors
- 2 gallons of porch and floor paint: ~$55
- TSP cleaner: $7
- Sandpaper, paint brushes and rollers, painter’s tape: Already had on hand.
- Total: $62
Dodecahedron Light
- 8-foot piece of poplar: Had on hand (normal cost is about $7)
- Stain and poly: Had on hand
- Small piece of acrylic to hang it: $5-10
- Pendant hardware: Hacked a pendant we bought at a yard sale for $3
- Total: ~$10 (!!)
On the walls:
- Paint: One gallon of wall paint: $25. (Trim and ceiling paint were leftover from the rest of the house.)
- Stencil and stencil creme: Stencil creme was a prize from the Haven conference and stencil was given to me by Royal Design Studio. (They’re giving one away to you too right here on Thursday. Be there.)
- Cabinet: $20
- Shelves: Built out of scrap wood we already had.
- Drying rack: $25
- Art: Four frames, mats and prints: $15
- Total: $85
Total cost for this room: $157
We went over budget by $57, but I’ll call that a raging success. That light alone would’ve been $440 new!
And just ’cause we can, let’s do a before-and-after one more time, shall we?
(Yay!)
Did you think this room would ever be finished? I’ve been teasing it for months. Have you ever redone a laundry room? Is there anything better than having a finished room? (I submit to you that there is not.)
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Hi, I'm Kelly. Glad you're here! This little blog is where I chronicle our efforts to fix up our beaten-down home on a tiny budget. We're not there yet, but here's a peek at the view along the way...
Hello Gorgeous!!! I love love love it! Not sure what I love more, the striped floor or stenciled wall, the .light fixture, ok, all of it! I just posted how i am repainting my laundry room today and here this is to inspire me. WOW!
I was scrolling and scrolling waiting for THAT LIGHT FIXTURE to be mentioned! haha. I downright love it.
Kelly!!! It’s beautiful!!!!!! I love the stencil, the way you placed the cabinets in the middle of the shelves, the FLOOR, the light!! The drying rack! It’s fantabulous!!!
OMG everything is so flippin’ gorgeous!! The stencil, THAT LIGHT (big props to your man), and the storage! It looks amazing and what an awesome feeling it must be to have only spend $157!
oh, wow–I LOVE it! I’m very excited to read the posts about painting the floor and the light. I think DH would make me a dodecahedron light tomorrow if I asked (and could tell him how). Math and building stuff are two of his favorite things!
I’m going to call it right now and say that this will be your most popular post of 2013 — THIS IS AMAZING! I don’t think there is a spot in your laundry room that I don’t absolutely-head-over-heels love. The wall! That floor! The LIGHT! The everything. I think my husband better start brushing up on his carpentry and painting skills because I’ll be adding this to his honey-do list
Thanks so much for sharing (and I’ll definitely be pinning this!)
YAY!!! Congrats on a finished room! I love your stripes! I painted a linoleum floor last weekend. I figured that’s what “Porch & Floor” paint is for! I am interested in seeing how it holds up as well.
um. wow. worth the wait. amazing!!!! love the stencil, the floor, colors, light, all of it!
I love EVERYTHING about this! Bravo! xo
Beautiful!!! Will you come help me with my laundry room? Can i send pictures for your brilliant ideas? Only half kidding. You did inspire me and we paitned the walls a pretty light steel-blue color. The next step to beautiful evades me…
It’s beautiful! I cannot wait to see the rest of the posts.
I haven’t even begun to tackle our laundry re-do…but soon!!
Nancy
Kelly it looks fantastic! I LOVE the painted vinyl floors – you’ll have to go back and tell that hardware store guy that he was wrong, wrong, wrong! $157 is frickin’ unbelievable. Looking forward to the light tutorial.
I LOVE it! – The laundry room is the next room we will be tackling…I am hoping it will make spending time in there a little nicer…great work!
I’m sitting here swooning … so lovely! I cannot believe you stenciled the wall and I rushed through the post because I needed to know about THAT LIGHT! YOWZA! She’s a beauty! Can’t wait for the diy details on that baby …
It’s okay. I kind of like the before better.
I kid. I kid. It’s so pretty! Almost pretty enough for me to want to do laundry.
And that light. That light is drool worthy.
It looks amazing!!!
OH, Kelly! That space is so pleasant! I absolutely adore your DIY pendant fixture! It looks fantastic! xo Kristin
Ok, I NEED all of you to come immediately to my house and redo my laundry room. I have been dying to start on it but lack of $ is the biggie reason it isn’t done. One question, is that a waste basket between the washer and dryer? It looks so nice!
PS I will cook while you are here, think of it as a mini-vacation while both of you work. lol
This room looks amazing!!! When I tackle all of the other mess in house, the laundry room is definitely on the list. Yours looks fantastic. Great job.
I cannot believe how INCREDIBLE your laundry room looks! I love the layout of your shelves & cabinet–I’ll have to remember that when we get into remaking our laundry room. Well done!
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WOW. Oh I’m so jealous! It’s beautiful. Love the stencil and the LIGHT!
The painted floors are right down my alley.
WOW!!! It looks amazing! I cannot believe that floor is painted! Everything seriously looks incredible!
Also, I am super jealous of that drying rack deal that you scored. Lucky!
Yup, you knocked it out of the park with one. Awesome, awesome job!! I hang my head in shame at the state of my own laundry room. Laundry room envy!!
Oh my goodness! It looks absolutely gorgeous! Can I please come over and do your laundry? Please please please??
All I can say is WOW! Amazing job. I love the stencil work and the color you chose – I’m a turquoise/teal loving girl, too – and the light is stunning! Great work!
Ok… Stop being so fabulous.
That looks awesome. I love the painted floors and the nice storage you have.
Lisa
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See, I don’t know. That humongous border that borders on being wallpaper was PRETTY sweet.
I kid. This is all fantastic. The colors, the style, the PRICE… amazing. Highly inspirational. Thank you for sharing.
This room is beautiful!! I would be doing laundry all day, with a smile on my face no less…
WHAT! My brain is exploding too! I’m seriously, seriously impressed. The walls! The floor! THAT LIGHT!!! Fan-freaking-tastic. All of it.
It looks awesome! You are motivating me to get moving on my own laundry space. I especially love the clearance drying racks!
Did you keep some of that wallpaper for your home scrapbook?
This is beyond gorgeous!! I love soooo many things. That light is unbelievable. Seriously… I must have it! The floors are gorgeous too- way to go against “expertise” because it looks amazing! The only downfall may be that you couldn’t work that clothesline border into the new design… Please come build and then decorate my laundry room! haha.
Dear Kelly,
Please come over and re-do every room in my house.
Sincerely,
My brain can’t handle your awesomeness.
No seriously, your laundry room is FABULOUS!!! I can’t get over the fact that Andy MADE THAT LIGHT!!! What?! And those floors!!! I can’t. Amazing. Simply amazing
That was WELL worth the wait! My first thought was ooh! where can I get that beautiful wallpaper? The work you put into stencilling paid off- it’s gorgeous! All of it. You rock.
OH MY GOODNESS! THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I’m sooooo jealous of your laundry space…it’s beyond fantastic! And that stencil….that light?!?!?! I want…no wait…I NEED them both! Great job!
What a amazing transformation, love it all!!!
Wow! Love your laundry room. This is magazine worthy, my friend. Initially, I thought it was wallpaper at the back of the wall it’s stencil. Love your mad skills. There is so much to love, the light fixture, the stencil, the striped floor and the way you styled the space! Great job, you both!
By the way, I am hosting a fabulous giveaway! Come by and enter for a chance to win $100 credit towards some gorgeous wallpaper/ mural/ decal if you like!
http://www.mixandchic.com/2013/01/giveaway-100-wallpaper-update-gift-card.html
This is a giveaway you don’t want to miss!
Jessie
http://www.mixandchic.com
OMG!! This is amazing! I love it ALL. I just can’t even pick a favorite part. But, I will say that I’m amazed painting over vinyl work — way to take a chance
oh. my. word.
This is sooooo gorgeous!! I cannot wait to read about the painted vinyl floors – every bit of our house has the most disgusting vinyl flooring and I’d really like to redo it on a budget!
Also, this is weird, but can you do a post about your cloth diaper choice/routine/thoughts/suggestions? I need some help from my cloth diapering mamas. (Or if you did I’ve forgotten.. have you done one?)
You never cease to amaze me – I absolutely LOVE this!!
SHUT. YOUR. FACE!!!! This is freaking amazing! Oooooh I so so so love the stencil, I was sure you got some fancy shmancy wallpaper at some super discount but no – you just have awesomeness growing from your fingers like nails. (that totally sounded better in my head)
I love the light fixture, so lucky to have such a handy hubby!! And love love love the stripey floors. Oooh and the pretty stuff on the shelves. And the drying rack!! I need to get something like that. No idea where the heck I’d put it. I don’t have a laundry room but if I did, it would totally wanna look like this. I just know it. Fabulous my dear!!! xxx
Well CRAP! I just photographed my laundry room this morning, sat down to edit pics, and then saw this! (Buries head in sand!) Girl, this is gorgeous! You knocked it outta the park, and that LIGHT! I’m speechless! Beautiful job!!! xo
Holy COW, this looks awesome!! I LOVE it! And that stencil work is FABULOUS!
Can’t wait on the details for painting the floor. I’ve been thinking about painting the floor in our powder room but haven’t had the nerve yet.
STUNNING. You could charge big bucks to rent out Andy. Seriously. The stencilis gorgeous. I will never stencil. You should rent yourself out to stencil – I’ll babysit the kiddos. WAY TO GO!
Holy cow, you were keeping all this laundry room deliciousness to yourself! Amazing, colorful, fabulous. Home run!
xo Heidi
That room is beautiful and for only $157, I think you did fantastic! Yes, you went over budget but you redid that ENTIRE room for only $157! AMAZING!
No wonder you were so excited about this…it’s amazing! I love, love, love the floors and stenciled wall! The hanging racks are fabulous, and the cabinets and open shelving…just awesome! I am super jealous of this one, because my laundry “closet” is under our stairs…not much I can do at all.
Love love love love it!!!!! You took something “functional” and made it “happy”. Seriously when I looked at your final before and after pics, I sighed with contentment.
It looks amazing. And I’m in love with that light, too. I have the perfect spot for it in my house. Wait, what? You’re giving one away? I’m the lucky winner? I’ll email you my address! Thanks.
O.M.G. I mean, seriously, you MADE that light? I’m impressed, draw-on-the-floor impressed. Totally worth the 6 month wait! Pinned:)
Jessica
It looks amazing! I love that stencil. And that light?! I’d never guess it wasn’t purchased for AT LEAST $440.
I’m pretty sure that since you saved $430 on the light you can now go buy $430 worth of gummy worms to indulge in.
Yay – well done, it’s beautiful Kelly!!! I love that stencil wall and the stripey floor and WOW on that gorgeous pendant!!!
absolutely worth the wait. Just gorgeous!! But I must tell you, my laundry room is literally half the size of yours. Yes half. It’s depressing. I so wish I had a bigger one. You packed a bunch of punch into such a small space. I can’t tell you how much I love it!
I love it so much. Seriously, it’s my favourite laundry makeover of any blog I’ve been reading in the past 2 years. That light is to die for as well.
I have a question though, I love the paint color of the walls. Not the peacock ones, but the wall the drying racks are on. Are those atrium white as well? It seems like a different color. Pleaseee tell me. I have been dying to find a good gray white for my kitchen! Thank you
The walls are all atrium white, but it’s not very gray-white, at least not to my eyes. (I wouldn’t trust my photography skills to accurately translate the color either!) It’s more of a clean, warm white in my opinion. I see pink it in but everyone else says I’m crazy when I suggest that.
Looks wonderful Kelly!
Two questions: how big is your laundry room?, mine is teeny (I think smaller than your from the pictures/layout), but I’d love to try and squeeze some of this in if possible (I have those impractical wire shelves and storage issues like your b4 pic.
also, we live in the same vicinity, do you think those marked down racks are still at Ballard?
Thank you! I think our laundry room is about 6 x 9 feet. I picked up those drying racks a long time ago – I think last summer – but it’s worth a check! You could always call the Ballard’s backroom and see if they have any. It’s like a Ballard’s outlet store, and since they still sell that drying rack, I’d bet they still have to offload some damaged ones now and then.
It looks sooo good! I can’t wait for your post about painting the floors!
Wow! What an amazing transformation! It looks great! I love the pattern on the wall and the stripes on the floor. They go so well together. You’ve made it functional and totally beautiful! Enjoy…and want to stop by my house?
Holy crow, girl!! It is almost as stunning as you!!! I am so in love with every part of it, but those floors made my mouth hit the floor!! Now I want to copy you EXACTLY for my laundry room (that has been ignored completely for the 5.5 years we have lived here)!! Off to share now, you rock!
I want your stencil wall! SO GORGEOUS!
amazing
beautiful
gorgeous
make me a light like that NOW!
I LOVE YOUR LAUNDRY ROOM! I am jealous of your laundry room. weirddd
Gorgeous! I love the striped floor and the stencil wall. Really, really love it!
Holy cajolies, I love it. Everything is perfection. Don’t even get me started on how awesome your husband is for making that light. My favorite part is the stencil paint. Did you spend forever dipping and mixing and blending colors or is this just special magical paint that does that itself? Please tell me your secrets!
Ack! I think I’m going to faint from how awesome this is!
Wow! Looks amazing. Huge improvement. I love that floor paint. I would’ve never thought of that. High five!
I just found your blog through pinterest and I am so happy I did! Your laundry room makeover is awesome! Looks wonderful….I would love to have a laundry room just.like.this.
Holy worth the wait!!!!
That floor! I SO need the deets on how you did it. I wanna paint my laundry room floor so bad! Who knew you could paint a vinyl floor?? Awesome. I love it all Kelly! You rocked that laundry makeover.
Oh em GEEEEEEE! It’s amazing. And awesome. And almost makes me want to come and do laundry. Well done!
She’s so purdy!!!! Well worth the wait!!
Totally love it, Kelly! Great job! Can’t wait to hear more about that light fixture. I might come steal it.
I can’t wait for the post about the floors! This room is gorgeous and re-doing our laundry room on the cheap has been on my list since we moved in. Tons of inspiration here. You did a beautiful job!
Your laundry room looks gorgeous!! I love that stenciled wall, the striped floor, & that fabulous light fixture!! Well done girl!!
Every single part of the room looks amazing! Great job!
Wow, every single little bit of your laundry room looks absolutely gorgeous, Kelly! I hope you’ll go into more detail about the floor, because I’m currently helping my sister redo a bathroom, and her vinyl flooring is yellowed, but they’re not ready to replace it yet. I wonder how paint would hold up in a bathroom, though. Love that stencil, and your hubby should go into production mode and sell those light fixtures!
Wow!!! Fantastic job you both did turning your laundry room into a magazine worthy space! So functional but gorgeous too! I’m smitten with your new light!
Feeling so inspired right now. I’d love to paint our floor, but how did you do laundry whilst your washer and dryer were away?
Oooh! I love it! I’d totally live in this room. I’m digging that wall stencil and the striped floors. High five for getting the laundry room done, friend!
Seriously? This is amazing. I LOVE that stencil and the colors you used. And the light fixture is amazing. AMAZING! Seeing gorgeous laundry rooms like yours, makes me continue to hate that I don’t have a laundry room in the house (it’s in the garage).
You did an amazing job! My goal this year is to tackle my laundry room and you have given me great inspiration! I love the shelves on the sides of the cabinets. Could you elaborate on how your husband made those and how they’re hung? Have a great week.
Leslie
It’s basically just a piece of plywood as a shelf. There are little strips of wood screwed into the wall and the side of the cabinet, and the shelf is screwed into those strips. You can kinda see the strips of wood that the plywood shelf is sitting on in the pics. I hope that makes sense!
I have an ironing board that is stored in the wall. It fits in a cabinet that fits between the studs. You can buy them at any home improvement store.
I’m swooning right now over your new laundry room. I mean, I might even be drooling. just a little.
It’s so beautiful!! I’m completely giddy myself just to see the tutes on how you made the light fixture which is every kind of awesome and the painted floor! We have that same funkified linoleum in our master bath. Now if only there was a way to make the clothes fold themselves. !!!! 
Pinned for inspiration on my future laundy room makeover!
I also thought you had wallpapered. The stenciling is awesome as is the entire room. Great Makeover!
So pretty and I’m sure much more functional!
wow. i found this post via pinterest and i absolutely LOVE this room! you are incredibly talented. i hope you don’t mind, but i featured this room on my site just a few minutes ago. check it out here- http://www.2ndandstrand.com/1/post/2013/01/laundry-room-makeover.html
Love the stenciling and the painted floor! Can not believe you MADE the light fixture. It’s awesome!
Oh. My. Gosh. I just stumbled onto your blog because I fell in LOVE with a picture of your laundry room on Pinterest. I love your writing style and your home is beautiful! I’m definitely going to become a regular visitor. : )
Really, really beautiful. Isn’t it great having a husband who not only can do these projects we come up with but WILL do them?! You mentioned hooks for clothes hangers… We hung a towel bar underneath the cabinet in my laundry room (attached to bottom of cabinet). You have the perfect spot right under your cabinet in between the washer and dryer. They’re great for hanging some of those heavier items that can be a little scary on a drying rack as well.
All good…
Beautiful room! You did a fantastic job! Question for, I’m also considering adding a wall mounted drying rack in my tiny laundry room. Do you feel like it leans too far into the room (as in gets in the way of accessing your dryer)? It’s so hard to judge. Right now I’m using a standing drying rack which is ok, but the wall mounted option is very intriguing. Thanks for any insight you can share!
It’s in the way a little bit when it’s down, but it stays up most of the time. You could also shorten the strings so it leans out a little less than normal. It’s worth it to me to have the floor space instead of using our old drying rack.
Lovely and so inspirational as I’m approaching my laundry room redo. I have a small budget too, love the idea to paint the floors. Found you from a pinterest search. Also, I have a Mila too
This is so pretty! And functional. I love it. Good job.
We did our bathroom last year – you can have a lookie here:
http://jessicaletchford.com/2012/03/22/renovated-bathroom/
And sometime this year our family is going to redo the laundry, hopefully!
Ohmygoodness! LOVE the floors and the stenciled wall. Looks absolutely fabulous!!!
Where did you find those great canisters you store your laundry detergent in? I have been looking everywhere for ones like those and have had no luck! Also, are they airtight?
I think I got them at Ross and Garden Ridge. I think they are airtight but I’m not 100% sure. I saw some at Marshalls and TJ Maxx too! Good luck!
This make over is amazing. The room looks happy, and bright. Very clean and crisp. The stenciled wall is my favorite. I just knew it was wallpaper and was thinking when is she going to post where she got the wallpaper.
This looks amazing Kelly!! Just beautiful, I love it!
Holy cow! I’m totally not going to lie and say I read the whole post because I didn’t. As soon as I saw the reveal picture my mind went crazy! Our laundry room looks EXACTLY like yours did before the remodel. Um, I knew I wanted to change the shelving in our room (I despise the wire shelving) but your reveal is absolutely amazing! Okay I’m going to read the post now, I just had to get out my awe in the heat of the moment… =]
I forgot to reply again once I actually read the post – I did go back and read it! I’m kind of intrigued by the painted linoleum/vinyl BUT I don’t think my husband would be down for that… I think we can find some (not cheap but) inexpensive linoleum to put back down though. I just read your About Me and loved it by the way. We moved into our house almost two years and so much has happened since then that we really haven’t been able to work on our home like we want to. Plus we have a tiny budget. I mean, really small. Almost non-existent. When I read blogs and they say things like, “DIY” or “Budget Make Over” etc. etc. and their budget is $2000 or more in my head I’m like, “… that’s a budget?” When I read that your budget was $100 I was totally excited about reading it. I know that means that you have to hit second hand stores which I’m totally fine with! I think blogging gets a little discouraging when you want to do things on your own and you want inspiration but it seems like everyone’s “budget” is double what yours is. (Okay, so I really don’t know where all of that came from, maybe frustration?? But I’m done venting now. Ha!) Sorry. Anyway, I looove this post and I think I will hit the ReStore here in the next couple of months! Woo!
Found your link on The DIY showoff link party. LOVE your laundry room. The stenciling absolutely makes the room and you are a VERY patient lady to take that on, but it totally paid off! I just started blogging and linked up my first project at the party if you’d care to take a look!
WOW! I cannot believe how gorgeous that little room looks! And there are so many fun things… like the painted floor, that’s genius I tell you! I love that room probably almost as much as you do and I hope to have one that cute soon!
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Tania
Hi, can you tell me where you bought that stencil. It is EXACTLY what I had in mind for my bookcases, and now that I have seen your beautiful laundry room I can’t find anything else I like as well!
Your laundry room is so stunning, the only thing missing is a chair. I’d want to sit in there to enjoy all of it’s awesome-ness.
Beautiful job!
Great budget makeover!
Such a pretty room <3, did you repaint your appliances, they look new.
Thanks! Nope, those are the same appliances in the same condition.
I love this! My little laundry room could certainly use some life (and a light, too!).
Love the stencil, love the makeover. That light is just mind boggling. Wow, I looked at how he did it and that’s certainly something for the patient. Not me! Brilliant! No pun intended, ha!
Wow! Love it all!
I’m in love with your laundry room, especially the floors and light! I almost wish we had crappy linoleum (instead we have boring old ceramic tile) just so I could paint it like yours.
You mentioned peeling off the laminate on the cabinet doors…We have a few doors that have peeled as well and I wonder if it would be worth it to peel and paint it. How is it holding up? Would you recommend it?
Thanks!
I keep meaning to write a post about this! It worked well for us and is holding up perfectly. We peeled it off in large sheets, then wiped off the glue with a wet cloth. I’m not sure that step was necessary though. It probably depends on how old your doors are and how well the laminate peels off. In our case, it was really easy and I’m glad we did it.
Thanks for the quick response, Kelly! I guess my biggest concern is that the door itself appears to be some type of mdf (mine anyway). If it gets wet, it expands and ours are in the bathroom and kitchen. Maybe I’ll tackle the master bath door first to see how that holds up since we’re really the only ones that see it.
Thanks for sharing!
Kelly! Wow, I love everything about your laundry room! We have lived in our house long enough that it is time to start the redo process and one room we have to do is our tiny laundry room. I love your idea of stenciling the wall behind the cabinet, beautiful! I love what you have done with the rest of your home as well. Like most of us, I am on a low budget as well and it is inspiring to see what you can create with little money. Just beautiful!
xoxo Michelle. thebashfulnest.blogspot.com
I like that light fixture! You can hear my mom complain “But you can see the bare bulb”! LOL
What a beauty! Great job! I have been wanting to redo my laundry room and you have given me the inspiration to get up and get going!
I love the stencil in your laundry room! I painted 3 of the 4 walls in our laundry room — and have yet to get to the fourth! Maybe I should stencil that last wall (the one behind the machines) — I love the way it looks in yours! Congrats!
I am lazy, too!
WOW! AMAZING!! I’ll have to send this to my mom for sure!
Beautiful ! Thanks for sharing, you did an amazing job! The secrets are priceless, the stenciling is very nice also! it turned out perfect! And the colors excellent choice. You did magic with that budget! but also consider all the hours you put into it! you must be feel very proud about result.
Oh my goodness. This has to be the prettiest laundry room i have ever seen! Makes me want to come and wash your clothes just so I can stand amidst the prettiness. Lol What colors did you use on your stencil!? I saw this on pinterest and assumed it was wallpaper. Amazing job!
Thank you so much!! I used a stencil creme from Royal Design Studios. I think it’s called Patina Green, but it’s what gave it that iridescent look. Hope you’re having a great weekend!
This is absolutely adorable! My boyfriend and I are renters so we have some issues with changing too much in the house, but we would love to be able to actually LIKE being in the laundry room. Ours is more of a narrow walk-in closet really but still – as we both work in messy places we do laundry A LOT! Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful room! You’ve given me some motivation to see what we can do about ours!
Hi! Wanted to let you know that I love this laundry room design and I’ve featured it on my blog here: http://www.marshallhousematters.com/2013/04/laundry-room-awards.html
Hi – Wanted to let you know that I loved this laundry room makeover and featured it on my blog here: http://www.marshallhousematters.com/2013/04/laundry-room-awards.html
Oh my gosh, I LOVE YOUR LAUNDRY ROOM!!!! I’ve been searching for inspiration and you have provided that in spades!
Thanks for sharing!
Richelle Nicole @Dollusions
Im grateful for the blog post.Thanks Again. Want more.