LAUNDRY ROOM MAKEOVER DIY HOW TO
LAUNDRY ROOM MAKEOVER DIY INSTALL

When the dryer is finished, who ever is assigned “sorting duty” opens the dryer and sorts the clean clothes into the respective bins.

LAUNDRY ROOM MAKEOVER DIY HOW TO

My kids are old enough to help out with the laundry and I believe every child should have responsibilities and learn how to contribute to a family. It was time to retire the name of “Laundry-Ella”…Īnd I’m not Superwoman. I thought how clever it was and knew I had to have one also! We installed two shelves, painted them white, and gave each member of the family their own basket. It was time to create a Sorting Station! One of my best friends, Tiffany, has the most amazing laundry rooms I’ve ever seen and she had a huge sorting station. Paint is inexpensive and I seriously believe that if you don’t love the color then you just need to change it! Yes it takes some time and effort, but painting a room a new color can completely transform it! The color I first chose was nice and bright, but it clashed with the rooms adjacent to it, so we repainted the room in Rainwashed by Sherwin Williams. I didn’t want a sophisticated neutral color, I mean who the heck feels sophisticated while doing laundry? The color needed to be cheerful yet not so cheerful that it was obnoxious and distracting.

LAUNDRY ROOM MAKEOVER DIY INSTALL

You can read my tutorial How to Install a Light Fixture to see how manageable it can be. It added instant character! Then we installed this beautiful seeded glass pendant fixture from Ballard Designs. The first thing we did was Install a Bead Board Ceiling and crown molding. Just look at the before and after pictures.

This laundry room was a decent size for one person to work in, but wow it was plain-Jane boring. Our last house didn’t have one and doing the laundry in the unheated garage was no picnic. Now don’t get me wrong, I was very grateful to even have a laundry room. Ta-da!!!! Isn’t it gorgeous? Giddy doesn’t even describe how excited I am with how the room turned out! I couldn’t take it any longer! If I had to spend such a large amount of my time in the laundry room then it had to at least be beautiful! It was time for a Laundry Room Makeover! I’d walk by the ugly laundry room, void of any character or color, and just shut the door in disgust. The constant piles of clothes are never ending and rather overwhelming. My house if filled with two messy teen girls, two dirty, sweaty, little boys, a hubs who never unrolls his gym socks (gag), and then me, “ Laundry-Ella”. The one household chore I despise is the laundry, ok maybe the dishes too.

Laundry room makeover diy