They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so I am feeling mighty flattered these days. 
By now, most of you have probably seen my lime green laundry room. If you haven’t, click on over and take a peek, then come back here.
It really is one of my favorite spots in the house and the space that most people want to see when they come over. It’s been all over blogland and several people have versions of this laundry room too. I know of at least 3 other bloggers who have used mine as inspiration, you can see Melissa’s version here, as well as Tam’s green laundry room here. And I just found out that Lisa did the same color here. They are all adorable! Anyone else use my laundryroom color, Behr’s Grasscloth? Tell me in the comments and we can all come take a look at yours too.
In fact, I myself got the idea from a Street of Dreams house in Atlanta one year and I wish I still had the photos from that house that got me all inspired. It was so cute, all done in lime green, black and white with a bird theme going!
So, since my sister has been sprucing up her house lately, she decided to tackle her laundryroom, which is just off her kitchen/breakfast area where everyone can see it when the door is open. And you can see from the above pic, that it wasn’t much to look at in its BEFORE state. A fairly typical laundryroom catch all space and better with the door left closed.
So, they got busy and made it over. She loved my lime green so much, she used the same paint, Behr’s Grasscloth. 
And she loved my black and white peel and stick tiles so much, they did that too. I should have done mine on the diagonal too, but I didn’t, lesson learned. Doesn’t this make a space so much cuter? These are so easy to install right over old linoleum, that’s what I did with mine too.
My sis had a hard time finding the white tiles, but I think they ended up getting them all at Lowes. She said these are not white-white, but I think they look great anyway. Mine are more of a cream color. To install these babies, all you do is clean the old linoleum, roll on a primer for peel and stick tiles, let it dry and then PEEL and STICK. Easy! These are such a great solution and are not expensive to do. My laundryroom floor cost about $60 to do and was well worth it.
So, come on into my sister’s new laundryroom. I think you’ll be surprised and impressed with the changes. My sister mentioned that she has had this iron arch piece for a few years and got it from a decorator quite awhile ago.
The new lime green walls really make a difference in here and jazzes up the whole space.
Her hubby added a hanging rod over to the left to hang up clothes from the dryer. Edited to add: Her hanging system is simply a metal curtain rod with finials, hung through the loops of 2 plant hangers that she got at Ace Hardware. She found one that was curly enough to hold the rod. I can’t tell exactly how it’s attached, but I’m sure you can figure that part out.
And she found a cute laundry sign too. Oh, and just hanging up these wall cabinets made a huge difference too. Anytime you can get rid of those wire shelves, do it! That’s what I had in my laundryroom too when I moved in and that was the first thing to go.
And look how cute it looks now? She added in some garden accents too.
And dolled up the shelf with some pretty things.
Two prints over the door going out.
And adding that little shelf above the washer and dryer helps hide that pesky wall thing, like I did in mine too. Edited: She said her hubby hung the shelf by just screwing it to studs. It’s open underneath so he could use the sides and back to screw directly into the studs.
My sister said that all her friends who have seen it just love it and then she admitted that she didn’t even tell them that she copied me. The nerve of her, to copy and then not even admit it! Brat.
Just a few changes can make a huge difference in a little space like this. So, I hope this inspires you to get your laundryroom looking pretty too. It really makes doing the laundry so much better, I promise!
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Thanks for stopping by! I'm Rhoda, from Atlanta, GA and I love decorating and DIY projects. Decorating a home doesn't have to cost a fortune and I've spent years thrifting at antiques markets and yardsales, finding those treasures that make a home unique. I'm here to inspire and encourage other women to find their own inner creativity. Won't you join me? 
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Oh my gosh, I love the lime green. I am in the middle of a piece in this color right now. It just looks so gorgeous. Usually I love pink, but this green is so pretty to look at. The black and white floor is the one I have always wanted for my kitchen one day when I buy a house instead of still renting.
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I love this makeover!! It is so darn cute!!!! Might have to borrow the paint color for my washroom which is not a boring white. So boring!
This looks great, Rhoda! We used those tiles, at the farm. Had great luck with them. In fact, some visitors thought they were ceramic!
I may steal that rod idea. I need a spot for hang dry tops, etc.
Rhoda,
I may have to paint my pantry the same color! I have always loved yours. I have many dishes and birdhouses, etc to display.
Donna
Love it. My laundry room really needs help so thanks for the
inspiration.
Rhoda, I have been looking at your blog daily and just love it. I told my newly married daughter about you as she is just
decorating her new home. She told me she emailed you and you where so sweet to give her suggestions on their head board they have been working on. As a very proud mom thank you so much for your kindness. She is working on the changes and I know she will email them to you soon.
Sincerly
Cathy
This is so cute. I loved your laundry room too! I love that so much detail goes into a smaller room. Things like that make a house a home (a gorgeous home at that!)
wow, that was an awesome transformation! Like the use of the drapery rod for hanging space.
I love this too!! Where did she get the little arch thingy over the door? LOVE IT!! You are such an inspiration to all of us Rhoda! THANKS!
Lou Cinda
Rhoda, I love your sisters new room. I have a similar space in my house and I really need a hanging system. Could you share the info on the hanging rod and brackets. Love your blog!
Rhoda, tell you sister she did a fabulous job! It’s a tiny room but it’s so cute and inviting now. We do spend a lot of time in there so it should be pleasant. Like others, I would like to know what the rod is that she is using to hang clothes. Is it a curtain rod?
I have to start my comment as I’m reading along because I always forget what I want to say by the time I get to the end of your posts! : ) First, love the color, love the whole laundry room. I wrote down the paint name because I’m looking to do a similar color in my next home office, and when I first saw a Sherwin Williams version of this color I thought “happy” and “fresh”.
I also was thinking I would do black and white vinyl peel/stick tile on a diagonal and I know you changed your mind because of cuts, but seeing your sisters’ reinforces that I’ll put up with the cuts to get that look. Her white tiles look a bit more of a cream color in your pics {I know you say they are not white white}, which might be better ~ will the white white get yellow?
Thanks for sharing the link to full pictures of your laundry room. Nice job!
Very nice…what a transformation. I love the accessories and the flooring.
Hi Rhoda,
Love what your sister did. Huge transformation! I especially like the little shelf under the cabinets. Thanks for the link to my blog and my laundry room “re-do” posts. I had more fun working on that room and it is impossible to not be happy when surrounded by such happy color! Thanks for all your encouragement and inspiration!
Ok, I recently did a laundry room makeover and was also inspired by your green room and the many other green rooms out in blogland. I used valspars jalapeno jelly. It’s a YUMMY color!
http://hernandezfamilyescapades.blogspot.com/2009/07/laundry-room-makeover-in-one-night.html
I L.O.V.E. the garden theme in your sis’ room. And yes, it does make doing laundry a tad bit more enjoyable! At least I smile everytime I go into that room now!! : )
What a fabulous transformation. I love it all. The black and white floor is something I’ve always loved and the new cabinets are such a blessing to have over those awful shelves. I just love all the pretty accessories too, and of course the wall color. So very well done. What a fabulous room. Hugs, Marty
That is wonderful!!
Love it all.
blessings,
Barbara Jean
Wow! I might be inspired to do laundry more often with that gorgeous room! I need a small brushfire to get me moving to the dungeon to do laundry now!
LOVE the floor. Great job!
Love, love, love it! Your sister did a great job but of course you get the credit for the inspiration!
I can’t belive how much better it works with the cabinets instead of the wire shelves, hide all your practical things so you can decorate with the pretties!
Now if it was your room I would expect the accessories to come from yardsales. Did she do the same? Either way it’s great! Mary
Hey this looks fantastic!! We are looking into buying our first home soon and i’ll have to remember these tips when I finally have my own laundry room! Thanks, Rhoda!
Good Morning Miz Rhoda,
Once again another amazing room transformation that has you to thank for it! Your sister did a fabulous job on her laundry room, lucky sister having such a talented sister to be inspired by *smiles* I love the checkboard floor, it really adds that extra little zip to the grass green walls. How I wish I had gone with green instead of blue in my laundry room *smiles*
Hi Rhoda, I’m new to reading your blog & just LOVE your laundry room & all who were inspired by it. They all look fantastic! I look forward to following your blog.
looks great!!!!!!!!
I do really like it and it makes quite a change from “hum-drum” to “classy”. I love the tiles on the diagonal too.
Wow, that looks great! My laundry room is purely functional and not nearly as pretty as that. Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh, you mean green as in the color! LOL! I thought I was going to see green as in energy efficient. My laundry room is the same color, except maybe one shade lighter. I love the checkered floor and black accents.
That’s too funny. I’ve had a paint swatches hanging on the wall in my laundry room wall for about a year. It’s between grass cloth or asparagus. Our upstairs tub had a leak which did a little damage to a wall in our laundry room and the laundry room redo got put on hold. This makes me want to tackle it! I love the floor. I’m going to have to see if I can get the fiancée on board.
Oh all the blogs I follow were removed from my reader yesterday. I have no idea why they suddenly went missing but I was freaking out! They are all back today….whew I would had to hunt ya down. Your site is one of my favs!
I love this makeover! The lime green, the black and white floor, all the little decorative touches. Very cute! Those before and after pictures are really impressive. Thanks for all of the ideas!
I love it!
Pretty. Your sister did a great job “flattering” you!
I love that green and setting it off with black and white makes it so clean and fresh but still warm and cozy. Beautiful work, ladies!
Your laundry room was one of the fisrt loves I had when I met you. It’s funny that you said it’s the room that most people want to see….That was me! I couldnt wait to see it ” for real”. Your sister’s came out so cute! I think I now must leave and quickly reove my wire shelf. Oh my word…I need some cabinet love in that room. Susie~…ps…please tell Peter happy “late” b-day for me!
I love this! I love that she still hung a rod. That’s always my hesitation. I HATE the white wire shelf but it does allow for hanging. This is a brilliant solution. If only I could talk my hubby into it…
I have to admit I’m addicted to your blog…I’m stuck inside because of chemo (had double mastectomy June 26th). So, a visit with you is is like going on a little adventure every day…thanks for keeping my mind whirling with ideas I can use when I’m back on my feet…please please please go to yard sales for me…and post what you find…I can’t do that right now but when you post your pictures I feel like I’ve found a treasure too! So keep them coming!!! Have a blessed day…Robyn
Thanks, it gets me in the mood to go rearrange my laundry room
Very, very cute! It’s such a pretty space now!
Nancy
Such a cheery, pretty laundry room! Love the floors and the green wall color!!
I love both of your laundry room! Just wish I had a bit more space in mine.
A question; how is the shelf attached over the W & D, under the cabs? I have room for that idea, but can’t quite figure how hers is fastened to the wall.
Donna
Very cute!
In every laundry room I see, the washer and dryer and next to each other. Mine aren’t…they are facing each other (with the walk through in the middle). I hate that! Wish mine were side by side.
What a great redo. Really like the decor.
It looks fantastic! I can’t wait to have my own laundry room and do something similar! Love the green, BTW.
Wow…it turned out so fabulous! I love it…you are a true artist!
Now how cute is that! i really like this room! the laundry is the most used room in the house and lots of people laughed at me when i decorated all my laundry rooms (we have moved oh so many times) But you should feel good while doin one of the most important jobs in the household! I know you agree! I m so happy i was able to follow you here! thanks for commenting on my blog it meant so much to me…
I love the variations on the green laundry room. I’ll be moving in a year or so and these pictures are going in my “wish” file. Thanks for including the paint color name in your post!
gina
Hi Rhoda,
I love your laundry room and your sister’s laundry room is as cute as can be!!!
Could you tell me where she got the Laundry sign that is above the cabinets? I’ve been looking for one of those and can’t find one anywhere!!
Thanks,
Judi
Rhoda, thank you so much for linking to my party.
Isn’t that what sisters do…steal your stuff and your ideas and take credit for it?
You should be very flattered.
Your sister’s laundry room transformation is fabulous! I love the floors on the diagonal, and that green is divine. She did a great job of accessorizing, and I love the drying rack.
My own laundry room very much resembles her “before” shot. I’d post it on my next Decorating Dilemmas party, but I think I’d lose Followers.
Have a wonderful afternoon!
Rhoda, I had not seen your laundry room before since I’m a fairly new blogger. It looks fabulous! No wonder it’s your favorite room. It’s so cheery and don’t we need cheery while tackling the laundry??!!
very cute! I love it!
What a fabulous laundry room make-over! This really inspires me to work on my laundry room! Mine also have those wire shelves that I am dying to get rid of! I’ll have to show this to my Hubby and see if it inspires him!
Hi Rhoda,
Your sis has created quite the cheery spot to help get that mundane task of doing laundry done. I absolutely love the iron arch and what a clever idea to use a curtain rod for a hanging & drying area! Isn’t it funny how sisters can sometimes have the bratty streak in them. TFS! Sheila
Your sister’s laundry redo turned out just fabulous! But YOUR laundry room? I could happily LIVE in that room!!
That looks great! We painted our laundry room (it’s also an extra bathroom connected to our screen room) a deep gray, but havent really done any decorating in there. It’s also in the process of becoming my craft storage area.
It turned out gorgeous! I love her taste. Your home is gorgeous and how flattering for her to want to emulate some of that in her own home.
I painted my laundry room green, too. I do wish had that floor though!!! http://www.vintageswampgirl.blogspot.com/2008/03/laundry-room.html
My friend, who bought the “Open Daily” sign has put up a post showing it! http://www.miles0fsmiles.blogspot.com We are still laughing about the coincidence!!!
Caaauuuuute! I have been toying with the idea to fix up my laundry room for a while. Even purchased the same *Laundry* sign to use. Thank you for inspiring both your sister and me, and I am sure, countless others.
Hello Rhoda; I just love what your sister did to her laundry room. I can’t believe how different it looks… Now if you two don’t mind I might have to copy it too. I just love it….
Hugs;
Alaura
It looks fantastic. I was worried that I wouldn’t have enough room in my laundry room to decorate, but this makeover just goes to show me that you don’t need a whole lot of room.
SO jealous!
It’s beautiful. I love every detail. I’m adding it to my inspiration folder…one of these days mine will get higher up the priority list. That floor is gorgeous!
Mine is a wreck.
Oh it looks great. It reminds me of our last house as we painted our kitchen in a very similar colour as it was a wonderful sunny room with loads of light flooding in & it looked so cute.
love
Alison
x
Wow, I am truly inspired! Mine is a wreck!
WOW! what a difference!
I would love to do something like this but my laundry is in an unfinished basement with cinderblock walls..talk about YUK! As always Rhoda – you inspire
I’m going to be imitating you too:)
I have been working on my laundry room as well. Although I have only made it as far as decorating in black and white. I may have to copy the paint color!! I have been looking for a cabinet to replace my UGLY wire shelf. Any suggestions? The HD ones are not my style and I dont want to special order. Any suggestions would be great!!
I have some leftover green (okay, a LOT) from painting a wall in my husband’s office, so I suspect that I’ll be using that to paint a couple of walls in my laundry room. I cannot get to one of them. When you walk in the door, it is furnacewaterheaterdryerwashwall, so it will go on the opposite wall and end…and I found some shutters on freecycle to make shelves from!
She did a great job copying you, Rhoda! Ha. I love it. I wish I had a laundry room to doll up like this. Ours is a laundry closet, unfortunately.
I love your sister’s laundry room and I was so excited because I thought I could copy your ideas, but the dryer pipe vent that goes into the attic is in the way of where a cabinet would go. Duh! This area also houses the hot water heater, furnace/ac, house water cut-off valve plus washer and dryer. This is all behind three sliding doors(particle board 1970′s style that are horrible looking and operate just as poorly on the tracks. Floor to ceiling so would prably be 8 ft. tall. I currently have one existing shelf(pine shelving)that hold all the laundry detergents. Would love more attractive if that could all be in a hanging wall cabinet, behind closed doors.
Any suggestions how I can revanp this area? I’d have to move the washer and dryer out to install peel and stick tiles.
There is carpeting in the hallway, where I’d have to pull the washer/dryer out on. I guess I should put some type of cardboard down to protect the carpet? Would peel and stick tiles be best for this area or buy a small piece of vinyl sheet flooring cover(like linoleum). Seems like the peel and stick would be easier to install.
Just wondering where you bought the “Laundry” sign from? I have been looking for something like that for years.
Your room and your sister’s are really nice. My utility room is just that. It has a chest freezer, the washer and dryer, two utility cabinets. all the hose for the vacuum, a desk, rolling hanging racks,paint supplies and a shelf for washing soap etc. It is 8 x 20 and I love the size and storage but cute it ain’t! I just close the door that has the sign Laundry Room that my sweet mother in law painted and call it good. Now if I could get the husband to close the door…..
I have wanted to do a retro laundry room for some time. I love both rooms. I expecially like the paint color and the black and off white peel and stick tiles. I have bisque in my kitchen and I cannot go white white. Cream would be perfect. Can you tell me where you found the flooring?