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The winners are: #64-Renee; #93-Maryellen; #224-Staci Congrats, ladies, you’ve been emailed!
When I last shared my laundry room with you, I had just added a Lutron Occupancy Sensor switch which I totally love, by the way! Now, when I open the door and walk in that room, the lights automatically turn on and when I walk out, they automatically go out 1 minute later.
So, after getting the backyard all cleaned up with the Bagster, it’s time to move on to the next little project on the list: adding a new wall in the laundry room. This long bowling ally laundry room of mine has lots of space and I’m so happy to have it, but to really utilize it well, I needed to add a wall for storage, since most things in storage are not meant to be seen all the time. That’s where we want to hide things, right? Plus, the toilet that I added in that space sits in the corner, so it only seemed right to add a door and a wall to that end of the room. That way all those things that I don’t want to look at all the time will be hidden from sight. Perfect solution, that wall!
First things first, we got 2 by 4’s to start adding wood to the floor, walls and ceilings for nailing up studs which are needed for framing up a wall. Dad used special screws in the concrete to get them set in place. He’s so good at knowing how to do this stuff.
All the 2 x 4’s are in place and ready to go. We decided to bring the wall out 1 foot from the right wall and frame the door there. The door will open into the storage closet right in front of the toilet and I’ll be painting this interior door the same green as the door that’s already in here.
Framing up the ceiling for studs.
Adding the 2 x 4 studs in place so we can then start the drywall process.
Studs are all in place and ready for drywall now. I did have my electrician come in and add a light switch and separate overhead light in this room, so that I would get plenty of light in there. I just did a bare bulb light socket overhead since this room is just storage. Nothin’ fancy! A new wall outlet was added too, since you can’t have too many of those.
There’s the bare bulb overhead light. Since the ceiling in here isn’t finished and I painted it black, I didn’t worry about doing anything fancy, just functional.
Now, we’re ready to start adding drywall, so piece by piece my dad measured and cut, adding it inside and then outside the studs.
He used a utility knife to cut out some notches and for the wall outlets.
We had several cutouts to make around the pipes and all.
And you can see the first piece nailed in place and ready for the next piece.
We got busy cutting, fitting and nailing each piece into place, one by one. I was helping with the nailing too and didn’t get a lot of in progress pics, but it went pretty fast and about 2 hours later, we were finished with putting it up.
And now it looks like this! It’s fun to see a wall go up, ready for taping, mudding and sanding next. Then the door frame and door will slide into place and we’ll finish off this wall with baseboard trim and lots of paint, like the rest of the room. It’s going to be so great to have this storage area away from the main room with all that stuff hidden away. It will end up being a 5×9’ space and I’ll have room to add some utility shelves for all my Christmas stuff. Nice!
That’s the latest update on the laundry room space. I can hardly believe how far this room has come since we started renovating this house last year. When I look back at the before pics, it blows my mind! It’s gone from SUPER UGLY to really functional and half-way pretty now. Getting this room completely organized and cleaned up is going to thrill me and it’s getting there now. Organizing and cleaning up this room and my garage is on my short-list of projects to do soon. I want this laundry room to be very functional, but also very pretty too. Even though it’s sort of industrial looking, there’s no reason why it can’t be pretty too and one end is already there. The other side of the room will soon be catching up, can’t wait!
Part of my update was adding the Lutron Occupancy Sensor in here and it’s been a great addition. I love walking in and having the lights FLIP on just like that. CLICK! ON! With movement in the room, they stay on as long as you’re in there working, then when I leave, they click off again in one minute. I’d highly recommend these sensors and can think of a few more spaces to put them. Got kids? Get yourself one of these. Here’s a chart showing how much energy they save and I can imagine they would if you have kids around leaving those lights on all the time.
I’ve got THREE more Lutron Occupancy Sensors to give away, so if you’d like to win one of these for yourself, please leave me a comment saying which room you’d put this in. I think you’ll enjoy it too!Â
If you don’t win and would like to purchase, here’s a coupon code for you!
25% off Maestro occupancy/vacancy sensor dimmers and switches on LutronStore.com PLUS one free Claro single-gang wallplate ($4.90 suggested list price) with each qualifying item.
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Code expiration date
Sunday, Oct. 31, 2013
Note: This is a sponsored post by Lutron. I was compensated to try this product out and share it with all of you, my readers. All opinions and how it was installed are all my own words. I happen to think this is a really cool product!
I’d love to have one in the foyer/stairway to light the way when going upstairs.
I would love to have a Lutron Occupancy Sensor. I would use it in my laundry room, because I am in & out of there so often, and most of the time my hands are full of laundry. Your laundry room looks amazing, glad you got it complete.
I’d put one in my laundry room as well! Mine doesn’t look nearly as good as yours does though…
I definitely would put one in my laundry room. My husband would be so thankful because he always is reminding me that I left the laundry room light on !!
I would love one for our laundry room – perfect solution for when your arms are full with laundry so you don’t have to juggle things to put the light on. Our main bathroom would be a good choice too. The kids are always leaving the light on in that bathroom.
I would love to put one in my kids playroom in the basement!
I think the laundry room is a great place for a light sensor!
I would put one in our storage room/secret hoarders room-my arms are usually full of “stuff” and it would be so nice to have the added convenience!
I’d love one of these in our laundry room, which doubles as a mud room. I feel like we are in and out of there constantly and someone is forever leaving that light on!
First I thought Laundry Room…then Ding! Ding! That’s exactly what’s needed in our walk-in closet! Thanks for sharing this.
This would be a great answer in my craft room in my basement. I have to walk in the room in the dark and walk a few feet to the wall switch. Sometimes, I walk into the projects I am working on. I need one of these!
A sensor in our office/mudroom would be great. We only have one light switch but multiple entrances and typically have to cross the room in order to turn on the light.
Really need one of these for the garage. So many times the light is left on for days! The laundry room would be a great place to place one as well. I should go purchase several. Thanks for the coupon code.
The laundry room is my first thought…but the hallway! And stairway! It seems no one can walk down the hall or up the stairs without flipping on a light, which of course stays on until I walk by. This sensor would be perfect!
I would love to put it in the upstairs foyer. My daughter never shuts that light off and most times it’s on all night!
I would definitely put one in the kitchen. Why do I constantly leave the light on in there?
I would put one in my laundry. I’m always juggling something. We just repainted our laundry. I’m trying to make it pretty. Your laundry is looking great. Great job to your Daddy.
I would love to have one in my kitchen, so when my husband gets up every morning at 3 to make coffee he wouldn’t bump into anything. 🙂
I really need one of these for my son’s bathroom. He never remembers to turn off the light. It drives me crazy! This is just what we both need for sanity purposes!
I would put it in my kitchen.