It’s going to be SO great to have a fully functional, yet pretty laundry room space around here. I still can’t believe the changes when I look at the Before shots of this space. Dingy and dreary are two words that come to mind, but not anymore! Lighter, brighter and fun are now words in my vocabulary when I talk about my beautiful new and improved laundry room.
It’s been great to partner with Sherwin-Williams on this project, picking my HGTV® HOME by Sherwin-Williams paint and getting to buy some accessories for the space. What a fun project it’s been!
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Let’s look one more time at the BEFORE, the day we bought the house. Can I get a collective YUCK?
And now the AFTER!
Keeping the walls bright white was the best decision I made and one of my favorite colors, Alabaster, by Sherwin-Williams is a true winner. It would be great for trim or walls, it has a slight hint of creamy vanilla and is not at all stark white. The perfect shade of white for me. I even used it on the stripes on the floor, along with Cityscape, a deep gray that enhances my room.
So, let’s get on to the rest, shall we?!
I can’t believe the changes in this room now. It really feels like a finished space, after painting out the walls in the final white shade of Alabaster, as well as painting the trim pieces we added a while back.
Found this really cool blue cabinet at Homegoods and thought it would be perfect in here for storage.
The folks from Royal Design Studio were great to send me one of their stencils to try out, the Chez Sheik Moroccan stencil from the Allover Moroccan stencil collection and added an accent wall above the washer dryer and a shelf from Ballard Designs. And, I got the brilliant idea of hiding the ugly black air ducts to the right of the washer dryer with a pair of curtain panels. They are perfect to help disguise that ugliness and add a soft factor to the room. I’ll tell you all about the details of this space in a later post, but the drapes came from Wayfair.
Another project that you’ve already seen is the new sink base and faucet. I love having this in here!
Covering up the air duct was really key to making this feel like a real room and I think these drapes do the trick. I will try to do another post on how I hung these drapes. I bought large shower curtain rings that opened all the way so that I could snap them over the existing metal water pipe that was up there. It made the perfect curtain rod for the drapes.
I was also able to shop for some accessories in here, and these 2 light fixtures from Ballard Designs complete the space with some pretty details up above. The lighting in here before was a plain naked light bulb. Not appealing at all. I’ve upped the glam factor tremendously with the lighting.
Behind the drapes, I can store a few things, and this is like having a storage closet tucked away next to the refrigerator and out of sight.
My parents got a new toilet in their master bathroom and passed this one on to me to use in this corner. It was already stubbed, and I had my plumber come out and hook it up. It will definitely come in handy around here!
I’m so happy to have most of this makeover done. It’s going to be a great space to have, and I will utilize it to the max. The other end of the room will eventually be a storage closet with a wall in place, and then this space will be completely done-zo!
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Adrienne Gordon says
Need to do my bedroom.
Amy says
I would LOVE to makeover my bedroom, though after just unpacking my “single mom status” boxes, EVERY room needs a breath of fresh air!
Lisa@before meets after says
I would love to win! I need to paint our nursery 🙂
Margaret Smith says
I’d love to makeover our living room. Thanks so much.
Margaret Smith says
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/peg42/status/338096354695999488
Serena Powell says
I would redo my bedroom
kim h says
I would like to makeover my living room
Marcia Goss says
My kitchen could definitely use a makeover!
Marcia Goss says
https://twitter.com/mgoss123/status/338396149151059968
PAIGE CHANDLER says
My master bedroom could use a fresh look.
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Jimmy says
I would makeover the living room.
Kim says
I want and new to paint my kitchen cabinets this summer
Tamar says
I’d make over the playroom/home office.
mickeyfan says
We just finished week 7 of a 5 room renovation. I’d love for any ONE of them to be done!
Stephanie Larison says
I’d love to makeover my daughters room. She’s not a little baby anymore, so I’d like something a little bit more kiddish looking. Something that would look good as she grows older.
Pinky says
I wish SOOOOO much I had enough SPACE to do this. My laundry “room” is really like a closet. A small closet. I love your space and you have made it look BEAUTIFUL, Rhoda. The whole house is a gem!!!! XO, Pinky
Anastasia says
I’d love to re-do my bathroom! It’s the room that gets the least attention around here 🙂
Rosanne says
The en suite bathroom off th master bedroom
Nola says
My kitchen really needs a lot of work, so that’s the room I’d pick!
Jacob LaFountaine says
The bedroom needs a makeover