Laundry Room Update
It has been CRAZY around here. I had workmen (and Brett) working for an Entire day to assemble the laundry room cabinets. Things are looking good and I can’t wait to show you all the grand reveil. BUT…I have a few things I still have to do, like get new lights and paint the room. But for now I will just give you a sneak peek of what’s been going on around here!
Ok here is my laundry room
…BEFORE…
Really cute, but not very functional and felt very crowded in such a small space.
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Here is the next picture of the cabinets removed…
Ready for the NEXT HOPEFULLY more functional laundry space.
The next step was stacking the Washer and Dryer and removing the lower pedestals.
I now have 2 Practically new pedestals for sale if anyone is interested 🙂
PHEW…Stacking those appliances was NOT as easy as it looks 🙂
The laundry room is only a 7×6′ space, so I had to get VERY creative on space planning. I had at list a mile long of all the things I needed to cram into this small space.
Here are just a few things on my list.
~A place to hold dirty clothes waiting to be washed
~ A designated spot for kids socks.
(I go crazy running around the house on school mornings trying to find socks for everyone to wear. I figure having a drawer in the laundry area would be a perfect spot to find socks…it’s on your way out the door:)
~Room for my mop, broom, vacuum, iron and the BIG one…The ironing board!
~ I wanted a place I could store seasonal dishes
~ I needed a place to store random things like the shoe shine basket, and extra rags, sewing kit etc
~ A hanging rod for wet clothes
~I also needed a reference place that I could put all my kids papers and reminders of upcoming activities
and the yearly calendar.
~ A place that I could store my laundry soap, fabric softener, bleach etc… that was conveniently close to the washer.
I Have a long laundry list (hehe..no pun intended) of things that were a MUST for the space,
I also wanted a clean, put together, functional, and well let’s be honest, …. a CUTE space:)
I am EXCITED to say, that I feel like I accomplished everything on my list!
The ONLY thing I WISHED I could have done was pick a fun color cabinets over then white in the room.
But I had a few things that were working against me for that:
#1 I have a red washer and dryer and honestly, nothing really looked good other than white
#2 I know I was going to have TALL massive cabinets and I thought a colored cabinet of any sort would make the small space a bit overwhelming
#3 I want to go with a fun paint color or wallpaper for the space and again I felt a painted cabinet would limit my choices.
So other than the fact that the color scheme isn’t much different than my original laundry room…I LOVE it!!!
#4 I really wasn’t looking for a change for the room. More function, I figure…why change a good thing, right? 🙂
The ONLY thing I WISHED I could have done was pick a fun color cabinets over then white in the room.
But I had a few things that were working against me for that:
#1 I have a red washer and dryer and honestly, nothing really looked good other than white
#2 I know I was going to have TALL massive cabinets and I thought a colored cabinet of any sort would make the small space a bit overwhelming
#3 I want to go with a fun paint color or wallpaper for the space and again I felt a painted cabinet would limit my choices.
So other than the fact that the color scheme isn’t much different than my original laundry room…I LOVE it!!!
#4 I really wasn’t looking for a change for the room. More function, I figure…why change a good thing, right? 🙂
I’ll be working on this room for the next week,
just finishing things off.
But here is a sneak peek of how the room is coming along.
Sorry about the pics, the lighting was bad, the workmen was there, and The room is so tiny!
it’s hard to get the right angle for pictures!
it’s hard to get the right angle for pictures!
Remember..this is JUST a sneak Peek!
Can’t wait to show you the room when it’s all done!
Can’t wait to show you the room when it’s all done!