A few months back we decided to give our laundry room a face lift. It's a very tiny room upstairs so there wasn't tons we could do, but we were tired of the dreaded wire shelf that we knew one day would come toppling down since it held all of the detergents, cleaning products and other miscellaneous things.
We wanted more storage and essentially thought we would get a stackable washer and dryer to really optimize our space and maybe add some long cabinets to the side to use as a hamper or storage. We went to the store and purchased a stackable only to hate it when it came in because it stuck too far out and was just too massive for the room!
We decided to work with what we originally had, take down the wire shelf and add cabinets to the top. I decided that I wanted the room to be a navy blue. Our whole house is so neutral that I thought it would be fun to have a pop of color some where. So my husband painted the room and we ordered cabinets from Ikea, which he had up in less than a day! The man is handy... I'll keep him ;).
I LOVE the way it came out! We have so much extra space, and all of the cleaning products are neatly stored, nothing is half falling over like it was with the wire shelves. Of course new cabinets meant that I had to go to Home Goods to shop and get baskets and a few trinkets. I also framed my laundry schedule which comes in handy. I figure if I do laundry everyday, the room might as well look pretty, right?
Here are a few pictures, it's virtually impossible to take pictures of the room because 1- it's TINY and 2 - there is NO natural light that comes in at all, so this was the best I could get.
Have a great day!
We wanted more storage and essentially thought we would get a stackable washer and dryer to really optimize our space and maybe add some long cabinets to the side to use as a hamper or storage. We went to the store and purchased a stackable only to hate it when it came in because it stuck too far out and was just too massive for the room!
After we took down the wire shelf
We decided to work with what we originally had, take down the wire shelf and add cabinets to the top. I decided that I wanted the room to be a navy blue. Our whole house is so neutral that I thought it would be fun to have a pop of color some where. So my husband painted the room and we ordered cabinets from Ikea, which he had up in less than a day! The man is handy... I'll keep him ;).
I LOVE the way it came out! We have so much extra space, and all of the cleaning products are neatly stored, nothing is half falling over like it was with the wire shelves. Of course new cabinets meant that I had to go to Home Goods to shop and get baskets and a few trinkets. I also framed my laundry schedule which comes in handy. I figure if I do laundry everyday, the room might as well look pretty, right?
Here are a few pictures, it's virtually impossible to take pictures of the room because 1- it's TINY and 2 - there is NO natural light that comes in at all, so this was the best I could get.
Have a great day!
