Laundry Room Make-Over (Part 1)

A very important room it is. If it isn't organized I can become a little frustrated. You need room to iron, hang wet laundry, fold, store various items (from light bulbs to cleaning supplies)... You need to feel happy in this room.

And ours needs a serious make over. I didn't even want my new washer and dryer to be sitting under the dirty (and seriously sticky) metal racks that were originally hung. So I pulled down those nasty metal shelves, allowed the Love to fix the fittings, and then moved in.

TSP - check

Mud Patchwork - check

Primer - check

Paint - check

And that most beautiful Thursday rolled around, to bring me my new, HE Whirlpool washer dryer with steam technology... *girlie sigh* 

Come on! I know you are laughing at me... But seriously, after living in an apartment where the washer barely holds four pairs of yours and your Love's jeans combined! Then the basket would go bouncing all over the place no matter how many times you went out to get the balance right... I probably wasted about 1/5 of my laundry days just adjusting the clothes so it wouldn't bang around so much. A total nuisance!

Oh man, and what a Cadillac this pair is! I barely even have enough laundry to allow for a load sometimes! And the drum is so big!!! I'm in heaven when I have to go running around the house to find more laundry!

*Another satisfied sigh*

*Cough Cough* So moving on... 

Now that the washer and dryer are settled, I need to find something to do with all the items that should be in the laundry room, which are currently piling up in the dining room.

I spent a couple days thinking. We hardly have any money set aside (or even planned) for the laundry area. It was a room that we were just going to put together as we went along. But the idea that we have all these rooms started, and not one finished, on top of the pile in the dining room, and constantly having to search for light bulbs (because the Love puts them in places I have no idea to look), I decided this room needs to be finished.

I allowed my scavenging mind to wander, with my creative side following suit. And what do you know, I can finish the laundry free of charge! :) Everything is at home... Well almost everything. I will need a mouse sander, but no materials will need to be purchased! 

MUHAHAHA!

Since we are not using and will soon be removing the cabinets in the master bath I pulled the doors off and am sanding them down to the bare wood. Those will be used in the center for the three in the sketch above. The cabinet in the hallway will be opened to the guest bath for storage, an a cozy bench seat, so I also pulled the doors off. The large one I cut into two 30" tall doors which will be the farthest doors on the left and right.

I will put a second shelf, and maybe a third in the right cabinet, for additional storage. Why not after all, look at all that space that isn't being used. 

The orange lines around the washer and dryer are additional shelves. The one behind will hold laundry soaps and dryer supplies. The space between the washer/dryer will be additional counter space as well as storage below for laundry baskets and the cat litter box on the floor. 

I am eager to go pick up a mouse sander so I don't have to spend hours on just one door. I look forward to finishing, so I can share how to refinish cabinets (which can also be translated into furniture) and how my new laundry room will look!

Cheers~