Before & After: Our Laundry Room Progress!
You remember our laundry room, right? The second scariest room in our entire home? (Don’t worry, you’ll see the first – our sunroom – next month!)
Still in progress, but a vast improvement.
Well. I’m pleased to announce that our laundry room is no longer scary. Not even a bit. And in case you need a visual reminder, here’s the before, photographed last winter:
The frightening before...
…and a progress shot, photographed today:
The glowing after!
It’s pretty, yes? I no longer have to worry about catching a disease when I wash my pants. Always a bonus in a laundry room, that is.
Since I last shared photos of our in-progress laundry room, Ken and I have been hard at work completing the following items on our to do list (and still have a few stragglers to attend to!):
- Grouting our tile (we used leftover tile from our master bathroom project).
- Painting the wood planks white, but leaving the ceiling rough and reclaimed!
- Plumbing! I’ll let you fill in that blank.
- Electrical work and a dimmer installation (for late night laundering, I’m sure).
- Switch out the boring ceiling fixture with something bold and beautiful.
- Build cabinet doors for the built-in shelving.
- Add accessories, such as a sweet little clothes line and a quirky coat rack.
- Install a modern utility sink (we’re thinking concrete!).
I’ll check in with you when our “to do” list is “to done”, but for now, let’s bask in the glow of sweet progress one more time!:
Scary...
Progress!
Much better!
DISCLAIMER:
The reclaimed wood for this project was provided by and is available at CentennialWoods.com. The products mentioned in the above post were provided to me by the stated brand or company for review and/or sponsorship purposes only. I was not paid to promote or endorse this product and all thoughts and ideas are truthful and reflect my opinion alone.
This is definitely an improvement, and forgive me for asking, but why is there a toilet in the middle of the laundry room? Does it serve double duty as a powder room? Did I miss this information from a previous post? At least you didn't have to resort to this solution:
http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/08/03/caption-this…
Sorry — I just couldn't resist!
Love, love, love the whitewash walls and the tile floors!!! Great job!
Will you be doing some funky hideaway ironing board?
Hi CplusE:
Yep — it doubles as a powder room, but we're still settling on the sink design.
And Anna — YES! We're brainstorming now!
Angels SING!! Hallelujah that's gorgeous!
i love your beautiful laundry room which should be pretty because laundry never ends!
Wow, I am so impressed! It's gorgeous! Who knew a laundry room could look so good?! Love it!
Thank you, friends!
WOW, what an improvement! Love the wood, and can't wait to see what type of light fixtures you choose!
AJ http://www.jeanmarcfray.com/
I really want to know – also – what on earth is a toilet doing in your laundry room?
I would be tempted to leave the shelving open; it really fits with the overall rustic feel of the whole room. And, why not show off those cute bins you have up there? Love the room – completely transformational!!
Wow it is gorgeous! I really love the use of the wood on the walls.
Good work…You are really a creative artist..Fabulous.Shaker Kitchen Cabinets
This is a fabulous transformation. Amazing what paint alone can do, but the wood walls make it for me!
Along the same lines, my pumphouse looks way better than it did a couple weeks ago: http://www.diypics.com/how-to-repurpose-a-wasted-…
Love the whitewash finish on the reclaimed wood! And I think it makes perfect sense to keep the half-bath in the same room. Some of us can't be that picky about where our extra bathroom is located, and I'd rather have a spare toilet in the laundry room than go without.
Thanks for sharing pics!
OMG! I came on to see if I could ask advice about painting (whitewashing) a downstairs bedroom in a log home, & saw your laundry room…nothing could come closer! It is beautiful. My problem: I built this log house with a wrap around porch and LOTS of windows, but because of the porch, light is poor! We live in the forest, so I have no drapes or curtains, to get as much light as possible. Our downstairs rooms all look so dark, and the bedroom (very small) in question, is on a corner, meaning, the full logs are on 2 walls, with small areas of sheetrock on the inside walls. The ceiling is pine, with full log beams every 4'. I am afraid, but want to whitewash the ceiling, beams, and all the walls. I also thought that I might lay a pine plank floor, and whitewash that as well, with an area rug under the LOG BED that my husband built (I love it, but it is too much wood, and I cannot hurt his feelings, so it stays!). Obviously, this would not be easy to go back, as that would almost be impossible, so I want to be sure about these decisions. Your laundry room is as close to what I am imagining as you could get, and I LOVE the look. What do any of you think about my idea? I would appreciate any advice that I can get.
MountainLesli, my mom is facing a similar dilemma in her bungalow. When she first bought the house, she tore off the horrible 70s paneling to discover that in every room there was beautiful pine tongue and groove paneling from the 20s…all walls and ceilings. Beautiful. But dark. Especially in the winter. I've been trying to convince my mother to white wash or pickle the ceiling and walls, but it will be a huge undertaking and very difficult to reverse.
So, this is what came to mind when I read your post…what about buying white tissue paper or taking wax paper from your kitchen, cut it into strips and tack it up around the room. Then you can see what the effect would be like without it being permanent.
Good luck!
That is a great idea! Thanks for your time and consideration … I appreciate it.
that's very nice
Thanks, everyone!
And MountainLesli — I agree w/ Anna. It sounds like an awesome temporary solution so you can see how everything looks on your own.
Although I will say, I've never seen a whitewashed wall I didn't love! 
Thanks Erin. I agree with you, as I have never seen a whitewashed wall I didn't like either. I am going to use your "before and after" pics to show my husband, as that example is enough for me. I believe that he will agree. Do you think that the floor idea is a good one, or would that be too much?
I LOVE the whiewashed walls,so shabby chic. I am a shabby chic freak….unfortunately sometimes when I do things it just turns out looking just shabby!!! But Kudos to you!!!
I near Centennial, WY and LOVE the use of Wyoming reclaimed wood in this project. Kudos!
Wow! But really, your before pictures aren't that bad! I mean, at least whoever lived there before you actually took the time to put up drywall.
Mine, however…they stacked their washer and dryer on pallets. :-/