Laundry Room Refresh
It’s starting to feel like spring, I’m cleaning and organizing everything that I ignored all winter, I’m planning our pantry/mudroom project… and all of this got me in an organizational mindset that landed us here… the laundry room refresh.
Our laundry room is honestly one of the things that sold me on this house. I’ve seen it all, laundry-wise, throughout the years of renting. Laundromats, communal washers, washer/dryer in the garage — seriously, when I saw the laundry room perfectly situated between all the bedrooms in this house, I was sold.
We did a little renovation to the laundry room in our early DIY days, and while it was a nice spruce up, I started feeling ready for a change from the farmhouse feel. Back in 2019 we added white shiplap to the walls, did peel and stick tile on the floor, added some decorative shelving and a large sign, and Garret built a waterfall style wooden countertop above the washer/dryer and around the sink. Oh yeah, we changed out the wash tub for a proper sink, too!
I am keeping a lot of these elements, but adding cabinetry for storage, and adding black shiplap to the ceiling for some decorative drama. You can see the laundry room ceiling from many points in our 5-level floorplan, so I think the ceiling is a great place to capture attention. Sherwin Williams Black Magic can be found all throughout our house, so the color was an easy choice.
I’ll show you the before state of our laundry room here:
And now for my plans! I’m going to:
Add upper cabinets for storage
Extend the shelving to meet the cabinetry
Remove closet door
Cover wire shelving with red oak
Apply peel and stick wallpaper to closet and non-shiplap walls
Replace current flooring with blush pink tile
Paint trim, ceiling, and cabinetry Black Magic
Replace faucet with a pull-down faucet
Add epoxy to wood countertop for protection
And I think that’s it! We already got a start on the ceiling and cabinetry earlier this week, and it is amazing what black paint can do to transform your space! I stop and admire the way the light hits against the black ceiling every single time I go by. I can only imagine how much more I’m going to love doing laundry for my family of five when the project is complete! ;)
Follow along on instagram stories to see how our laundry room refresh project is coming along @firsthouseonfinn!
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