Another week almost gone. This week has been extra extra crazy, but in a good way this time thank goodness!!! Yesterday we celebrated AddieBelle’s 9th birthday (HOW oh HOW did that happen?!?), she also had two doctor/ortho appointments this week, they each performed (majorettes) in a basketball game Tuesday night and tonight they are both in our local town Christmas parade. Yep, life with kiddos is a whole new level of crazy but it’s the crazy that I love most.
Today’s “Our Historic Wonderland” room reveal is a room that I love to hate the most… the laundry room. Just to give you a quick update, here are the rooms I have revealed thus far (click to view the post): the Living/Dining Room, our Master Bathroom, Addison’s Bedroom “Suite” and the Master Bedroom Suite. So back to the laundry room… I loathe laundry. It’s the chore that never ever ever ends. So this time around I was determined to make our laundry room a space that I didn’t mind spending a little time in. Or like 20 hours a week. In our last home I never revealed the laundry room because it was dark, small and ugly. Like for real. And this time it tried reeaaalllly hard to be that way once again because it was originally in the BASEMENT. Ugh. I would have NEVER done laundry if that were the case! There was a dumb waiter that went from the basement laundry to the original kitchen up to the original master bathroom but once we completely re-arranged the floorplan, it bit the dust. We thought about keeping it because it just sounded cool (LOL) but once the master bathroom became Winter’s bedroom, an indoor “elevator” no longer sounded quite so charming.
I tried super hard in the very early days of our OHW restoration to think about how I wanted the home to function most. I made list after list of everything I had always wished we had in previous homes as well as things that didn’t work for us. And a bright, convenient and spacious laundry room always ranked pretty darn high. Once we did away with the downstairs bedrooms and made it our master suite, we were left with an “extra” bathroom at the back of the house off of our new master closet. Perfect spot for a laundry room if you ask me! Plus, it’s right off of the new mud room which I will reveal soon! Post contains affiliate links.
BEFORE…
So here’s what we did…
1. First, we removed the toilet room framing from the original bathroom to create a larger room.
2. We re-ran all electrical, all HVAC and restored the original windows.
3. Spray foam insulation.
4. Sheetrock.
5. We installed beautiful thick molding on the baseboards, crown and windows! Read more about that HERE… “Trim, Ceilings and Moldings Oh My!“
6. Paint! Read more about that HERE… “Paint, Paint and More Paint…“
Wall Color & Trim Color-Alabaster by Sherwin Williams
Window Sash Color- Inkwell by Sherwin Williams
7. Flooring & Tile!
Shaw Floors- Glacier Grey 12″ x 24″ Ceramic Tile
8. Lighting Fixtures…
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Laundry Room Chandelier (Capital Lighting Fixture)- Shop It HERE
As I mentioned above, I designed them all and our company APF, Inc. custom made EVERYTHING!
11. And then came cabinet hardware & washer/dryer!
Laundry Room Cabinet Hardware… Shop It HERE
Washer/Dryer… Shop Washer & Dryer HERE
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XOXO, Brittany Hayes
Woooow! I love that tile! My laundry room is in our basement and I hate it. Although, it could be worse… I could not even have a place to do laundry and have to go to a laundromat. So I can’t really complain. I love this laundry room!
Thanks dear! Awe yes, I totally agree! I went to a laundromat for the almost three months we lived in a rental home and needless i say I am SUPER thankful for a laundry room now! XOXO
Oh and it wasn’t really even a “laundry room”. It was a hook-up next to the a/c unit and water heater in the crawl space section of the basement. Old home thing I guess!
I love your laundry room! The tiles are so pretty as well as the functional island/cabinet! I hope you’ll enjoy doing laundry more and more in that space. My offer still stands though that I will gladly do your laundry for a week (or more) if you can fly me out just to see your OHW! LOL!
Is that tile behind your washer/dryer? It is beautiful!
Britt!! I think this is my fav so far!!! This is basically what I want my next Kitchen to resemble (so many ideas in my head!)! Just incredibly fabulous my friend!!! So excited for you to finally be in this amazing home❤️
Love it!!! I wish I had done a hanging bar in mine like that. I’lol check back with you in a year and see how much you like it and if it functions how you’d planned. 😉 Love that you did light tile on the floor, makes it seem almost like a happy room. LOL
The laundry room is so beautiful and functional. I love the pull out hampers, I have been trying to come up with a way to add them in my very small laundry room to keep the never ending piles off of the counter which then just makes the whole laundry room look a mess which in turn makes me hate doing laundry that much more!! If possible could you share how this was done?
Love the pop of color you added in the blacksplash! It’s so you!!!!
Happy Friday sweet friend, love you tons!
xoxo
Do you have a link/source for the wall tile? I think it is tile…..I LOVE it! You have a beautiful room.
Where is the pretty wall tile from?
LOVE your backsplash! Are you sharing the brand or link?