Bright and cheery budget laundry room makeover

Thanks for coming back today to check out my laundry room makeover. I worked hard all weekend to get it completed {plus I had clothes to wash}!

 

Before I jump right to the reveal I want to give you a little background on the room. When we toured our home over two years ago the laundry room was one of the selling features for me. I had dreamed of having a spacious second floor laundry room for over a decade. In our previous home our laundry room was a creepy, dark, unfinished room in the far corner of our basement. So imagine my joy when I saw this second floor laundry room, it even had sunlight!

 

As excited as I was to have this new laundry room the décor wasn't really my taste. I've lived with it for the past couple years because I didn't have the funds to spend on a room that really nobody saw but me. Basically it was at the bottom of my to do list. I finally decided about a month ago that I was going to do the room anyway...funds or no funds it was getting a makeover!

 

Since I'm a stay at home wife and mom I do about 99.99% of the laundry {although I did teach all three of my children how to work the washer and dryer over the summer}. So I figured this is really MY room to do what I want with.

 

So with little to no budget I set out to make this room my own!

 

Brace yourself for the before pics...it became kind of a catch all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know it was bad...country wallpaper border and window treatment, brown trim, leftover cabinets from our kitchen renovation, crazy amounts of clutter, not to mention my growing stockpile from couponing.

 

Here is what I came up with...

 

 

 

 

 

 

To save money I used leftover paint from our mudroom and my daughter's room.

 

 

 

I had my husband add a second set of wire shelves above the existing one to help organize my stockpile. We already had these laying around our garage so no cost!

 

 

I added a wood shelf above the washer and dryer for storage and to hide all those cords and wires. I found the wood in my parents barn and we already had some trim. The only thing I purchased were the iron brackets {50% off at Hobby Lobby @ $9.00 for two}.

 

 

I purchased some colorful fabric and ribbon {again at Hobby Lobby on sale} to make a skirt for my sink. I DO NOT sew so I used iron on hem tape for the edges and used my hot glue gun to attach everything to the sink!

 

 

Can't find the match to your sock...not a problem anymore!

Lost and found pallet board...free!

 

 

I used frames I already had and a little spray paint!

 

 

I fell in love with this cute printable...you can find it here.

 

 

The leftover kitchen cabinet got a makeover and I used chalkboard stickers to label the drawers.

 

 

The white baskets used to be in my daughter's room {I almost got rid of them last year}. I used the same chalkboard stickers to label them.

 

 

To brighten up the other side of the room I added a fabric window valance {of course it's made with iron on hem tape and hot glue}, a colorful paper banner, and some pallet artwork.

 

 

 

Just for fun some side by side comparisons...

 

 

I ended up spending around $65.00 total for the entire room! I had to get creative on my budget and use things I already had or make them myself.

 

I'm thrilled with how the room turned out! Now I have a HAPPY place to do laundry and an organizational system for our stockpile.

 

Now time for me to get some laundry done!

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

                                                                                                      Amy

 

 

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