Throwing back to when I first tackled my Laundry Room
These throwback posts every month are WILD. This comes from back in November of 2015 and I was so proud and so excited for this little makeover of my laundry room. Looking back it really wasn’t much lol but, like with everything around here I’m always just working toward better and never expect perfect. This was certainly better than it WAS but it was a long way (and lots more work) from the lovely room it is now!
Its pretty amazing to read back and realize how much has changed here at Grandma’s house! Here is the original post:
My laundry room is basically a large closet off of my dining room/entry room in my home. Is having the laundry room in my dining room ideal? Of course not, but with an old house sometimes the only options are really not all that great.
But, I digress, so far it hasn’t bother me at all, the dining room is big enough and my laundry room/closet is plenty big enough so it hasn’t at all been a problem. I have a scratch and dent certified new LG washer/dryer combo, just in case you were wondering why there was only one machine that looks like a washing machine in the picture 🙂
(8/1/2019 WOWSER its been four years since this post came out and I can’t believe how far I’ve come with this space! I was really happy with this remodel once it was complete but I just did a major renovation here and my laundry room now makes me SO HAPPY – CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT!)
I love my washer/dryer combo so far and I, personally, would never go back to two machines. Here’s how it looked when I got started:
This is after I installed and then gave the upper cabinets a face life. After that there was a whole lot of ugly going on.
I did not extend my new wood floors into the laundry closet/room and the whole room is still lacking doors so I needed to do something badly in here. First thing was: I really needed more storage.
Second thing was: I happened to have an old metal counter top (it came off of this cabinet that I ended up using in my kitchen) that needed a home, so, I got to building!
The construction was as simple as simple can get. Just a frame of 2x4s the depth and width of the counter top built right around the washer/dryer combo. I used screws and my impact driver for the whole assembly and it came together really quick and easy.
(I will be covering the two sides of the cabinet in the future with plywood to help cut down on the noise from the machine as well.)
I used scrap 1x4s for the shelf supports and carefully used screws on them as well… I say carefully because 1x4s split very easily. From there I went hunting for shelf material and found I had a 1×10 left over from other shelf projects in my garage, perfect for my laundry room.
With the shelves in I immediately started using them! It’s still wasn’t pretty yet but it was SO great to finally get everything off the floor.
(Note: I know that this warm and damp environment is the worst possible place for squash but I simply had no other place for them, I will be moving them to a better location soon.)
After a few days I finally had the time one day after work to get moving on making the entire thing pretty and nice. I knew I had some extra dowels in the barn left over from my grandparents so I just went to walmart in search of a little curtain of some kind. I cut the dowel with a pair of scissors and used some left over eye hooks that I screwed in to rest the dowel in.
From there I just needed lots of white paint. I went ahead and hit the floors with one coat as well because they just looked dirty before (though they weren’t) I think the whole laundry room/closet came together nice! Having the metal counter top now for folding is just awesome and the three deep shelves as well as the upper cabinets took care of all of my storage needs! Now,
I just need to get closet doors built and put in so I can show you my dining room!
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