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Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Laundry Room Makeover

We had a little tiny room off of the kitchen that was awkward space. First of all its size was prohibitive, second of all it had a weird diagonal wall that made it so you couldn't fully open the cellar door. Given that the washer and dryer were in the cellar, it made it hard to carry baskets of laundry down there, especially since I have been pregnant twice in this house.

The room has been many things. It was an office, Sophie's room, a guest room, a drop the junk until you sort it room. Finally Aaron decided to bring the laundry out of the basement and make a laundry room.


Here is a picture of the room from when we looking to buy the house. The lighting was bad so I had to alter it.

This video gives the best view of the weird diagonal wall that I can find. I must not have liked that end of the house, because I could only find one picture out of the thousands of pictures I have taken since we moved here.


The first thing to go was the diagonal wall.

In went a microwave cabinet. You can also see the new lighting, spice rack and entry view of the laundry room.

These are more storage cabinets. The nice thing is that the school where Aaron works is doing a major overhaul so Aaron asked for the wainscoting, hinges and latches that they were getting rid of.

We didn't mean to do it, but the space between the dryer and the folding counter fits a laundry basket perfectly so we don't have to bend down so much.

Aaron also added a door that goes right out to the clothes line. Someday there will be a deck out there.

This is the folding counter with....more storage!

I LOVE my new laundry room! Aaron did such an awesome job.

9 comments:

martha said...

Wow! Aaron is amazing. It looks beautiful. So glad you are happy with your new space.

Abby said...

oh wow!! I absolutely love it! That must be so nice to have a new laundry room so accessible like that. Aaron did such an amazing job - what a handy guy he is!

Jennifer Bundy said...

wow! that looks so good! i am so impressed! One of these days I will get pictures of our recent home improvement project too. We tore out a fireplace, built a corner cabinet and are ripping out carpeting and putting in laminate flooring. One of these days it will be done and I will be happy! Your pics are an inspiration to me! thanks!

Julie Cornelius-Huang said...

WOW that looks amazing. I LOVE IT . The colors are great, the organization is wonderful, and it looks professionally done. SO glad you guys don't have to creep around in that cellar for laundry any more. NICE aaron.

Mrs Abbott said...

I love it! It looks beautiful and cheery at the same time. Oh, and functional! Awesome!

Mama Ash Grove said...

Oh heavens this is amazing! Everything about it! I love the colors too! The hard work has definitely paid off]!

Lyndee @ A Recovering Craft Hoarder said...

I gotta tell you, I'm jealous. I'm no good at home improvements but I hate that by renting, I don't have the option. It looks awesome!

Mummy. said...

That looks fantastic. I want to ocme over. When can I? and I want to sit in the laundry room. It has the look of an old time pantry.

Becky said...

I wish that Jason had the summers off so that there would actually be time to work on all the projects we have in process! Looks gorgeous, Aaron is truly talented! What did you end up doing about my beautiful flooring that I put in the kitchen in that terrible angle? Hurray for nice, functioning laundry rooms!