House Tour – The Laundry Room
I think that I’ve mentioned before that our house was a builder’s spec house. Everything was painted off-white. Now I know that so many of you love neutrals (and I have seen many gorgeous neutral rooms), but that just isn’t me. I have to have some color!
This print, by artist William Mangum, served as the inspiration for the decor of this entire room.
It is titled “Cynthia’s Garden” and I just love it! It was the very first Christmas present that Pookie ever gave me. Want to know why I love it so much? Look closer.
It’s that bunny! I first told you here about my love of bunnies.
If you aren’t familiar with William Magnum, I urge you check his work out – especially if you are from or live in or just plain ole love North Carolina.
Not only was this room painted off-white when we moved in, there was only a wire shelf above the washer/dryer and the worst excuse for a laundry sink that you ever saw. It didn’t take long for Pookie to replace the wire shelf with these
ready-made cabinets from Lowes.
The baskets up on top came from Target and hold extra paper towels, lightbulbs, napkins and stuff.
We replaced the ridiculous laundry sink with something better. We found a close-out base cabinet at Lowes, purchased a laundry sink and dropped it in. Pookie raised it up a little so it wouldn’t be so hard on my back when I wash the dogs.
Here’s a shot directly from the front.
Do you love that little birdy clock? I’ll do a feature one day about the place where I bought it for a song.
The towel holder was a Goodwill find. I think that I found the fingertip towel at Target.
Let’s take another look at the wall where my inspiration is located.
Wonder what that thing is below the picture? Why, it’s only the hardest working thing in the room – after the washer/dryer, that is. It’s an aluminum, expanding clothes rack. It may not be as pretty as some of the wooden ones that I’ve seen, but y’all, it will hold a ton of wet clothes.
I simply pull it out when I need to use it, then push it back against the wall when it’s no longer needed.
On the back wall, I originally intended to find and hang an old window frame with a mirror added to it. But once I decided to use “Cythia’s Garden” as my inspiration, I had an “Aha!” moment. After raiding my stash of stuff and finding a few things at Goodwill, my garden theme came together.
The shelf was originally white and was a Goodwill find. I found the little sign below it there too. It says “With each thought of you, happiness blooms”. Awww. The giant pear and fat, little birdies were found on clearance at Lowes.
The chalkboard was also a Goodwill find. It’s really a mirror with a silver frame. I painted over the mirror with chalkboard paint, painted the frame a glossy black and hot glued red ribbon down each side. Now I use a chalk pen (love those things!) to change out scripture that I want (or need!) to be reminded of.
I stole the topiary plate and garden plaque from my stash.
And lastly, the most recent addition are these two jars that I purchased at Walmart, One holds my washing powders (that’s laundry detergent for you non-Southerner’s) and the other holds clothespins. I cut oval shapes out of some black vinyl that I already had and wrote on them with the chalk pen.
Well, that’s it. Hope you enjoyed this tour of my little laundry room!
I love it. Your laundry room is the same color as my guest bathroom. I caught some flack about the color, but honestly…I think it’s a great color. My laundry room is “in process”. The thing that is holding me back is all the stuff that is in it. Sighs. Oh well…a new project perhaps for me? and I think I’m going to use that paint color!
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Your laundry room is so pretty! The retractable drying rack is a great idea!
Thanks for sharing your lovely space, Suzy!
Your laundry room is the same color as my laundry room! Yours may be a LITTLE brighter, mine is like a sage green. WHERE did you find the expandible drying rack???? Please let me know so I can get one!!!! LOVE the idea of the sink dropped into the cabinet!!!!!!!!!! I don’t have room for a laundry tub:(:(:( XO, Pinky
Hi everyone. Thank you for your sweet comments about the laundry room. I don’t remember where I ordered the drying rack, but a similar one can be found here: http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00880933000P?blockNo=14&blockType=G14&prdNo=14&i_cntr=1315426852512.
I love your laundry room and the cabinets that you used for the sink. We have a very similar laundry room. I hate the hose that drains the water into the sink from the washer. Where does you water drain from your washing machine? Thank you. You can email me at pearl9@optonline.net
Hi Pat. The drain for the washing machine hose is in between the hot and cold water faucets that are located in that white box you get a peek of behind the washing machine. It drains into our regular waste water drain – the same place the sinks drain into. Hope I answered your question.
I love all the pretty things you have here.:) So clean and well put together.:) I’m a new follower from Creative Princess.:)
Wow, what a beautiful room! I love the color & all the little details that you added! Great job!
I love your laundry room. The color is gorgeous. One of my favorite colors. I used it a lot on my porches this year. It looks great and cheerful in the laundry room.
I wouldn’t dare reveal my laundry room.
Thanks for the inspiration. Ginger
I love your laundry room. The color is gorgeous. One of my favorite colors. I used it a lot on my porches this year. It looks great and cheerful in the laundry room.
I wouldn’t dare reveal my laundry room.
Thanks for the inspiration. Ginger
Suzy, I am so enjoying your house tour. I just had to see more after reading today’s post at BNOTP. I LOVE this laundry room, I could spend all day in there, washing, folding, ironing, putting new quotes on the board. So clever. xo,
You know how much I ooohed and aaawed over your laundry room. It has inspired me to update mine, eventually…so much on the list ahead of it right now.
The room looks awesome! The retractable drying rack is a great idea. Lovely colour. Thanks for sharing. Hope to see you on my blog:)
hi! Love the colours you used! So cheerful. I was wondering–is that a drip pan under your washing machine? I could use something like that! Where did you get it?
Lovely laundry room, I do like the color you did from the beauitful picture from your hubby! I love it!
Hugs, FABBY
Your laundry room is picture perfect. I love the colors and the bright lights, those labeled jars are awesome and my fave part is the drying rack, that’s pretty cool.
Thanks for the inspiration
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Your laundry room is such a cheery place. Love the wall color, and the sink dropped into a cabinet. Mr. Worthing is very handy!
I love it!! The green is so cheery and bright. And all of your accent pieces are just perfect. I love the drying rack, too handy! I just redid my laundry room,too – so I know how much work that little bitty space can take. Great job!
Love the raised sink. What a great idea! Maybe I could build a raised TUB for my lab and boxer? haha!
Dana
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What a lovely laundry room – I really like all the little touches you have added. Nice.
Gorgeous! I am getting ready to redo my laundry room in a similar color and theme scheme. Seeing how yours turned out makes me more determined that I am on the right track with my design for mine. I think it helps make a chore such as laundry a little more fun when you get to do it in a nice, cheerful room such as yours. Great job!
Pretty pretty pretty! There’s that lovely green again. Is that the same as your kitchen? You have quite the talent with accessories.