Laundry Room Makeover

At last, I finally have the before and after photos of our laundry room makeover! For those of you that have followed our other house makeovers on my old blog FindersKeepers this makeover is not quite as exciting as other ones but I think it's a good example how for not a lot of money you can really change the look of the room, even a tiny room like our laundry room!

The laundry room isn't completely finished but when you have a huge to-do list sometimes you just try to finish the bigger projects first and then come back later to add the finishing touches and let me tell you our to-do list is quite large!

When we first moved into our little 820 sq ft. 1940 bungalow the laundry room was pretty gross. The walls were really dirty from the previous owners dogs and although it was in decent condition it really needed a good scrubbing and repainting.

The cabinets were some past owners diy project gone really wrong. The doors weren't cut straight, there were huge gaps around the edges and the wood finish was pretty ugly.

We added a simple trim around the edges to hide the uneven edges and gaps which then allowed the doors to close properly.

I then primed and painted the cabinets white with a paint sprayer.

I also added new hardware that matches the finish on our new light fixture.

Before there was just a bare bulb for the light fixture. I found this handcrafted period style light fixture at Schoolhouse Electric and I think it looks perfect in our house! We are going to get a matching one for the hallway and maybe for the bedrooms as well.

I can't find the before photo but the old latching mechanism was completely missing on the backdoor and there was just a big round hole that allowed bugs to climb in from outside. We were able to find a new one that fit our door! It doesn't have the old patina on it so it doesn't really match the door handle but it looks a lot better than it did before. We still have to refinish the backdoor so it hasn't been painted yet, eventually it will be bright white.

Our laundry room still has the old style deep sink in which the washing machine dumps out into. It's really great having this sink for rinsing out paint brushes plus I use it to rinse out my screenprinting screens. Before the cold water faucet was frozen and so you could only use the hot water which often came out scalding hot. I found this faucet at Home Depot that fit perfectly and allowed both the hot and cold water to come out of the same spout. It may not look like much but it's nice to be able to control the temperature coming out.

We also added some plexi glass around the sink to act as a backsplash and protect the wall and paint. Someday I would like to tile this or come up with another solution but this was a cheap fix for now and since it's clear it's not very noticeable.

Before there was no molding at all in this room.

My dad came down and installed molding around the windows and doors as well as a baseboard which made a huge difference in this room! He did such a wonderful job with the molding throughout the entire house, it really made a huge impact!

I painted the walls a cream color and the trim and cabinets I painted a bright white which made this tiny space appear larger.

For not a lot of money we transformed this space from a dirty boring room to a clean room with much more charm and it now looks more 1940's than it did before!