With about 12 hours to spare before this post had to go live for the One Room Challenge Link-Up, the laundry room makeover is finished. We may or may not still need to actually complete the plumbing for the faucet (keeping it real), but it’s 99% complete. Plumbing only counts for 1% at this point because it’ll be about a 30-minute job for my increasingly handy husband to complete. He’s awesome like that.
If you want to see all of the nitty gritty from the very beginning, you can check out weeks 1-5:
WEEK 1 | WEEK 2 | WEEK 3 | WEEK 4 | WEEK 5
Now let’s take a stroll down memory lane for a moment and see what this room used to look like…
I actually can’t believe that this was our laundry room just 5 weeks ago! That seems like forever ago now, and it’s hard to imagine the room with so much wasted space and machines that had doors that opened into one another, not away from one another – making laundry an even MORE daunting task!
First, I’ll show you the view from the hallway (aka my office) into the room 3 weeks ago, 2 weeks ago, and now:
Insert my smiling face right here, because this view can plaster a giant smile on my face almost as quickly as a giant slice of cheesecake.
Almost.
The sliding doors are part of a project I’ll be sharing much more about with you, breaking down costs and materials. Let me just entice you with the knowledge that this cost less than one-third of what most barn-door hardware would have, and I dare say it looks pretty darn great!
Here you can see several of our DIY projects, like:
- moving and painting the original cabinetry
- adding shelving in between the cabinets to make them look more built-in
- countertop above machines made with 2×6’s
- laundry basket storage
On the cabinets I used Lichen by Fusion Mineral Paint and added these handles from The Home Depot. (I’ll have a list of all materials and colours at the bottom of the post.)
The countertop is help up by 1×2’s along the wall, which we screwed into studs. The 2×6’s are just sitting loosely on top since it’s a countertop we’re just using for occasional laundry folding, and this makes it super easy for us to get behind the machines if ever necessary.
The laundry basket storage was made with 1×2’s along the wall and some simple brackets next to the washing machine. We just used some old plywood we found in the garage and stained it the same colour as the countertop – Provincial by Minwax.
Our biggest DIY project had to be the sink base. This is another project I’ll be breaking down into a separate post because there is too much to explain here. Spoiler? The whole cabinet, doors, countertop and hardware cost under $200.
Now that I’ve shown you the big things, let’s look at the accessories!
The flowers and the faux fiddle leaf fig (Fiona 2.0 since I killed the real thing) are all from Afloral and they are STUNNING. I cannot rave about them enough! Seriously. The faux lemons are also from there, and so is that adorable vase!
The letterboard is one of my favourite things, Like ever! I love that I can move it around (it’s been in the kitchen until now, waiting for its home in here) and that I can always change what’s on it easily. It’s a great way to leave your significant other some messages to see how often they’re actually IN the laundry room. HA! Just kidding…
The laundry baskets and that amazing clock are all from Giant Tiger. I wish I had purchased another clock because I really do love it, and I think it would be so great in the playroom, or the kitchen, or basically anywhere. I find that I need clocks everywhere now – not just because I like how they look, but because I’m always looking to find out when nap time is coming up, know what I mean?
I have to say, I love how lush the flowers look and how unexpected a floral arrangement of this size is for a laundry room. I’m officially a believer in having a clean and beautiful laundry room to make you want to spend more time in there. I may even shut the door and hide from the kids in here!
The baskets on the shelves in between the cabinets are from Canadian Tire, from their CANVAS collection, which is honest to goodness gorgeous. Like, all of it!
And as you may already know because I have talked about it incessantly on social media, the amazing Lovely Lemons wallpaper is from Walls Need Love. I am in love with it. So much so that I had to add a bit of it above the sink, so it can be seen from all angles!
This brings me to the sink and faucet, both of which are from Blanco. You guys, I have NEVER seen a more beautiful sink in all my life! I am in love with the IKON 30″ sink in white Silgranit. Because the sink is the first thing visible from the hallway and kitchen, I wanted the space to always look great, and this sink delivers. The Culina Mini faucet is just the icing on the cake with those clean lines.
The braided jute rug is from Rugs USA and is so much softer than I expected! It makes the floors warm enough to walk on without socks, since the tiles make it always a bit chilly in there.
The cute little ring dish is from OhVello, and I chose to use it in this space because it’s always nice to have a spot to put my wedding ring if I know I’ll be washing or soaking something as it slips off my finger. Having a safe space for these things is key to making sure they never get lost!
Now for a less pretty corner of the room, but one I’m super excited about because it means our vacuum finally has a home…
We hung up the Dyson along with the mop (bucket under the sink), a duster and a basket for little things like vacuum parts. We also prettied up Luther’s corner a bit by painting his bowl holder the same colour as the cabinets.
I know, so not an exciting part of the room, but there has to be function in every corner of this small space!
Now that I have written the looooooongest post ever, I’ll stop. But before I go, I’ll leave you with this:
Source List
- Floor Tile: 12×12 Cityscape Carbon, The Home Depot
- Wall Colour: Peach Rose by Behr
- Sliding Doors colour: Wrought Iron by Benjamin Moore
- Wallpaper: Lovely Lemons by Walls Need Love
- Sink: IKON 30 in White by Blanco Canada
- Faucet: Culina Mini in Classic Steel by Blanco Canada
- Cabinet Paint Colour: Lichen by Fusion Mineral Paint
- Cabinet Hardware: Richelieu Matte Black at The Home Depot
- Cabinet Hinges: Richelieu Black Self-Closing Hinge at The Home Depot
- Cabinet Latch: Richelieu Cupboard Latch at The Home Depot
- Laundry Baskets: Hip Hugger Basket at Giant Tiger
- Metal Storage Baskets: CANVAS Wren Wire Basket at Canadian Tire
- Letterboard: 16×20 Chatterbox by Letterboard Company
- Clock: Available in Stores at Giant Tiger
- Flowers: All by Afloral
- Celfie Vase: Afloral
- Faux Fiddle Leaf Fig: Artificial Fiddle Leaf Spray by Afloral
- Yellow Lemons: Afloral
- Flowers next to sink: Mini Silk Ranunculus Bush in Pink Ivory by Afloral
- Canister (right of sink): Hand-Stamped Polka Dotted Stoneware by Afloral
- Wicker Basket on countertop: Collapsible Wicker Floral Basket by Afloral
- Ring Dish: Gray with White Lines Ring Dish by Ohvello
- Rug: Maui Jute Simple Border in white by Rugs USA
- Wood Stain on all surfaces: Provincial by Minwax
Last, but certainly not least, this makeover really and truly could not have happened without the help of all of these wonderful sponsors, and I am so very grateful to them all!
The Home Depot Canada | Blanco Canada | Rugs USA | Wayfair.ca | Letter Board Co. | Giant Tiger| Afloral | Walls Need Love | Fusion Mineral Paint
Thank you guys so much for all of the support you’ve shown over the last 5 weeks! It’s been another stressful challenge, but so worth it in the end – like always!
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Thalita, it looks SO GOOD! You’ve got me thinking about adding wallpaper to our little laundry closet now. Well done, guys!!
Thanks, Vanessa!!! I say go for it – especially removable wallpaper like this!
I need details on the doors ASAP! I love them and need to make something similar to enclose to make a closet space.
We turned our garage into a huge living room and our old living room into a guest bedroom. It doesn’t count as another bedroom though unless they’re closets. The appraisal is next week so I’ve been trying to think of what to do! I think these doors would be perfect!
Oh that’s exciting! Here’s the post with all of the details:
https://thelearnerobserver.com/diy-double-sliding-door/
it looks amazing, thalita! i love the paper and colors so much, and can we talk about your fantastic letter board! ha!
Girl, I get that darn song in my head every time I walk into this room now! haha And thank you for the love!!
This is my dream laundry room! So pretty! Pinning!
Thank you, Emy! You are so sweet!
Absolutely stunning! What a delightful place to the mundane, well done.
Thank you!!! I love the way you put that!
I love everything! That sink is so dreamy and the cabinet less than 200.00 crazy!!! Can’t wait for that break down because I need to build one and the custom one I need is over 500.00, soooooo ya when you aren’t busy with twins and laundry get on that would ya? ;) Seriously though, outta the park guys, so much work but so worth it!
haha working on it, my friend!!! Thank you so much. We’re so happy this is done and we have a functional space!
WOW! Seriously you guys did an amazing job. What a beautifully warm & inviting space to do laundry in!! I love how all the colours came together & play off each other. And that sink is AMAZING!! Way to knock this one out of the park!
Thanks so much, Tash!! We are ridiculously happy with it! So much so I just kinda wanna kids from the kids in there and not do any actual laundry.
This is absolutely beautiful! I love the reconfiguration, the colors, that wallpaper(OMG!). Everything is just beautiful!
Thank you, Kristen!!!! It feels like a dream to have this much functionality and a bit of colour in this room!
Love the colors and that wallpaper!! Swoon! This is one of the most amazing before and after rooms. Congrats on a great makeover! Susie from The Chelsea Project
Thank you so much, Susie!!!
This laundry room is so refreshing!! Everything from the lemons to the colour palette to layout is just perfect! You guys did such an amazing job!!
Thanks so much, Sabrina!!! It felt like we might lose our minds for a little while! haha
Now that is some fun wallpaper! I adore the cabinet colors and all the fun details. Now doing laundry is fun in that space!
That’s what I’m hoping for – fingers crossed! And thank you!
Love this!!! Didn’t understand what you meant about “2×6 just sitting on top” though – I don’t seen any 2×6?
Thank you, Annet! The 2×6 pieces are sitting on top of the washer & dryer. They’re just held up by a frame of 1×2’s on the walls and butted up against one another. I totally didn’t explain that correctly in my post!
Now THIS is a laundry room after my heart ❤️ the wall colour, wallpaper, flowers and styling are totally up my alley. Way to go girl!
I’ve been telling you from day 1 I was channeling some Ariel for this room, and I am so glad it worked!!!! I guess we really just have you to thank for this whole room ;)
It looks so great! I love it, I’m jealous. The colour scheme is awesome, I love the peachy pink and the cabinet colour too. And the wallpaper is awesome. Great job.
Thank you, Dannyelle!! My dose of pink in a house of boys!
This is SO beautiful! You wouldn’t even know it was the same space! I love how you played with colours and patterns in here. I’m swooning! #laundryroomgoals
Thanks so much, Lindi!! It’s crazy how much joy a functional laundry room can bring!
oh what a fun space for laundry! that wallpaper is so charming and that sink + faucet combo is simply bang on! Love the sliding doors detail too … making a laundry room feeling grand and a lot more important! Bravo and congrats on week 6 of ORC!
Thank you so much, Tim! So kind of you!!!! I do love the feeling of sliding the doors open to walk into my grand palace…. I mean…. laundry room! #queenoflaundry
Looks soo good! Yeah to getting the faucet in! Seriously, it looks like it was always meant to look like this. High five!
Thank you, Andrea!!! We are in love with the sink and faucet combo! And I have to agree that this layout was just meant to be for this room. It’s so much more functional now – thank goodness!
Beautiful space. I wish my laundry room was this peaceful and pretty!! Great job :)
Thank you so much! An organized laundry room certainly feels like a luxury after the basement dungeons we’ve had!
Pretty! What a happy, fresh room you have! Now – if only you could get those sweet toddler boys to do some of their own laundry!
haha I so look forward to the day that’s a reality!!
Gosh! IT looks so good!! I love the modern barn doors, the new layout and the pretty color scheme!
Thank you, Ashley!!! We are so thrilled to have a laundry room with actual functionality!!
Oo I love it! The wallpaper is gorgeous, and kinda perfect for a laundry room – I think I might even feel happy about folding laundry in a room like that! I also love the towel rail, and I’m super jealous of that little corner with the vacuum etc. hung up – I wish I had a spot like that for ours!
Thanks, Lizzie!!! I’m hoping it evokes joy when I tackle the mountain of laundry waiting for me daily (or so it feels that way!). And having a corner for the cleaning stuff makes such a difference already! After having that vacuum for so long and no proper place to put it, it’s so nice to have easy access to it – especially since it’s something we pretty much use daily!
I really, really, really like this space. The lemon wallpaper, the olive and pink combo, and the washer/dryer location. This room turned out amazing. This is one of my favorite reveals so far! Love it!
Thanks so much, Jessica!!! I usually shy away from mixing colours, but this room needed some, otherwise the actual laundry becomes the star of the show and we just can’t let that happen!!
I wouldn’t be able to help myself from smiling every time I walked into this room! Turned out so good!
That pretty much sums up how I feel about it. My one pink room in a house full of boys!!
What a beautiful space, T! You thought of everything and your handwork totally paid off! Love how much fun the space it!
Thanks so much, Julie!!! Now I don’t want to mess it up with laundry! haha
Such a cheery space! I love it.
And I’m obsessed with that wallpaper :)
Thanks, Gemma!!
Thalita, I absolutely love every detail of this cherry and functional laundry room! That wall paper is stunning and I love the doors! Need to figure out a solution for our laundry closet and this might be it, thanks for the inspiration! I am just amazed at everything you’ve done! Bravo my friend on another ORC on the books! XOXO, Sarah
Sarah, you are just so sweet!!! I cannot believe how much I love these sliding doors. A swinging door would have been such a nuisance in this space, so we’re very happy to just be able to slide and not lose any valuable hallway space (aka my office!).
It’s absolutely perfect Thalita!!! I’m so happy you went with that gorgeous lemon wallpaper, it works so perfectly with all of the other beautiful elements! LOVE it!
Thank you, Kristi!!! I am SO happy with the wallpaper! And the kids love it, too! haha
I love the doors and the wallpaper. It’s such a happy place to do laundry!
Thanks so much, Jessica! It really does make me happy!
Turned out so great!! I love all of the colors and lemons in the room. I will have to keep your sink source in mind for whenever we get around to our kitchen. And I definitely have the song on your sign in my head :)
I get that song in my head every time I walk int this room now hahaha I might just have to change the letterboard soon or I’ll be forever singing Kenny Rogers lyrics! Oh and the sink is beyond amazing. Huge, and totally scratch and heat resistant. Perfect for a kitchen (we have the same material in the kitchen, too!).
I am totally smitten with your space! The colors, the wallpaper, the florals, the sliding doors!!! So so pretty!
Thanks so much, Jessica!!
Stunning! Changing the layout makes the room look so much bigger. Absolutely love the wallpaper. I am partial to the sink, as I just installed the same one in black in our kitchen for the ORC! I will definitely be “borrowing” a few ideas when I finally get around to tackling our own laundry room :)
Thanks, Maureen! This sink is honestly EVERYTHING! I love how large and deep it is! Now off to check out your kitchen!
Your laundry room looks so much more cheerful than before! Awesome!
Wow; it’s so happy and beautiful!! Love those doors, love the wallpaper, love the sink… The whole mix of pretty and practical is amazing!
Thanks, Christina! I think a laundry room needs a bit of happy in it! haha
BEAUTIFUL! I need that cabinet color in my home.
Thanks so much!! I never thought I would like green THIS much!
What a happy space! I really like the laundry basket shelves :)
Everything is so lovely and well thought out. I’m happy for you because I can imagine this just makes it so much nicer to do laundry! (For a while anyway.) I need to work on my laundry room as well and this is really inspiring. Love the wallpaper and the flowers and the sink and faucet…everything really!
(I got an error last time I tried posting a comment, so I apologize if this is a duplicate comment). I absolutely love this laundry room… so many amazing aspects: those doors (can’t wait to see how you did those!), the sink, the wallpaper! Love it all!!! And I totally hear ya on the plants… I kill ’em all, so fake is all we do in our house :)
Everything – EVERYTHING – about your laundry room is amazing. The cabinet colour, the doors – all gorgeous! Now I definitely need to give my laundry room a makeover! Great job :)
This is such a gorgeous little space Thalita! We’re renovating our entire house right now (and it’s all massive concrete, stone, steel beams, etc.), and I am sometimes slightly jealous of the American/Australian/Canadian style of building because you can structurally knock out something like this in 6 weeks – we’ve been going for about that long, and all we’ve (almost!) finished is the garden – there are so many massive holes in our house right now haha to be fair, I’m even more impressed that you did this all yourself. We have to get professionals in for most of it, but even small things like choosing paint colors and tiles is so rewarding, I can just imagine how excited & proud you were to finish this. Great job lady!
Just stunning Thalita! You amaze me how much you can get accomplished with twin toddlers. This space would actually make me want to do laundry. Great job!
This laundry room is just awesome! Love the wallpaper, the love the pink, love the sink! Love it all!
Thank you so much!
This room is amazing!love every single little and big thing about it! I am doing a round up next week on my blog and this will def be included!!!
it turned out absolutely gorgeous! Love the pink walls, soft green cabinets, and floral wallpaper! and you’re right that floral arrangement is AMAZING!
Great transformation! I have posted a round-up of my favorite Laundry room transformations and yours great room is in there! Thanks for the inspiration!
http://myoldcountryhouse.com/one-room-challenge-guest-stars-laundry-and-utility-rooms/
Thanks you so much for the feature!
Love your laundry basket shelves. How did you attach the shelves to the side of the washer?
Hello, I was wondering how much paint you needed to cover your cabinets? I am looking to cover 6 cabinets and I am unsure how much to order!! Any input would be appreciated!
Hi Erin, one container of Fusion goes a very long way! I used about 1/3 of mine and I painted 3 cabinets so you should be ok with just one, but if you need several coats or have more sides to cover than I did, maybe do 2? Let me know if I can help in any other way!
Hi, looking great! Thanks for sharing. Planning to make double barn doors for kitchen entrance, fitting like that. I wonder how you’re closing from inside while the doors are fully opened:) ?
I don’t typically close the doors from the inside, but it would be easy enough to attach some small knobs/pulls on the inside, too!
How did you attach the laundry shelves to the side of the washer? I really want to recreate this! Awesome job!
Hi Nicole!
I used a 1×2 piece of wood along the wall and a regular 12″ bracket on the other side since I couldn’t attach anything to the machines themselves
Hi! looking at your wall paper did you have any issues putting it up? Did you do it just yourself or have extra hands? And was it expensive coming up from the states?