Literally making this blog post today because I CANNOT believe our little laundry room makeover! I was SO embarrassed by our laundry room before. It was dirty, unorganized, and messy-looking. The wire shelves were not a good storage solution for us and the way our hookups are is opposite to how I like our units to be. On my units the door hinges can only be swapped on the washer so no matter what I was stuck bending down, lifting over, and bending down again to do laundry. Small annoyances that definitely added to my “I-hate-laundry-more-than-anything” feelings.
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YouTube Reveal
If you’re more into watching than reading, here is the youtube reveal of our laundry room! If you are looking for affiliate/product links they are here and in the YouTube video description.
Initial Laundry Room Makeover Phase
The first thing that happened in here was painting the doors to match the other doors in our home! That is detailed in this DIY painted doors blog post. There is an interior door and also the door to our garage in this room (off to the right is the garage entrance). Next up, we ended up replacing the floors all over our first floor. Our kitchen tile was installed improperly and we really wanted it all to be the same and flow throughout. We had prefinished bruce hardwoods in other rooms (the red ones most builder-grade homes get if they get hardwood).
Honey meade oak LVP by lumber liquidators are what we chose and we are IN LOVE. We needed something durable and inexpensive because we will rent this house out when we move. The best part about this floor is we were able to install it right on top of the old hardwood. We just had to use plywood to raise the subfloor in the kitchen to be the same height. It saved time and saved me from feeling guilty about removing hardwoods.
Cabinet Secrets
When we tore out our kitchen, we were obviously left with a bunch of spare cabinets. A pile of them went to one of Edgar’s buddies, but a large portion of them have been re-used in our house in areas like the laundry room, basement, and bathrooms. I had a few extra handles leftover from the kitchen makeover as well. The exact ones shown in these photos are these from Overstock, but similar ones are shown here (Amazon Affiliate link). Hot tip: measure your current handles and make your life easier by ordering handles with the same center measurement if you already have handles/pulls.
The cabinet paint is this olde sage paint kit I got from Amazon that I have also been using in my bathrooms and really love! You have to mix it VERY well though and apply even coats or it can get streaky. It comes with two quart cans of paint and I have painted two lowers and one upper so far and used about 1/3 of a can, three coats a cabinet. It does require a primer underneath it as well, and my favorite is the same as everyone else, zinsser 123! The countertop is the $49 white laminate from IKEA, which we also used on our basement bar and love! Cannot beat that price.
Hang dry clothes storage
My FAVORITE part of this renovation is the new hanging pieces I have for hang dry clothing! The hanging bar under the cabinet is really for me to dry my leggings on, LOL. I just picked a towel bar that would fit under the cabinet and used small screws to put it right in there! This is the one I chose.
On the wall, I wanted something else where I could hang the occasional shirt or dress but that did not take up a ton of room (it is a small room). I found this black retractable wall hanger that you can put hangers on and new it was perfect!
Purchased Materials
The cabinets were obviously free, and other than that we had to buy a stacking kit for our washer and dryer. You can look up your model number and find the right kit! The links below are Amazon Affiliate Links. As an Amazon affiliate, I may earn a commision from qualify purchases (THANK YOU!).
More renovations and DIY projects on our first home
After living in military housing for 26/31 years of life, I have gone a little cray cray renovating our first home! I am OBSESSED with DIY and learning how to clean this place up and care for this home ourselves! Check out what we have been up to!