After two years of designing, DIYing, and mostly procrastinating… the wait is finally over! Our little laundry room is complete. Here’s how the 67″x90″ space looked for nearly three years after we moved in:
In early 2022, I found inspiration and came up with a design plan. We installed herringbone brick floors, and reeded glass window film on the pocket door.
We got a new stacking washer & dryer, painted the vinyl window, built custom cabinetry, found the perfect butcher block stain and built a clothes drying rack.
Over the last couple weeks, the doors have been built (tutorial coming soon!) trim and molding installed, and all the final touches. Today, I’m thrilled to finally share our finished and functional laundry room!
Originally I had a different wallpaper selected, but during the 18+ month project delay, I came across another option and instantly fell in love. This design feels much more sophisticated, and the colors coordinate beautifully with our adjacent living room.
As our family has grown, kitchen storage has become a challenge and we’ve found ourselves needing more cabinet space. With our laundry room’s close proximity to the kitchen, the plan was always to design it as a multi-purpose pantry/additional storage room.
With those needs in mind, we maximized the small footprint to include floor to ceiling cabinetry, along with a beverage fridge and dedicated home for a self-cleaning cat litter box.
Now, we have more than enough space to store all of our cleaning supplies, less frequently used kitchen gadgets and overflow pantry items.
I still can’t get over how simple these doors were to make, and how high end they feel. Adding flush filler pieces and a custom DIY toe kick to give the illusion of inset cabinetry is a trick we repeated from our Hacienda kitchen.
The LG washtower has been a game changer. The stacked layout is much more efficient for our small space, and the center control panel makes everything easily accessible. 10/10 would recommend!
I sourced reasonably priced unlacquered brass hardware and aged them a bit with salt and vinegar. I’m loving the vintage touch those cabinet latches add.
This renovation has been a long time coming, but so worth the wait!
Sources
- Paint color: Sherwin Williams Svelte Sage (satin)
- LG Washtower
- Beverage Fridge
- Brick pavers
- Wallpaper
- Drying rack
- Butcher block counters
- Rug
- Artwork
- Window shade
- Cabinet latches & knobs
Next week, I’ll share the simple way to build these v-groove cabinet doors—stay tuned for more!
Denise says
Not often one can drool over a laundry room but this would be one! If I were to look at a sample of that in a book it would be a fast NO! It’s absolutely gorgeous!! Another room exquisitely done.
Melissa Barronton says
Beautiful Jenna as always! I know you are over the moon to have this complete! ❤️❤️
Mary Hite says
Just lovely! It looks so high-end and works really well with the rooms just outside of it. The wallpaper is gorgeous!
A. B. says
Very beautiful! We have done a hidden cat box from our house out to the garage, but we now need to make furniture pieces. Could you go into more detail on how you did your cat box? How do you access it for cleaning and adding litter, etc.
It turned out very beautiful and would be amazing (for us cat lovers and owners) to see the function too! Thank you so much Jenna for sharing your projects with us! 🙂
Jenna Sue says
Thank you! We have a CatGenie, which is a self cleaning litterbox and hooked up to the water and drain from our washer/dryer. We don’t need to access it very often. The opening is just big enough to have access to slide the unit out when needed.
Sharon says
Absolutely beautiful!
Beata says
Beautiful! Could you share more about your Door? You have double wall there? Thank you!
Jenna Sue says
Thanks! It’s a standard pocket door, our builder installed it 🙂
A.B. says
And a how-to for salt & vinegar aging would be great!
Jenna Sue says
I found a YouTube tutorial and followed it! Just added white vinegar and salt to a tupperware container, put the hardware in and let it sit for an hour or so 🙂
Sheila G says
Fabulous! SO worth the wait. Enjoy!
Gretchen says
Beautiful! Love everything you do… been around long enough to remember CA laundry room🤍
Jamie says
I love the colors. This is just gorgeous. We are still awaiting plumbing, electric, etc. on our new build. Patience! Meanwhile I study every detail of everything you and Lucas tackle. It’s pure gold. Thank you!
Jenna Sue says
So glad you like it, Jamie!
Natalie says
Ahhh love it!! So good ❤️
Carolyn Kellam says
So beautiful!
Judie says
Beautiful…..so talented!!!
Molly Phillips says
This is almost the EXACT layout of our small utility room so thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for this inspiration! We even have a brick floor. I am looking forward to the tutorial on the cabinet fronts and then am planning to put my husband to work.
Jenna Sue says
Awesome, so glad this renovation was inspiring and relevant to you!
Karen says
Just gorgeous. That’s all! Gorgeous.
Jenna Sue says
Thanks so much Karen!