Welcome to the latest installment of our laundry room reno! We made some great progress this week that has me quite excited for the end result. Everything (so far) is coming together as I had envisioned.
On Tuesday we left off with the storage room looking like this:
The original plan was to have a wall of Ikea Pax wardrobes but after purchasing them, I realized that I accidentally bought the 23″ deep model rather than the 14″ deep, leaving just 27″ of walking space since the room is only 50″ wide. Oops. Not only that, but the ceiling has to be a few inches taller than the wardrobe height so it can slide in after assembly and ours was an inch too short. So scratch that plan.
After some Pinterest-ing I came up with an even better solution of open wood shelving which I think will look much nicer and help the room feel more open (more on that soon).
Instead of drywall (which requires several steps and more $) we decided to create a focal wall behind the future shelves with beadboard. Normally I would not recommend nailing headboard directly onto 2×4’s without any drywall or hard surface behind it for support, but since it’s not exactly a functional wall it doesn’t need to be reinforced.
All it took was two sheets of 4×8’s, cut to size and nailed up.
Done in an hour… easy peasy.
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| Don’t judge my crooked jigsaw cuts… it will be hidden with trim! |
After patching & sanding the nail holes, it was time for paint. To save money I grabbed the can we used on the plank and panel walls in our bedroom and the studio, Valspar’s Ocean Storm (in eggshell):
I think the contrast will be a nice break from all the white walls and allow the shelves and storage items to pop.
Once that was out of the way, it was on to painting all of the drywall. My vision for this room is airy, clean and refreshing (just like fresh laundry), so I naturally chose white for the wall color. We used Valspar Signature color matched to Kelly Moore’s Swiss Coffee which is a nice neutral white.
Goodbye off-white drywall!
PS—our photographer neighbor stopped by last night with his camera and took some wide angle shots for us, so all of the non-iPhone photos in this post are from him!
Here’s a never before captured angle from the back of the storage room:
And one of the entire cabinet wall:
We skipped the paint here since we plan to tile over it. But oh, look at the difference. A breath of fresh air.
Brad also hooked up two of our lamps on the washer/dryer wall.
I picked up four in-store at Lowe’s in the outdoor lighting section. $30/ea—total bargain!
We have them on dimmers for a little laundry room “mood lighting”.
Jenna Sue says
Thanks Kathryn! They're super inexpensive $9 fixtures from Ikea. Not sure of the name but we purchased a few years ago.
Laura Mclain says
Nice room. Great taste, lady! Got my house #'s in the mail Friday. Already framed and hung….. love.
Hannah says
It's coming together so great, I just love everything that you do!
Kathryn says
thank you for the continued reveal of your laundry room. It's so inspiring. Could you please tell me what are the lights you installed on your ceiling. I see them peeking out from the beams and they are so pretty. And keeps these posts coming. The best! Kathryn in Southern California
Kathryn says
thanks for the detailed update on your laundry room. So inspiring. Can you tell me what are the lights that are installed within the ceiling beams (the ones at the very top…not the gorgeous black ones on the wall). I think they look awesome and wonder what they are! Thanks and keep the great reveal coming. Kathryn in Southern California
AUTUMN says
I'm excited too (about the new blog/website). I love how clean it looks, and that logo is simple yet gorgeous at the same time. Well done Jenna Sue!