Laundry Room {Cherryland Cottage}

The other half of our pantry is our laundry room.  We didn't have a washer and dryer in our apartment, so we are pretty excited to have a laundry room of our own.  In fact, when we went to buy our new washer and dryer, we felt like married adults for the first time - buying major home appliances!  We're a tad dorky, but Wow! it was exciting to make such a big purchase together!

BEFORE

IN PROGRESS - PAINTED

 We had our laundry room painted Off-White when the rest of the cottage interior was painted.

IN PROGRESS - STORAGE

 Because our washer and dryer took several weeks to deliver, the laundry room became a spot to dump stuff until it had a home.  Fortunately, we did find a home for 95% of this stuff before our new appliances were delivered.

IN PROGRESS - MAGNET LOVE!

 I've collected magnets of my travels for years.  It started when I began buying them for my grandmother as souvenirs from my trips in my 20s.  When my grandmother passed away, I took her magnet collection and made it my own.  Now when I travel I continue to buy magnets to add to our growing collection.  I loved that this cabinet was metal, so I could put our magnets here instead of all over our fridge.  The bull on the far right is the most recent addition - from my trip to Barcelona in March.

IN PROGRESS - SHELVING

 Here are a couple more Pinterest finds.  I have seen a lot of pins of laundry rooms that have shelves low over the washer/dryer.  I love the functionality of it - so I went for it.  The shelf is plain common board, the same wood that I used on the pantry shelves, and simple brackets.  The other Pinterest project is the giant mason jar drink dispenser... to dispense the laundry soap.  In theory it was a great idea, but the spigot leaks, if sitting for days/weeks.  Hence the towel bib.  I think when the jug is empty, I will go back to using the jug the soap comes in.

Also notice the mess on the wall above, where a previously hung shelf was painted around.  Not only did it leave an ugly stripe across the wall, but I also tore a big piece of wall off when I removed the bracket.  That big piece a plywood on the left?  That covers a window - or at least where a window was.  I don't know what happened with it, it was like that when we rented the place.

IN PROGRESS - CURTAINS

 Of course I had no desire to look at that ugly wall - and well paint wasn't going to make the plywood window disappear.  So I decided to to make a curtain to cover the wall above the shelf.  There was enough leftover material to make a curtain for the open shelf storage to the left of the washer, too!

 

Did you see the opposite side of this room?  The Pantry Build?

Come check it out, here.