Laundry Room DIY {Progress update 1}

I am so happy to be sharing a fun update with you today on our laundry room. 

 

I just got back from a 5 day vacation with 4 other amazing and fun women to sunny Los Angeles California where we literally had the time of our lives.  I will share that fun with you very soon.

 

While I was away my amazing husband was working hard on a surprise for me when I returned.

 

I last left you with this post and this picture:

 

 

 

Like most people these days, I am in love with planked walls.  We have a couple in our home, and I wanted to change it up a bit in our laundry room. 

 

I scored some more free wood from the mill near my work once again and told my hubby about my wild idea.  At first he was against it, and then next moment he's in the laundry room putting it all up.

 

 



 

It looked pretty neat in it's natural color, however It was not the look I was going for. 

 

 Once the planks were installed we used our Graco paint sprayer to apply the primer on the wall and the cabinets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It sat like this for about a week, and then mama left town!

 

This is what I came home to:

 

 

 

 

I am beyond thrilled with how this turned out, and was a very happy wife returning home to see this!  

 

He used the synthetic oil paint again to give it that hard shell finish for a longer lifetime and durability.  I have already started decorating and planning for the other side of the room, and can't wait to share the final reveal with you.

 

We are also in the process of getting the sink plumbed and installed.  I am still searching for the perfect faucet.

 

Thank you all for stopping by to see the progress that has been made on this fun laundry room!

 

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DIY Barn Style Pantry Doors

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I'm hoping you have seen our final kitchen reveal post and got to see how it all came together!  Part of the process was figuring out a solution for a pantry.

 

 

 

In our original plans, half of this wall was going to come down and become an island and the other half would be a panty.  Well that all changed when we decided on double ovens and a cooktop.  I was totally ok trading an island for these babies.  We ended up creating a "coffee nook"  to also serve as a landing spot when pulling hot things out of the oven.  Creating that space left us with that much smaller of a pantry.

 

 

We had moved into our kitchen and had piles of food items on the counters and other places in the house, and I literally couldn't take it anymore. 

 

My husband handyman was so busy working on the whole remodel that he really wasn't interested in building a pantry, so I took matters into my own hands....

 

 

I headed straight to Home Depot and kindly asked for some help to not only load my MDF onto my cart, but to also cut it precisely to match my amazing sketch. 

 

 

We loaded it onto a cart and into the car and I was on my way.

 

 

Notice anything in this picture?  Those are the legs of said husband.  He couldn't stand the thought of me doing this against his will, so he jumped right in and helped.

We used our Kreg Jig to build these units. Trust me when I say, you want a Kreg Jig!

 

 

I must say.... having him there made this go much faster, and being that this house was built in 1952 the walls aren't perfect by any means so having his extra elbow grease to shimmy this in was a win!

 

 

The top portion was built custom to fit items that we have in our pantry.  Lot's of Tupperware containers, canned foods and then Misc. boxes.  I wanted to make sure there would be no wasted space.

 

 

We built both units in one day and got right into the putty and painting process!

 

 

Just having this shell was exciting.  We didn't have a plan for the doors at this point, I was focused on the thought of function for the kitchen.  That wore off quickly!

 

 

 

About 2 months later after looking at a very cluttered pantry for too long, we decided to build some doors.  Neither one of us have ever built anything like this, and to be honest we were pretty hesitant. We drew up some plans and just went for it.   Here we are again in our workshop/living room.

 

 

We built the frames out of regular pine boards from Lowes.  We used 2 sizes to build these.

 

 

Once the frames were built, we did a fit check to make sure they were going to work.  And they sure did!

 

 

We added some bead board paneling to the backside, 3 hinges on each side, some paint, two handles and this is what we got!  They turned out WAY better than we had ever imagined.  We used the same synthetic oil paint from the kitchen and painted these with a foam roller.  The finish turned out great.

 

 

Ok, so here is the dirty truth.... the inside is still not finished.   I have some fun plans in there, but right now we just keep the doors closed and are happy!

 

 

 

 

Such a better space with some simple doors.  I think these doors would be amazing as sliding barn doors in the right location.  So easy, lightweight and have that barn door look.

 

 

 

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Laundry Room Progress

 

This room is so exciting in more ways than one.  I don't even have a photo of the sad space in our garage that was called the laundry room for over 50 years.  Mama finally has a real laundry room that is bright and will be so cheery, a place you would actually want to do laundry!

 

It all started with this tile for the floor.  The tile sales man really wanted to sell this tile, so he gave it to us for such a cheap price, and I was SO excited to have something different on the floor.  This was not at all what we set out to put in here, but couldn't be happier.

 

 

 

The space is awkward to take photos  of due to the placement of the doors, so I'll show you the main project space we are working on right now.  Started with this blank slate.

 

 

Just having my washer and brand new gas dryer sitting in there made my heart happy!

 

 

 

It sat like this for weeks as we thought about what we wanted to do in here.  Once the plans were drawn, we got right to building on our workshop.... I mean living room.  Its a great dual purpose space!

 

 

We built a surround for the washer and dryer along with a sink base using some plywood we had left over from other projects.  We used more of our free pine planks to create the countertops in here as well.

 

 

Using some pine from Lowes, we trimmed out the entire base and prepped for staining.

 

 

During the planning process I searched for the perfect utility sink.  So many are either too pricey or too cheap.  I went to our locally owned home improvement store and the kindest gentleman told me about a closeout kitchen sink he had sitting up on a shelf.  He pulled this beauty down and I knew it was perfect.  It's deep, its plastic and I know that small right side will make the perfect soaking sink for stains, all the while not taking up the entire sink.  And I paid $99!

 

 

Time to stain.  We used Minwax gel stain for this, and I hate to say it but I don't remember what color we used. 

 

 

Here is what it looked like after brushing it on, without wiping.

 

 

And this is where the magic began.  Look at those!!  I think they are stunning if I do say so myself.

 

 

We did 3 coats of polycryclic, and will do 2 more once the entire room is done, just to give it a little extra protection.

 

 

She is so puuuurdy!

 

 

Once the base was in, it was time to plan for the upper cabinets.  We used the left over kitchen cabinets (yes my $100 cabinets had enough for an entire kitchen and laundry room) to create the perfect storage.

 

 

 

We built some open shelving between them and added some pine trim to make the entire piece blend together.  You would never know they weren't built together.

 

 

 

I will leave you with this sneak peek of what's to come.  My husband has been working very hard on this project trying to finish it up and mark it off the never ending list, and I cannot wait to share more progress with you!

 

 

 

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I hope you have a fantastic DIY day!