laundry room makeover

Last week I showed you guys my messy laundry room.

 

I worked on it over the weekend and am so freaking, stinking excited about how it turned out!!!

 

 

 

A reminder of the state it was in before.

 

 

The makeover started with making a skirt to hide all the junk under the table top.

 

I had a boat load of striped outdoor fabric sitting around (actually, hanging out in a moving box) waiting to become outdoor pillows.  Since there's no room for our outdoor furniture at this place I decided to borrow the fabric for this project.

 

 

All the unsightlies are now hidden away but easy to get to.

 

Clean recyclables are tossed in the white trash can (there's a regular trash can under the kitchen cabinets) and the dog's food is stored in the metal IKEA trash bin.

 

 

Now that the junk on the top of the counter has a new hidden home below, I have room for a laundry basket to catch clothes coming down from the laundry chute above (words cannot express how excited Izzy is about this), and room to fold.

 

Fabric bins above the rod for more hidden storage.

 

 

And added some fun knobs to the cabinets.  I'll tell you more about these guys later.  Sneaky, sneaky ;)

 

 

And can we discuss this wall!!!

 

 

I've been lusting after the Scalamadre zebra print wallpaper and decided to have a little fun in here.  Can't wait to share more on this too!

 

 

Ruffino's dog food is now corralled in a $5.00 boot tray from Target.  It is still a bit under foot, but it's a lot better in this location than where it was before.

 

 

Everything in, I spent $23 sprucing up this space.  Not bad!

 

 

 

Here's a little side story for you.

 

While drawing in the bottom part of the wall, I completely pop and wreck my knee.  Imagine a loud pop, chalk flying, and me flailing on the floor.  I must have freaked Izzy out because she came running.

 

Can anyone tell me why bad things always happen when my husband is out of town????

 

Knee goes out, in ca-razy pain.  I can't even carry my 6 month old up the stairs to bed.  A few minutes later I hear a strange beeping.  Smoke detector's battery has gone out in my bedroom.  WTF!!!

 

There would have been zip, zero, zilch sleeping that night had it not been replaced.  I had to drag my rear up to the tippy top of a ladder with a bum knee to replace the battery.  I'm still in shock I didn't fall to my death. 

 

One hour later I'm hobbling through the dining room and smack my other knee square into the piano bench.

 

WHY?!?!?!

 

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washi tape fixes brass fireplace surround

I know brass is making a come back in design, and I really do love it, just not surrounding the fireplace.

 

The house we're renting has a case of the bad brass.

 

 

I needed an easy and temporary fix to hide it.

 

Enter solid black washi tape to the rescue!

 

 

The washi tape was SUCH an easy and quick fix.  Seriously took like 5 minutes.  And when we're ready to move it can be peeled right off quickly without any residue.

 



Now I will say this, I WOULD NOT use this if you plan on using your fireplace.  We will not be using it so this was a good option for us.

 

If you want a permanent solution that will not be effected by heat, I suggest a high heat tolerant spray paint.  I used it for this purpose in our last house and it worked and covered really well.

 

So that's it!

 

 

No more bad brass!

 

 

I've been working on the laundry room mess I mentioned last week, and I'm getting excited to show you guys.

My husband thinks I've completely lost my mind when it comes to part of what I've done.  I'm used to seeing that look on his face though ;)

 

my mess of a laundry room

I'm gonna air some dirty laundry.

 

This here is where I do my dirty laundry.

 

 

It's a mess.

 

There are still random items hanging out in here from when we unpacked.

 

Since our dog has his food and water bowls in there I can't close the door.  So, I get to stare at it all day long.  I'm staring at it from the couch right now.  Lucky me.

 

I'm going to spend some time in there this weekend and try to tidy things up.

 

Thinking a skirt option might help things along.

 

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And some pretty baskets.

 

 

We shall see!