Laundry Room Reveal

The laundry room makeover is finished! Well it actually has been finished for a while, but like everything else, I just haven't gotten around to posting it. Our laundry room is actually a closet just large enough for the washer and dryer, and it is located in our kitchen. So I wanted to make it more functional and more appealing to the eye. It is not located near any natural light sources, so I did have to use my flash. Of course, the pictures just don't look as good as it does in person, but it was the best I could do. Are you ready?! 

Here is a before and after.

I started out by removing the wire shelf. I knew I wanted two shelves, and I also wanted them to look a little better than the shelf that was already there. So I decided that I wanted to build some shelves like the ones in our dining room. 

I love the bottom shelf because it makes things easier to reach while also preventing things from falling behind the washer and dryer. Ben had to notch out a small place in the shelf for the dryer cord to fit through. Why put the outlet in the middle of the wall? I have no idea...

Once the shelves were up, it was time to decorate! 

I needed something to set on the shelf to cover up the outlet that could still be seen above the bottom shelf. So I decided to make the laundry sign. I had seen a few pictures of laundry definition signs on Pinterest and knew that was what I wanted. I cut a piece of plywood, 18"x18" and painted it gray. Then, I designed the definition in Cricut Design Studio and used my sister's Cricut to cut out the vinyl letters. I actually did this for all of the vinyl labels you see.

It worked perfect to cover that ugly outlet!

I buy my laundry detergent from Sam's Club in a giant package. So I needed something cute that I could set on the bottom shelf that was more easily accessible. I found this large glass storage canister at Wal-Mart and the two glass bottles at Ikea. I thought these would look much cuter than the factory bottles and alot easier to pour than a giant, heavy bottle!

I got the small glass canister at Target to put my clothes pins in. The small, white bucket came off the dollar rack at Target and was just something left over from my wedding. I use it for my dryer sheets and my Downy ball.

I wanted to use the top shelf for things that I don't use often. The large, white bucket was also left over from my wedding and it also came from Target. I put bleach, color-safe bleach, and Ben's hat washing cage in here. This bucket keeps everything well hid.

I also put my ironing stuff on the top shelf. I actually do use this pretty often, but I can just pull the whole basket down. I got the metal basket at Marshalls. It was black to begin with, and I spray painted it silver.

Ben had built this ironing board hanger when we first moved in. It was green, so I painted it white to match everything else. I also recovered our ironing board with some fresh, new fabric.

I found this towel-like bar at Ikea and screwed it into the bottom of the top shelf. This is what I use to hang my hangers on while I am doing laundry.

I also used the same bars on the laundry room doors to hang clothes on while doing laundry.

I did this because I usually found myself doing this, and I knew it was going to eventually break.

This spice rack is a project I definitely plan to tackle soon, so don't pay any mind to it!

I am so happy with the way it turned out! I can't say I love doing laundry anymore than I did before, but it is definitely more functional and makes things a little bit simpler!