It's been a little over two months since we closed on our house, and we just completed the first room this week! I still might hang a couple things around, but for now, the laundry room is done and ready to go. For some reason I didn't get very good before pictures - like only one - so you'll just have to use your imagination. This is the transformation of the room!
So this is my only "before" picture. Whoops. I promise I have lots more of the other rooms :) You can see they had a beautiful laundry room themed border up, yellow on the walls, that beautiful light fixture, and white linoleum on the floors. They took their washer and dryer so the space below the cabinets was empty (and nasty).
We took down the border immediately, cleaned everything...about 45 times, replaced the two light fixtures (there's another one you can't see), changed the knobs on the cabinets, changed the door knobs on all three doors (entry from kitchen, pantry, and hot water heater), painted all the wood works white, replaced and painted the moldings, painted the walls, painted the ceilings and painted the shelves in the pantry, and bought a new washer and dryer. I know...this is only one room. See why we're still working on it two months later!!
Instead of paying the $20 for Home Depot to install the washer and dryer for us, Grant thought he could do it himself...that's him crammed in behind the dryer trying to figure it out. A little over two hours and few trys later, it was hooked up and ready for use!
LOVE our new washer and dryer! We went with the LG top loader. So far, so good! The best part is it plays a song when it's done instead of one of those annoying beeps!
Ta-Da! The finished laundry room! This is as you walk in from the side entry door.
Same thing here - just ignore the box on the floor and the khakis on the dryer :) Picture on the right was before I put the words around the bulletin board. The door by the bulletin board is our pantry.
One of my favorite things we've done so far! I love having pictures around and having places to display them. We have been blessed with great friends and family!!
So, one room is completly done...check! We just got word from the place we bought our hardwood from that it should be here next week. Once the hardwood gets in, we'll be able to get more organized and hang things on the walls in the main living areas. I can't wait to have a couch to sit on, a TV to watch, and MY bed to sleep on!
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