For a hot minute Jeff and I discussed enlarging the laundry room, but it seemed that we'd either have to bump it out to the garage, thus losing space there, or bump it into my closet - and I like my closet too much to do that. So, we suffer. Hah - that is totally a joke - at least we have a laundry room, which I remember being so happy to get after years of apartment living and having to schlep our laundry to the laundromat. And we got to do that again during the renovation, which, while being able to use several machines at once meant that the laundry only took an hour instead of many, I'm happy to have my laundry room at home.
Shortly before we began the renovation, we replaced our old front-loader washer and dryer; the washer kept throwing out error codes and it was taking forever to get anything washed because with each code, it would stop. The codes were not the same, and while we probably could have fixed it to nurse it along for a couple more years, the seal was mildewed again, and this was the second seal we'd put in. So, we found a new set that we love; the control panel is a glass touch screen, like an iPad, which is great because the button panel on our old one had cracked around each button years ago and the replacement was super expensive (my fix was to put clear packing tape over it). We got a great deal by buying last year's model and even got a color other than white for the first time ever! Our before pictures begin with the new washer and dryer in the old room:
You know, I love color and I really loved the Caribbean blue walls in here, along with the black and white checkerboard floor. We had a countertop above the old washer and dryer, but when we got the new top-loader, we had to remove it, which is why the wall is scarred on the left. The cabinets did not go all the way to the ceiling - there was easily two feet above them.
After:
While we planned on reusing the one of old cabinets, it didn't work out - it looked too small and mounting it higher meant that I couldn't reach it at all. Our cabinet maker to the rescue! He made these to match the kitchen cabinets, and we ended up with ceiling-height cabinets, a nifty shelf above the washer and dryer to keep from losing socks behind them, and a shelf with a bar to hang clothes to dry.
I was expecting just a plain old shelf, but this ended up being more of an open cabinet. It feels like it's part of the cabinets, and I'm glad our cabinet guy took it upon himself to do something beyond what we talked about.
As much as I love color, I have to say, having the laundry room's walls and floor be the same as the rest of the house makes it flow better.
View coming in from the garage. As you can see, it's not much of a room, but hey, it's inside.
Because there wasn't much color in this room, I wanted to do something a jazzy with the knobs. And since I only needed three, I wasn't as restrictive with cost as I was with the kitchen knobs and pulls. I ended up choosing these turquoise knobs, which have a soft iridescence to them. They are from Anthropologie, but I ordered them through Nordstrom so I got free shipping.
We had enough space under the hanging bar to mount our new cordless vacuum and it's been super handy to be able to grab that and quickly zip it over the floors. There's also space for a small step stool, which is necessary for me to reach into the bottom of the washer when I've washed small items. This washing machine is great, but if you're short, you will have to come up with a way to get to the bottom of it. My other go-to would be a pair of tongs - I already use them in the kitchen to reach high up items, so why not the laundry room? For a utilitarian room, it looks really pretty, and we're really pleased with how it turned out.
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