A "New" Laundry Room

After many trips to find the perfect throw rug (Thank you Alisha for being dragged all over Tucson), tons of Home Depot runs for paint sample cards, and a few run ins to Michael's...

the laundry room is DONE!

Not to mention battling a cold, strep, pink eye and a UTI within a week in our home.

Now I will admit that it is not Better Homes and Gardens quality, but I like it. It makes me smile, even if it is just the laundry room.

And our winning color... Nightfall by Freshaire (an Earth friendly paint!) It is a silvery blue.

Not our Granny Smith Green we first thought about.

Nor was is the washed out Teal that I LOVE with brown. We did decide that since this color combination is something we both really like (and that does not happen often) we would use it in our own bed/ bathroom. Marshall's has some g.o.r.g.e.o.u.s pillows that I am anxious to get my hands on that will go with this color scheme, but more on that later.

So here is the Before...

And the After...

There are a couple of things I would still like to replace.

1. The white plastic pull out. It is functional, but so not pretty. We would still like to build in cabinets above the washer and dryer, so until that day comes...

2. The white not so cute basket is for dirty dish rags.

My Texas Stars; Ross $19.99 for the set

The rug. First purchase and color inspiration; Target $12.99

Baskets (I still need 2 more); Micahel's $12.99 on sale

The baskets contain: cleaners (1 for bathrooms, 1 for the house),

Swiffer stuff, light bulbs, mismatched socks (because we have a Sock Monster living in our house, and we forever have a sock missing it's mate for a week or so)

P.S. I like to scrap and totally dig tags, so each basket has one!

They are so simple. I made them from white price tags (a box of 50 is 1.99) purchased from Office Max. Used a brown, teal, off white and gold ink to add color.

A swirl stamp and some ribbon.

The paint was a little more expensive, 37.98 for the gallon. But it has NO odors and for using in such a small space I was glad I spent the extra money. Plus it was super easy to clean up afterwards. I highly recommend it.

A laundry room make over for under $100!!!!!

P.S. Thank you Honey for painting the top trim and putting on the second coat! It was a pain trying to paint in such a small space. And when you are only 5'2" you can only reach so high.