the laundry room revisited....

i think that this room has to be the one i am most proud of in my little diy portfolio.....

the before: 

yuk!!! 

(and i am the one who painted it like that in the first place....

i can't even blame it on the previous owners of the home because we bought it new).

i had ideas for the room swirling around in my brain for a long time.  i just wanted light and bright...i considered painting the room white.  that was a fleeting thought...what would my family and friends say....the girl with the easter egg house.....(so named because of the bright colors we painted when when we first moved into the house).  then i fell in love with turquoise.  hard.  i am sure that the inspiration for the paint came from the blue mason jars i love so much.

so i mixed the color myself from a can of  $5.00 oops paint.

when i started redoing the room, more ideas kept popping into my head and i just went with them.  

a chandelier in the laundry room???  who does that? 

i do..

(look at that bling bling)

tiffany blue walls in the laundry room??? who does that?

i do...

mason jars styled, photographed as art and framed?? who does that?

i do....

board and batten treatment in the laundry room??  who does that?

well, i saw lots of people who had done that in their houses so i figured i could do that too, so, 

i did....

and i did it all by myself...

well........almost.

don hung the chandelier 

because ever since i stuck a butter knife into a lamp socket when i was about 9 years old,  

i am afraid of electricity...

even if the power is off.  

and he helped me use the nail gun for the board and batten ledge 

because that thing is scary, 

especially when it blew the air into my face when i pulled the trigger.....

it scared the bejeebers outta me....

 i am, however, very proud of the fact that 95% of the work was done by yours truly.....

the planning, the painting, the woodwork and the decor....

 i love the room.  everyone that has come over to the house loves the room.  

it makes you want to do the laundry.

sigh......

there have been a few changes in the room since it was first transformed.  

most have been cosmetic changes, changing out the decor and adding other girly touches...

glass containers to hold detergent and oxyclean....

a wire basket to hold towels

and more of my favorite blue mason jars.

i made a little cover from a vintage sheet for the shoe storage cube. 

    the picnic basket holds gloves, scarves and hats for winter. 

i had an old half circle table cloth with lace trim that i added to the roman shade.

my friend lisa's parents have an old barn where i found this window.  the glass was so dirty that i thought it was opaque....when i washed it i realized that the glass was perfect.  the paint is original.  it was turquoise.  i didn't have to do anything to this window to get it to look like it does.  

the patina and rust on this frame is gorgeous and they let me take the window for free....

(thanks walt and penny)  

the one thing that i don't like rust and patina on is my washing machine.  

especially one that is only about 9 years old.  

of course, don tried to fix it. using caulk . which as you can see didn't work very well.

that lovely orange below??  rust!!  

i know that 9 years is a long time for appliances nowadays but it drives me crazy that the lid of my washer rusted.  

so i am entering a contest to win PartSelect’s $5000 GE Giveaway contest for new appliances

because a new washer and dryer would be the icing on the cake in this beautiful laundry room!
and
because my dishwasher is on it's last leg.....

i am keeping my fingers crossed to win. someone has to win, right?  why not me??

wish me luck!!!!