You may know by now that I sometimes start projects and then see something shiny and switch gears in the middle of it. Our mud/laundry combo is a good example of this. I quite literally stopped painting in the middle of a wall:
I have zero shame in doing this…it stayed like this for a YEAR. Ah well, at least it wasn’t super noticeable.
Finishing this wall and another one have been on my list for, well…a year. I finally got that finished and I’m so thrilled with the changes I’ve made in here, I figured I’d do a little recap with before and after photos. I’ll also share what else I’d like to accomplish in here.
This room is a mud room and laundry space — which if not large enough, I would not recommend. We had the combo in our old house for awhile and it was WAY too small. But when you have it all in a big room, it’s pretty awesome.
I LOVE that we can walk in from traveling and dump all of our dirty clothes right into the washer or hampers. I also love that it’s close enough to our living spaces that I can start loads/move clothes over to the dryer easily.
Anyway…here’s what we were working with soon after moving in. I chose a neutral ceramic marble-looking tile (I’ll link the products or similar ones at the bottom of the post!) for the flooring:
I was able to design the layout of this space and drew at least 15 layouts before deciding on this one.
A year after moving in I changed out the standard lights to these pretty brass flush mounts and then last year I added the shiplap wall and painted (half of the room):
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I built those pull out shoe cubbies a couple months ago and they are working perfectly! I love them.
The original wall color was the one I used throughout the whole house — agreeable gray by Sherwin-Williams:
The new color is called Whitestone, and I used and loved it in our old master bedroom.
You can see how I made that lettered sign here! After adding the huge DIY chalkboard, this is how that view looks now:
We have a long folding table along one wall that we keep our cat litter under:
It also serves as a command center — we charge all of our electronics here and all mail lands here first:
You can see how I hid the cat litter for just a few bucks here!
You may notice that wall isn’t painted still — I have a DIY project in mind for that wall I’m hoping to work on soon!
Here are a few more looks at the space so far!
Our washer and dryer are still kicking! You can read my review of this LG top loader washer and dryer here.
Look, the wall is painted! 😂
Here’s a look inside that closet — it’s basically the best thing ever:
You can see more of the mud room closet and how I organized it here!
I hope to add crown molding in this room soon, and then paint those closet doors black. I have bigger plans for the folding table area, but with all that’s gone on lately I doubt it be in the budget anytime soon. Maybe next year!
Do you have a combo mud and laundry room? Do you love it or hate it?
Here’s a list of the projects I’ve completed in this room and links (click the photos) to the items as well!:
- Huge DIY chalkboard
- Shiplap tips and tutorial
- Painting interior doors
- Lighting sconces without electricity
- Adding chunky door header
- LG top loader washer and dryer review
- DIY hand lettered sign how-to
- Hiding the cat litter
- DIY pull out shoe cubbies
- Mud room closet for vacuums and cleaning supplies
- Easy no sew bench cushion
- Brass scalloped flush mount lights
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