Time to Do Laundry

I just wish it was in a laundry room that looked like this....

I had the pleasure of meeting Alexis at ALT Summit last week, and her style blows me away.

Did you notice the surf shed right outside her laundry room door?

She's just too cool for words, I tell ya.

As are all of you.  Tell me, what are you up to this wonderful Monday?

Before & After: Laundry Room

Happy Monday everyone! Did you have a fun weekend?  I sure hope so.  My husband was back in town over the weekend and we hung all over each other all weekend.  It's like we were in college all over again.

I had a short list of honey-do's for him and it included helping me hang a couple things in our laundry room.  About a month ago, I mentioned how I was going to paint my laundry room.  And by golly, I did.

Here is the before picture.

The paint was an unwashable flat paint that wasn't tolerating my 2 year old and boxer dog very well.  {On a side note, did you know that Sherwin Williams makes a washable flat paint?  Genius, I tell you}.

In choosing a color, I knew I wanted something subtle and refreshing.  I started thinking some some blues would be nice, but in trying to keep a halfway consistent color palette throughout the house, I leaned towards a green color.

Here is the after picture:

You'll have to excuse my flashy pictures, but they were taken late last night.  The paint color I choose is Sherwin Williams Grassland {SW 6163}.  As I was painting, I feared that I had gone too minty, but luckly I stuck with it as I think it has a very calming character to it - which is the exact thing I wanted!

A couple of details on the wall hangings.  I found the mirror at a local thrift store for $10.  This is what it looked like when I bought it:

As much as I love a touch of gold these days, this was a little much so I spray painted it white.  As you know, I have a tendency to paint everything white.

And when we were shopping at Target this last week, I found this coat hanger on clearance for $9.

Only, when I checked out, it rang up at about $3.50.  Don't you just love it when that happens?  I knew the blue color wouldn't work, but I could easily spray paint it white, and save a few bucks.  {The competing coat hanger was $20 and it had a shelf above the hangers}.

A couple simple changes and my laundry room feels brand new!  All for a reasonable cost of about $40!

Laundry Room Makeover

Can you believe this Laundry Room makeover?!?  Sausha at {show & tell} did this herself!  I'm loving how she made her own risers with storage underneath for her washer and dryer!  You can purchase those, but building your own to coordinate with the cabinets already there is so much better!

Before

After

Laundry Sorter

If I did laundry in this room, it might not seem like such a chore!