My laundry room is so boring. Laundry is bad enough without having to do it in such an uninspiring place. I gave it a good cleaning the other day, took out all the dead plants, swept up the dead leaves, cleaned out the cupboards so I could actually put some laundry related material in there, sucked all the dust bunnies I could find out, and yet the room is just blah!
I need to paint it, but I'm not sure what color, and because painting a laundry room involves moving the washer and dryer I want to get the color right the first time. Actually what I want is for Sarah Richardson from HGTV to come in and do the room. I love her work, even when what she's doing is not my style I can appreciate what she's doing.
I've watched all of her shows:
Design Inc.
Sarah's House 1,2 and 3
Sarah's Cottage
Design 101
If I had the money I'd have her and Tommy in here tomorrow to do something with that room.
One of Sarah's Laundry Rooms |
I'm considering bead board along the one long wall done in a pastelly blue with a line of glass tile above it and then soft yellow above. That's today's thought, last week I was considering painting the wall with the window red and putting in French style black and white checked cafe curtains. No telling what I'll end up with.
I think your laundry room looks very nice and functional as it is. Light and sunny, and I particularly like the painting of the green chair on the wall - is it one your husband painted?
ReplyDeleteIn order to have a full size washer and dryer in this little 80's ranch style house, we had to install them in the basement--so its functional, but certainly not attractive. In the houses J. built laundry area was usually combined with a storage area for coats, boots, pet supplies---nice--but somehow it was usually untidy. I like the window in your laundry room.
ReplyDeleteThank you both for your comments, I like the window too, the sun it provides is the rooms only redeeming feature.
ReplyDeleteThe painting of the chair is a watercolor that I painted.
Doesn't look so boring to me... I don't even have a washer of my own ;-)
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