Laundry room - overhaul

WARNING:

The before pictures are not for the "faint of heart".
Some of you may want to cover your eyes or have your young children leave the room.

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Before

Below is a picture of the sturdy shelves which are hiding behind those beautiful curtains above.
(Can you just feel the sarcasm?)

Everyone needs a place to hang clothes as they come out of the dryer, right?
This is actually the backside of a door we closed in from our family room.

The faux parquet floor was original to the house (back in 1968) and was desperate for a cover-up.

Mr. Fisherman was not excited to lay tile floor so we chose a

quick and easy peel and stick.

At first I was a little leery about using peel and stick, but it stuck really well and turned out looking pretty good after all.

 

Okay...

If your still with me and haven't had to "turn away" or close your eyes from the frightening before pictures, here are a few much better - not so scary - photos.

 

Mr. Fisherman built me new cabinets above the washer and dryer.

 

 

 

 

 

He even built me a shelf over the washer and dryer.

 

 

 

 

Now, for that "clothes hanger"...

 

 

 

Did you notice?

The shelves are not all the same height.

I wanted to make use of every inch of space so I measured the things I wanted to store here before Mr. Fisherman built the shelves.

 

AND....

 

Drum roll, please......

  

 

What's lurking behind that curtain????

All sorts of stuff...

 

 

I live in a tiny little 1400 square foot home; I have to take advantage of EVERY

little space available.

I love all my new storage space.

 

I bought enough fabric to make a curtain to hide my new storage and to make a matching curtain for the window.

 

 

I used scrap fabric from my stash to decorate the wall.

  (sorry for the bad lighting)

 

I saw this idea online and thought I would give it a try.

I ironed Heat and Bond onto my fabric scraps, cut the letters out, peeled the Heat and Bond off, and ironed (yes, ironed) them onto the wall. It worked perfectly.

We completed the laundry room a year ago - I'm just getting around to posting.

Those letters have been on the wall a year now and I have had no issues with them peeling off.

They still look just as good as the day I ironed them on.

 

Hope this wasn't too scary for you!

 

 

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