*This project is in partnership with Lowe’s. All selections, thoughts, and opinions are my own.
Our next remodel has been over a year in the making, and I’m so excited to announce the space we’re making over: the laundry room!
I’m always taken aback when someone says to me “you all are done renovating your house, right?” I forget that I mainly share the spaces we’ve made our own and leave out the ones that don’t have our personal touch yet. We still have several rooms I can’t wait to get my hands on, and the laundry room is one that looks the same as it did they day we moved in. It’s right off the kitchen, which we renovated several years ago. While it didn’t bother me much when then, the minute the kitchen was finished it looked so sad and tired! That’s the thing about renovation, the way you feel about spaces become relative to the ones next to them.
This 10×5′ space has had to play more than just a laundry room. Our home was built in the 80’s, so there is no mudroom. No space to coral “stuff.” It not only has to clean clothes, it needs to feed the dog, act as a butler’s pantry, and contain the pool towels and cleaning supplies. This needs to be much more than a laundry room. Right now there isn’t a whole lot that is super functional. The washer and dryer stick out further than the cabinets, making a narrow space even tighter. As Hank has grown, it has become even more tricky to squeeze him to the back of the room for dinner or a drink. While there is some cabinet storage that I have been grateful for, there could be so much more. And at 5’8″ I have trouble reaching anything in those upper cabinets hence the bottles on the tops of the machines. Aesthetically speaking, it’s not a room I love to be in. The walls are beige but lean towards orange. The big window could let in a lot of light, but is covered by dated treatments. The cat door was certainly functional for someone else, but we don’t have a feline friend, and at 95 pounds Hank couldn’t even fit his head through it if he wanted to.
Like so many of my favorite renovations, we’re teaming up with Lowe’s to get the right look and products at the right price. I’m thrilled for this space to feel like the rest of the house – with its own special details and strong moments of color too. I’ll be back soon with the plans and how we’re tackling the details!
See the progress and reveal of the laundry room.
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Love the color choices! I’m excited to see you make this functional and beautiful.
Thanks so much, excited to get going!
Oooo it’s going to be good! Is it weird I love laundry room renovations as much as bathrooms? Something about taking a solely utilitarian space and making it special and inviting… Can’t wait to follow the progress!
It usually requires so many different functions, so I do think it’s more tricky and therefore more rewarding!
I love what you’ve put together for the new look of this room. I look forward to seeing it finished!
Thanks, Lara!
Oh, this is going to be good! Love the color combo (any shade of orange is my favorite color!), and I can’t wait to follow along as you share your thoughts, progress, and storage solutions.
Thanks so much, Mindy!
oOoohhh! This is going to be so good. I love functional makeovers. Are you going to be stacking the appliances or keep them side by side? Just cosmetic fixes or will you be building it larger? Access door to the outside? Agh I’m spinning with excitement for this one! Go on, do your thing, and I am here for it!
I would love to build it bigger, but that’s been a no-go from my husband, ha. Yes, many of your thought have been my own from the beginning. It’s a gut job, but we’re doing what we can with the space we already have. 😉
We renovated an even smaller laundry room, converting to a stacking washer and dryer and built-in cabinetry. There’s only been one time I have not absolutely loved it, and that was as a third trimester pregnant woman trying to move laundry from the washer to the dryer when they were stacked. Every other minute I have been nothing but grateful we went that route. It made it possible to make much more efficient use of the space.
Oh man, I could see that being tricky! Love hearing that, thanks for sharing!
This is so exciting! Not only am I eager to see the room look more like “you,” I’m also intrigued to hear how you are making better use of the same amount of space. Your designs are always so thoughtful, and I know this room won’t be any different.
Thanks, excited to share!
Gwen !! This is so exciting. As an apartment dweller, with a downstairs laundry room that requires $3.00 per load, watching your functional space come together is what dreams are made of !! Can’t wait to follow along and see what magic transpires 😍😍😍
Thanks for following along, Kelly!
Oh fun! We’re almost done the first stage of our laundry room! Love the direction you’re going in 🙂
Thanks, Ariel!
Great information. Thanks!
I’m interested in whether you do a stackable! I want them but concerned that I won’t be able to reach the upper controls!
I’m 5’8″ so I’m hoping it won’t be an issue!
So excited to see how it turns out!!!
Thanks, lady!
I can’t wait to see how this turns out. We just made over our laundry room. I wanted to hire a contractor to do some things but my husband insisted on doing the work. So some things I wanted done didn’t happen. The space is better than it was but not as good as it could have been. #regrets
I understand that. 😉
Can’t wait, as many others said. But, you are the best with taking advantage of the possibilities!
Thank you, can’t wait to see it come together!
Love the pieces you selected and I can only imagine how amazing your laundry room is going to look like. Functional, practical and stunning at the same time. Can’t wait to see the final result. Love your makeovers!
Thank you, excited to share!