Décor on a Dime: Laundry Room Makeover

I have been itching to do another DIY project and I finally got a chance this past week! 

 

I had been looking for a new washing machine and came across a great deal at Lowe’s on Memorial Day.  (Sometimes, waiting for a major holiday can save you a lot of money on a big item purchase.  My washer was 28% off regular price, if I had bought it the week before I would have only gotten 10% off!)  Perfect, as I was wanting to paint and redecorate the laundry room and figured this was the perfect time!

 

Here is a picture of my laundry room before.  It is a nice size room and I LOVE that it is on the second floor of our house (next to all of the bedrooms).  But it was a little dull and boring (ok, a lot boring!)

My plans were to add beadboard, lighten it up a bit with some light yellow paint, and add black accents.  I got some of the beadboard wallpaper at Home Depot on clearance for $7 a roll and decided this would be a great chance to try it out.  I also got some used chair rail for FREE! 

The wallpaper was super easy to work with!  You can see in the bottom picture where I needed to trim up the bottom.  Once it was dry, this was really easy to trim and then paint.  The upper yellow wall took 2 good coats – I ran out of paint and had to go buy a second quart.  Once the wallpaper dried, I painted it, the chair rail, and baseboards.

Then my washer was delivered and set up, I installed the shelves again, put back all the laundry room soaps and such, and DECORATED!  :) 

Here is the finished product! 
 

I love it!  It is so cheery and sunny!  (By the way, I love the little shelf/hanging bar on the right.  We installed that when we first moved in and it is so convenient to hang clothes up on to dry.)

 

The black basket is a FREE yardsale find, the candle sconce was a yardsale find from years ago (it used to hang in our bedroom), I already had the ivy and candle, so the “LAUNDRY” saying was the only accessory I bought for the room.  It was 50% off at Hobby Lobby and cost $7.49.

 

  This picture better shows the yellow color.  Love it!  So now if I could just get the laundry to wash and fold itself this would be the PERFECT room! :)

 

Total cost for this makeover:

Paint (used 1 1/2 quarts) - $7.96 each = $15.92

Beadboard wallpaper - $7.00 for one roll and used one cut from a second roll (will save the rest of that roll for a bathroom project coming up soon!) = $7.00

“Laundry” wall saying = $7.49    

Chair rail = FREE!

All other accessories – I already had, just re-purposed from other rooms.

Total cost - $30.49! 

Not bad for a totally different look and a room I love!  Maybe I will actually look forward to doing laundry now! :)

 

Once again…..

Before:

After:

 

Ahhhhh…… so much better!  It is a simple thing that makes me smile! :)

I am linking this post up to the following linky parties: