I showed you the final design plan already, but now I can finally show you the finished room!
The red washer and dryer that we bought when we moved in look better than they ever have, but I think it’s the giant utility sink and double faucets that make the space.
That’s pretty much my dream sink and if we ever leave this house, it would be one of the things I’d miss most. I have a little plant (cyclamen) in the window, and a gray and white striped towel hangs from a red hook to the right.
There are still things I’d like to do. I’d like to replace our rickety drying rack and hang a clothes rail from the wall or ceiling. I’d like to find some cute laundry baskets instead of the cheap plastic ones we’ve had forever. There are a few touches that I really like though, like the art. The droplets print from Summersville brings in some color and pattern, and I love that it’s screenprinted on fabric. It’s perfect for the laundry room.
I have to say, I think this room may have made me a ‘blue’ convert. It’s not normally a color that I like to use, but the laundry room is so cheery and fresh. That octagon tile makes me happy too. And three cheers for an old-fashioned swinging door! It makes me think of my grandmother’s kitchen.
It’s nice to have a non-scary place to do laundry.
111 comments
Nick
In the first picture, where is the table from? Link? Thanks!
Nick
Oh! Found it! Nordin at Ikea: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30176903/
Making it Lovely
Yes, that’s the one.
Jordan
Hey, LOVE your laundry room colors (and all the details for that matter!). Is Cumulous Cloud the color you ended up going with on the walls?
Making it Lovely
Yes, but color matched to Benjamin Moore it turned out to be “Whirlpool.”
Germaine
Love the space!! The red and blue looks great! I love blue, greys and reds! Love your style!
Mango Furniture
Very jealous of your fab utility room. The sink is absolutely amazing and those red washer dryers are fantastic.
Jillian
That is the loveliest laundry room! I am officially jealous. But I am even more jealous of the red clock you have shown. I am, on what feels like, a forever search for a clock much like that one. May I ask where you got it?
ellen patton
I’m SO jealous of your cool laundry room. I have to use the laundromat in my condo building. It’s nice being able to do 3 loads at once, I must admit. And, I’ve got a RED retro refrigerator – hooray for red appliances!
whorange
The droplets art is awesome. Where is it from?
Making it Lovely
Summersville.
Andrea @ TheTrainToCrazy.com
Cutest laundry room ever.
Shelley
First off, I love your blog! Thank you so much for doing this! When I first found it I think I read back through pretty much the whole thing, in one night :)
I have a question for you though, about your basement windows. We are about to move into an old house with older and large basement windows. We would like to someday finish the basement, so we are debating whether or not we want to put in glass block windows. I hate the thought of losing such a large opening for air flow and light, but like the safety and efficiency of glass block. I’m wondering how you feel about yours and if you left one window that opens for emergency exiting?
Thanks again for having such a great blog!
Making it Lovely
We didn’t need an emergency exit through the windows because we have a door that opens to the exterior through the laundry room (the blue one). I’m not nuts about glass block windows either, but ours have a vent in the center of each to still allow for some air flow.
CandyK
Wow – delicious!
I’m over here in Australia and we can’t get Red washing machines! They look fab. I think a big nice laundry is such a wondeful thing to have – you don’t mind spending time in there washing your smalls!
I was going to suggest this product for your clothesline – I have one and it is fabulous – when not in use it folds back into the wall and is hardly visible… But I see on their website they are no longer making them. Maybe there is something similar in the states…
http://www.invisibleclothesline.com.au/
Molly
I, too, am afraid of scary laundry rooms, but yours look good enough to have a party in! Congrats on the finished room! :)
Wendi
I never liked blue either… until I became a mother of boys! Really, it seems that I love blue now. In fact, I just painted my bedroom Moody Blue by Sherwin Williams and have a smattering of blues throughout the house.
Paula/adhocmom
I love light blue and red. Very inspiring. I have a horrifying laundry room. . but the thing is it’s my first ever laundry room, so the fact that I can actually do laundry in MY HOUSE is pretty amazing. We’ll get there.
kasey at girl in the gray house
it looks great, i always seem to be attracted to blue and green walls.
Kerry @ First Time Fancy
I LOVE IT! It looks so fantastic – so bright! I do a round up every friday of my favorites from blog land… this will 100% be in it this week! :)
Holly
I saw a pin over on pinterest where they hung a blue painted ladder from the ceiling (pot rack style) and used that for hanging clothes – so cute! If I find it again, I’ll send it your way!
Making it Lovely
Sounds cute!
Holly
Here’s the link! Her laundry basket is cute too :c) And all oh so easy to imagine in your space since it’s sporting the blue and red color scheme
http://www.littlelucylu.com/2011/04/ladder-laundry-rack.html
ArticulateArt
It looks quite lovely!!! Love that the door’s a light blue!
jennifer
Congrats Nicole!! It looks AWESOME! :) I’m drooling over your washer and dryer…
samsonizzle
Congrats! Your drying rack isn’t nearly as rickety as ours, which was snatched from the side of the road once upon a time. I recently discovered it was the culprit of a few small holes in some of my favorite sweaters (a vintage one belonging once to my great aunt, a charmer from J. Crew, and even the little one I wore on our wedding day). A little bit of chipping paint on one of the bars made for a sharp spot which caused snagging. Ironic was the fact that a free drying rack caused who-knows-how-many dollars worth of damage (not including sentimental value) and was mended by a mere one-inch piece of masking tape. Ah, to have a dedicated laundry room with a built-in drying rack! Do share what you get if/when you end up updating your drying rack and laundry baskets. I’m thinking of getting a few of these http://www.containerstore.com/shop/laundry/baskets?utm_term=k140111&utm_medium=affiliate&productId=10007286&utm_source=google myself, as they’ll be easy to tuck away in our tiny laundry-room-less apartment when not in use.
Melissa
That turned out amazing!! Lucky girl
Sasha
Congratulations! I know how wonderful it feels to finally “finish” a room. It looks lovely. Enjoy!
Mandi
Love it all! Am also not a blue fan, but your laundry room is selling me. I have that W/D set in white, and am kind of sorry I did that now :-D.
I have this rack from Target, and I love, love, love it. It might be a bit large for the space, but the fact that it rolls around means you can push it back against the wall. I hang-dry a great deal of our stuff, way more than I used to without it. And with a nod to design, I have matching hangers that only live on that rack :-D. (…and also, nobody can steal hangers from my Drying System of Awesome, and play innocent lol!)
The swinging door is tops, that’s freaking brilliant. Gotta use that myself someday.
erin
it looks great! and i’m so glad to read that you may now be a “blue” convert. i never liked blue, but decided to paint our kitchen/dining area a slate color. ever since, i find myself gravitating towards blue paint. it’s weird- i still don’t consider blue a favorite color, but for walls it really seems to work. :)
Aprill
Beautiful job! I’d love doing laundry in your laundry room. I really love the red washer and dryer. Much more interesting than my boring white ones.
Marcia V. of Precious Style
Now I want a laundry room with a swinging door! My Gramma too has one in her kitchen with a window for seeing in and out. I always thought it was a pity that it was propped open most of the time and had a curtain on it.
Becky
Beautiful room. I hope your Cyclamen lasts longer than ours! We had a very needy one….but its flowers sure are pretty.
Making it Lovely
I hope it lasts! I’ve had it for a month or so now. There were pink flowers (very pretty, yes), but they have since dropped off.
Sonja
Cheers! To a beautiful space, and job well done! Very impressive with two munchkins under the age of two!
emma
i heart red
charity
Perfect! I love your style. It looks so cherry and artistic yet peaceful. What a great combination.
Cathy
wow, that is a beautiful laundry room! i love how tranquil in looks in there…
Natalie
This looks fabulous! The pale blue/red combo is so light and refreshing. And I LOVE the swinging door ~ GENIUS for a laundry room!
Well done! :)
Lori
I am pale blue and red with envy. It is a lovely room and you have inspired me. I am going to find ways to make my laundry room a non-scary place to do laundry. I so get what you mean by that… Why shouldn’t laundry rooms be lovely indeed!!
Connie
You’ve inspired me.
Krista of Hopeless Chest
This is absolutely fantastic. I LOVE the colour combo and the tiles.
Your Mother
Love that you remember grandma Rose’s swinging door :). I think I’ll come do my laundry at your house from now on – how pleasant it would be. Love the room.
Christy
Aww Man! I love everything about it!
Completely cute, and doesn’t feel at all like a laundry room-good job!
Emmmylizzzy
Wowzers! If I had a room like this I might actaully want to do the laundry! I just love it all – the blue, the tiles, the pop of red from the washer. You should do this for a living :)
Tanya from Dans le Townhouse
I think I might like pale blue more now, too. I love the accessories you chose for the room – so perfect. And I covet your washing machine.
The Ravenna Girls
It turned out beautifully, well done! Blue and Red has always been one of my go-to color combos, glad to see a new embrace of it :)
Nat@ dear little house
I totally love those tiles! I’m trying to decide on tiling my bathroom at the moment, are they difficult to keep clean due to all the grout?
Making it Lovely
No, the tiles are easy to clean. I think it helps that we used dark grout. White may have been a different story.
Penney
I love this whole room. I’m sure the whole laundry experience is cheery now. Do birds hang up your clothes like Cinderella? If only you could train mice to fold and put away.
kathy
Hi,
Love the new laundry room!
Who is the Etsy artist who created the droplet painting?
The etsy link is no longer available
Thanks,
-Kathy
Rebecca
That last line “It’s nice to have a non-scary place to do laundry” made me laugh! :) Its so true too. Sometimes we don’t give our laundry rooms much love, but this is truly inspiring. And hey, if you ever move… take the sink with you!! ;)
The Distressed Mother
Looks fabulous. But then do we ever get anything less from you?
TDM xx
Kristyne
Nicole, I would have my wedding night in that room !!!! ;)
jenn
it turned out fantastic! great idea with the swinging door, especially when hands are carrying a heavy load of clothes!
Jules
I love it, especially the print and sink.
Gwendolyn
A very nice ‘after’ photo for sure! I really like it and have sink envy! :)
Amanda
So cute!!! I hope your laundry days are fabulous now!!!
v.j. kohout
Nicole, be careful. The swinging door can catch little fingers between the door and frame. I had to remove them from my kitchen.
Heather
*sigh*
Eileen
I would totally make excuses (aka do lots of laundry) to spend a lot of time in this room.
Angie
Ah…this is just lovely! I absolutely love the colors! Do you mind me asking where you bought your black console table??
Ashley
As a long time fan of blue I really like this! Where’s the little red vase from?
Kasey
I love it! It doesn’t even look like a laundry room! I agree that the art is so bright and beautiful! Love the popping colors.
Ashley @ DesignBuildLove.co
that is a totally amazing laundry room! I could spend forever in there! And the utility sink… that is SIMPLY TO DIE FOR! Seriously, I would die to have a sink at all in my laundry room, let alone one that looked like that!!!
Debra
Nicole, like everything you do, this is just awesome. So fresh. I’m a blue person myself (having gone a bit overboard w/ Behr “Calm Spitit” — very zen, and then I add punches of colour w/ other shades). But what makes this doubly impressive is you can pull it all together and do so much else and you’ve only just had a baby! superwoman, you are!
Nora
This is my dream laundry room. Love all the simple, but perfect details. And you mentioning your grandmother’s swinging kitchen door totally reminded me that my grandma had one too. :)
Natalie
looks great! if you’re looking for a cheap upgrade for the drying rack, i have loved our ikea FROST drying rack, $20 bucks, i think! i used to have the one you have in there and it broke on us after a short while. no complaints with the new one.
Nykole
Oh, where is that clock from? I love it!
getgoinggirly
i love the floor!
Brittany
Love the pop of Red and the print! Looks amazing…what a happy place to do laundry :)
Laurie
That has to be THE BEST looking laundry room I’ve ever seen. Really nice job!!!
Angie
The laundry room looks fantastic – I love the combination of pale blue and red together.
We recently renovated our laundry room and it is very small. I like to dry a lot of my clothing on drying racks too and it was just too cramped. My husband bought two of these wires (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/6007529) from Ikea and mounted them on the wall so we could get rid of the racks. I was very resistant at first, but gave in and now I love them. I was worried the wire would ruin my clothing, but they came with a plastic tube you can put around the wire. They work great and we have so much more room now.
Angie
oops – missed the last 5 in the link:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60075295
Erika
Wow – what a transformation. I think I would actually enjoy doing laundry in that room!
It’s so cheery and happy looking!
Lila Ferraro
I want that laundry room! I love the space. I can just imagine a cool blue laundry room to help me fold my laundry. Aaah…the dream!
xoxo
Lila Ferraro
Amanda
Oh I love the punches of red, and the art is adorable! I just found your blog and I am smitten!
Amanda @ Our Humble A{Bowe}d
Oh, your laundry room looks so great! I hear you on the non scary place. We’re in the process of finishing our laundry room. http://ourhumbleabowed.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/another-productive-weekend/
Kelly
Wow, I so love this! I am jealous… I need to brighten up my laundry room, too!
stephanie
super cute! great job
kristin
so lovely (you’ve really made the whole space lovely- and can’t wait to see the play area some time as that evolves as well).
LOVE the idea of the swinging door. genius.
Ban Clothing
The transformation is remarkable! It was such a cave before and it’s clean, bright, and airy. I am jealous you were able to see beyond the surface.
Carla
This space would actually make me want to do laundry. I have to brave the cold and dirty garage to tackle my never ending pile.
Lilly
lovely!! You lucky girl, laundry is going to be so pleasant for you now!! Enjoy:)
Sarah
Wow, I love it! I am so jealous, my laundry room is a corner of the garage. Love the wall color.
Danyelle
This is so inspiring, Nicole. The color palate and artwork are really lovely. Great work!
Elissa
Wow, beautiful. So much nicer than the dungeon my washer and dryer are in. Does that door go both ways? (hee hee) That’s such a great idea!
Kathy
LOVE the sink! Looks great in there!
Michelle
I’m insanely jealous. I trudge down to a granite basement at the base of this 170 year old house to do my laundry. I would die to have your space. My husband once scoffed at a friend’s new home, “Who would waste such valuable square footage on such a large laundry room with a window.” Clearly, he is not the one who spends hours upon hours doing laundry. Well done!
Katrina
FAB!!! I love your laundry room, its amazing. The blue door looks so pretty! Our laundry is in the garage, I don’t ever see that being a pretty space, lol
natalyn
It’s awesome!
molly
love it Nicole! what a pleasant place to do laundry. I adore the droplets print, and how it pulls it all together!
Melizza
I would happily put fold and put away my clothes if I had such a cute laundry room. I will have to keep a laundry room in mind when we move into our next space. Having a washer and dryer in the garage will not do.
Becky
So, so lovely! I’m jealous as I look askance at my cobwebby laundry space in the unfinished basement. Great job!
Laura@JourneyChic
I’m lucky enough to have a small laundry room, but it looks NOTHING like this! I love that you have a big space to fold – I envy that. But mostly I like that it seems like a fun place to do a tedious chore. Well done!
Lyndsay
Gorgeous, I could hang out in there! Great job!
Tammy aka @Tammy_Skipper
So cute! What a great use of all that space. Love the red in fun places like the hook.
Bird.in.Hand, Laurie
It certainly IS a dream! I just love the color combination of the pale blue and bright red. Wait ’till I show my hubby!
Barbara "Queen B" Dolan
THAT. IS. FAN. TASTIC.
victoria
so fresh and clean looking. almost makes me want to do laundry!
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