A little over a month ago Birch Lane contacted me to see if there was a space in my house I wanted to add a little spring refresh to.
And did I need a little help?
Umm….yes.
As a matter of fact I do.
Then I jumped up and down and tried a cart-wheel and thought I might take up yodeling to celebrate.
I knew I had the perfect space for the refresh. I’ve been wanting to add a little something to the laundry room.
At least that’s how the conversation went when I explained it all to my husband later. Just a little bit here and there, I told him.
And somewhere between a little bit and a little something…..
….I kind of got a little carried away.
And completely made over the entire room. 🙂
Now here’s the before before.
This is the laundry room before I wrote a blog when we first bought the house. I had no idea how much I would one day need before pictures. This is all the before I have.
The walls were yellow.
The trim was dark.
Here’s the during.
I love the space. I love that window. I love the black and white and I love the pieces and how they fit in the space.
I love the green trees outside in this picture that are currently brown.
The room had looked like this for five years and I loved every minute of those five years, but I was ready for a change.
And now?
Now it looks like this.
Can you even believe it?
Please scroll to that before before picture one more time.
*sigh*
Laundry has never made me so happy.
We started the make-over by painting the room.
The new paint color is SW Rice Grain.
I think it lightened up the space and made it all look a little fresher.
We wrapped the paint onto the ceiling too.
There was an old fluorescent light up there and we took it down, attached a ceiling medallion and added this chandelier.
It’s perfect for the space because it’s light and airy and the burnished gold color is so pretty against the paint color on the walls.
It comes in different colors, too, and it’s even on sale right now.
Then we painted the big pieces of furniture that were already in the space with a fresh coat of white paint.
This armoire used to be black.
I bought it years ago at a yard sale for $5 with the best story behind it.
I didn’t want to change it out for something else, so we painted it and striped the door with more SW Rice Grain.
We also added new handles.
These were just plain silver handles from the hardware store.
Super inexpensive.
I simply sprayed them with a coat of burnished gold spray paint.
The large piece on the other side?
I added ship lap to the back of it and hung a twig basket in the middle of the ship lap.
It’s perfect for paper towel storage.
Here’s a better view of the armoire painted with its new burnished gold jewelry.
I love these wire baskets with burlap liners and they make the perfect storage for folded laundry on top of the washer and dryer.
But my favorite part of the new room?
Drum roll please.
It’s the sliding barn door with burnished gold hinges above the washer and dryer.
I’m going to show the DIY later, but we bought the hinges and track at Tractor Supply and I spray painted them gold.
You can roll the door from side to side on the track.
Here’s another angle so you can see how the hinges roll on the track.
It’s the perfect place to put laundry and cleaning supplies that aren’t cute.
Use what you need and then slide it closed when you’re done.
It slides so easily across the track.
We also added an indoor/outdoor rug to the space.
Because the area is high traffic and gets a lot of water, this runner was a great option for adding a graphic pattern to the floor.
The room was finished this week and I did laundry in here yesterday. I went around and asked everyone if they had towels to wash so I could try it out. I was hoping that since the room was new and improved and made over, it might want to wash the towels for me.
I’m still waiting. 🙂
PS A GIANT shout out to Birch Lane for inspiring the make-over and putting together the spring refresh program. Yesterday, Lucy from Craftberry Bush showed us her spring refresh and tomorrow Melissa from The Inspired Room is sharing with us her room. And I’m also taking over the Birch Lane Instagram today. You can follow along with me here.
disclosure: Birch Lane sponsored this post and compensated me for the campaign.
All opinions on barn doors and burnished gold and amazing light fixtures are completely my own.
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KariAnne, I love your sense of style! I have decided that Rice Grain is my new favorite color. I'm in the process of painting my kitchen that color and I adore how it looks on my walls...and me. Every day one of my students discovers a new patch on the back of my arm, in my hair, etc. Obviously I am not a careful painter...or showerer. Yikes! Thanks for all the inspiration! P.S. I covet those wire baskets! :-)
Hi KariAnne, Our 1892 fixer upper house didn't really have a laundry room when we bought it, but my hubby said he could make his 8x8 "office" space with all his work clothes, the washer and dryer, a file cabinet and the dog supplies...work... Bad idea! It's not nearly as impressive as your room, nor nearly as beautiful... I love everything you did in there. Oh to do laundry in a room like that! *sigh* Blessings, Jeanne
It turned out amazing! I think the barn door is my favorite but that rug is also fabulous!! Thanks for sharing it with us. -Shonee
It's so light and airy that I almost want to do laundry! You bavs such an eye for angles - always inspiring!
OHHH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( as JoAnna Gaines would say... ) :) ... Can I make a reservation?? I just need a pillow and a little chair right in front of that amazing window!!! lolol..... just gorgeous Karianne!!!!! Every single bit of it!!! Between the window and that little sliding barn door and the ship lap... and ....... :) .. sigh!!! I could do laundry alll day!!!!!!!
Lovely! Your laundry room is bigger than several of the rooms in my home. Great room
Oh, that sliding barn door!!! Genius!! I'll rock on with you at Birch Lane Instagram...if you run out of rooms...you may head my way. There are several screaming for a new updo! You, my friend, are amazing.
Love the new addition to the laundry room....I have been wanting to replace the ho-hum light in my laundry room for some time now...you are inspiring me to do so !....Your laundry room is so pretty and fresh.....yes, beauty and function.
It's beautiful...probably too much so to do laundry by itself. Wouldn't want to mess up the gold bling after all. :-D Love, love, love the barn door, the new runner, light, ok all of it. Funny, the laundry room is one of the rooms I'm contemplating redoing. It's gone too rustic for my taste. Needs some balance. Thanks for the inspiration! Happy almost Spring! Cecilia
I love it. What a fabulous laundry room and wow, such an amazing transformation from the before, before.
I love your refresh. I liked the laundry room before when you did it, but this is even better! I hope you don't mind if I borrow some of the ideas.
Gorgeous! That room is too pretty to do laundry in. My laundry room is coated in lint, top to bottom. I want to redo it, but I won't until I figure out how to avoid the lint confetti. I'm so careful when I clean out that darn lint tray-still, it goes everywhere.
Hi KariAnne, OK, I used to covet your laundry room before and now this is even more beautiful. So much brighter and airy. Love all the storage solutions too and the barn door is very clever. Did you paint the washer and dryer too? That really is some gorgeous light that steams into this space too. Do keep that in mind for your food photography locales (smile). I really love the softer, more neutral-tone approaches you've been sharing lately. Have a lovely day.
Absolutely gorgeous! That barn door the light the striped rug... Everything! Adore!!!! You nailed it.
Wow, I never thought I would say this because laundry is one of my LEAST favorite chores, but I too would probably hunting around for laundry to do just so I could do it in a room like that! Beautiful, Karianne!
That transformation is incredible! I want to live in your laundry room because it's just so spring-y and bright!! Beautiful Karianne!!
Love the new look, Karianne! Who ever thought we could get so excited about doing laundry...LOL!
This is beautiful, Karianne...so bright and fresh...I LOVE what you've done with the space!
Beautiful as usual. What is the sign on the wall and where did you get it? Love the space.
YOODLE-LAY-HE-HOO! Oh I'm imaging you singing in the "Sound of Music" right now...lol! It looks fabulous!
Love the baskets! Loved the old look too! But it does look bigger and like you have more room too! Always a great thing so yahoo to You!
The new look is so fresh (I guess that was the whole point). I love the brightness and cheeriness of it.
Love your laundry room. So clean and pretty!! I use to have an laundry room with a sink etc. but moved. Now its one side is the dryer and other across from that is a washer. Each has a cabinet over the top and thats it. I sure miss my big laundry room.
I didnt think you could make the laundry room better.....but you did! love, love, love the new look! Only thing I miss is the tall valance pulling your eye in and making the window look huge....are you planning the inexpensive make-it-taller-with wood that you did on your other windows? But it is stunning just the way it is. I think I would be hunting for laundry to do if mine looked like this!
So pretty KariAnne . Sigh... If only it would do the laundry by itself :) I must say, I did like the first make over... but this one is fresh and bright and pretty!!!! Happy laundry days! Hugs, Gee
You had me at "Birch Lane" and "barn door"!! And Mr. Chandelier? Hellooooo, I think I'm in love!! : )
Looks Great!! I find my eye goes right to the rug. Tell me about the Farmhouse sign, I love it...is that new? Rice Grain looks similar to my living room color (Pecan Sandie/Behr).
Love the chandelier & the barn door & the baskets ... .....in fact everything. The room is so you.
What a fun place to do laundry! Love the overall refresh of the space. Gotta LOVE that window!!
Wow! I liked your last makeover but I think removing the curtain topper makes it even more light and airy. Very pretty. Now if you find a way to get the clothes to fold themselves and put themselves away, I will be truly excited. ;)
Nicely done! Hey I saw your picture when you were near my home in Thompson's Station at the Homestead Manor a couple of weeks ago. That place is our new favorite...we needed it out here! Great food & phenomenal Farmer's Mkt too... Cheryl Ann
I reallyliked it before too! Love the SW Rice Grain. What color do you do for your white trim?
Where's the step stool that I know you must use?
Your before, before, photo made me giggle. I said to my hubby recently, " oh rats I wish I would have taken a before photo of that!" Who knew, we would need them, right? Your before photo is lovely, bright and fresh. Your update is equally bright and has a nice touch of cozy too. You could grab a book and sit right there in the laundry room . I do love all of the little touches too, they can make such a big difference. But, truth be told , it's your view out of the window that really made me smile. All of that wonderful natural light too. Green tree brown tree either way it is lovely. We have a small narrow laundry room with plenty of cupboards which I like very much. But my favorite thing is that it is on the second floor of our home. Hugs my friend
Well, you did it again. Barn door? Just stop. That striped runner makes the room look twice as long. Love it so much. I love everything about it. Can I ask what the white ruffles were at the end of the room that are gone now? Well done friend.... Linda
It's Wonderful- my favorite is the light fixture. The only thing I'd add would be a little fabric treatment above the window. A job well done!
What a lovely laundry room! I can't say that it will make doing laundry more fun, but at least you can look fabulous while you are doing it!
Just lovely, friend. Happy weekend to you!
Gorgeous makeover! It's crazy how a light neutral color can transform a room. Those barn sliding doors is an amazing addition. Thanks for sharing :)
I thought the in progress photo was pretty incredible, but the after photo is amazing! Love all the details, including the chandelier and the sliding door. It makes me wish I had an actual laundry room instead of a laundry nook!
Very pretty! Clean and organize the laundry room is on my to-do list for this month. I want to take the washer and dryer out and clean behind them :) I love the light you have! My laundry room lacks natural light, but other than that, I love it!
Great refresh. I love that just a few little tweaks made a huge difference.
Kari Anne, I have the dark trim work like you had. What kind of paint did you use? Did you have to strip it first? I would love to paint mine. Thank you for answering. Blessings
This is downright gorgeous!!! What a transformation.