Tuesday, February 16, 2010

My made over laundry/utility/pantry room!! 2-16-10

Bah humbug!!  I did not realize that my disc was missing from my camera  argh!!  So no before pics nor any in progress mess pictures.

my process was.....
1. With all my kiddos help we removed everything but the big appliances from the room.(purging as i went)
2. I cleaned all the cobwebs from the room and swept the floor.
3. I took 2 old cans of paint- an old white and an old green. Mixed them together and created this real pretty aquaish color.
4. Then I painted all the walls including some of the shelf brackets to "hide" them
5. I mopped the floors and cleaned my washer and dryer.
6. Lastly, I put everything that made the cut back and in a much more roganized manner and easier for me to use and find.

But here are the after pictures...


from the doorway..

behind the door


left side of door ( my plan is to cut down the sorter to fit under the bottom shelf)


My pantry area and the utilities in the background.

I still have a couple more ideas up my sleeve.  My goal is to have everything off the floor, But really the only things still left there are the carpet shampooer and vacuum.  I am thinking heavy duty hooks to hang my vacuum up(it is a Dyson and I want to protect it).  The shampooer still baffles me, but i am very pleased with it thus far.