Our "refreshed" laundry room...

The laundry room is done!  And I adore it.  It makes me smile whenever I walk into it.  And lord knows that I am in that room everyday...

Board and Batten in the Laundry Room.

A few weeks ago I shared my plans to "refresh" our laundry room.  You can see my ideas here.  We have been steadily working on it.  So far we have added DIY laundry pedestals, and I made some new artwork for the walls.  I must say though that when we added the board and batten to the walls the room really started to change.

The room became so light and bright!  I adore it.  Who knew such a small change would make such an enormous difference.

Upcycling Pallets into Amazing Pallet Bookcases...

My son B's room is teeny tiny.  It's tough to fit more than his twin bed and his new desk in the room. We have had to become creative with finding storage for all of his toys and books in his bedroom. We decided that shelving was going to be the best idea.   And seeing as how I am a thrifty girl (read: penny-pinching cheap) I wanted to figure out an economical way to create some.

Endless love and Laundry: A DIY sign for the laundry room.

I spend a lot of time in the laundry room.  A LOT of time.  There are five of us in this crazy home...2 teenagers and a 10 year old little boy.   Those three create 2x more laundry than my husband or I.  So needless to say the laundry is always going.  A couple of months ago I decided that the laundry room needed a little sprucing up.  I showed you my ideas here in this post. And then my amazing hubby made me these laundry pedestals.  Seriously...these were a game changer when it came to laundry in my home.

The most amazing laundry pedestals!

You know you've been married forever when your hubby builds you laundry pedestals for your anniversary.  And you're thrilled by it!  When we bought our house we purchased a new HE washer and dryer.  At the time we did not buy the pedestals that go along with them.  At the time I couldn't justify the additional $500 bucks for two flimsy looking drawers.  Looking back on it I still can't justify spending it.  But...crouching over to do laundry is a complete pain in the neck. (Or back, to be perfectly honest)  So when the hubs offered to make me some diy laundry pedestals I jumped at the chance!

A new twist on the Laundry Room!

My absolute most favorite room in my home is my laundry room.  Weird right?  It probably has to do with the fact that I am always in that room.  It feels like we always have a mountain of laundry.  And I never seem to get totally ahead of it. (don't rat me out...I like to think that I am totally on top of my game all the time.)  So anywhoo...like I was saying, I live in my laundry room.  In fact our laundry room was one of the major attractions when we bought our house.  It is located right off the kitchen and I love the fact that I don't have to go down to the basement for laundry.

Here is what it looked like when we closed on the house: