New House: Laundry Room - Bling and Blue

Our sad little laundry room was a great place to add a big splash of color, so BLAMO!

Behold this amazing color - Acapulco Cliffs!  Closer up, you can check out the contrast, which I painted Ultra White by Valspar. (Both available at Lowe's).  Of course, after we started moving more things around I realized I already bought a quart of similarly colored blue paint for a failed bedroom redo.  But whatevs, I'll find something else to blue up.  I also rolled a layer of Ultra White by Behr on the side walls to make that blue really stand out.

Olympic's Acapulco Cliffs

Quite a big change from before...

And the bling you can find here:

I love digging through Anthropolgie's hardware and these glass bubble knobs were a perfect price ($8 each) and a nice, but not too crazy touch for the outside of the laundry doors.

Next up is adding the big detail to the wall, which I mentioned in my inspiration post.  I already bought the stencil - now to find the guts!

Total Cost: $16 for the knobs, $25 for the white paint (although I'll be using it elsewhere), $15 for the amazing blue paint.  Total thus far: $56.

New House: Laundry room

In our new house, our laundry area is upstairs - UPSTAIRS!!  So exciting (I know, but it's those types of things that make me excited now)!  Sadly, that's the only exciting thing about this ugly little area.

The problems are pretty easy to point out.  Ugly floor, ugly walls, dingy and yuck.  It's hidden inside a double closet door in the hallway, so there's no reason it has to be some beautiful part of our house, but a small place means it can be a fun and easy place to spruce up (I hope).  My plans are pretty easy:

• Paint walls
• Try out a fun stencil pattern on the main wall 

I'm not doing anything with the floor because it's simply not worth it to spend time/money on it.  But check out this inspiration:

Love this color/pattern (from the hilariously named blog: Oops, I Craft My Pants)  Wouldn't it be great to open up your laundry closet to that?  I even love the color (I think she used white, but I might use some shimmery silver).