Lovely Laundry

It's not "done" but it's getting there.  Is anything really ever "done" though?

I'm pretty proud of this room as it's been a LONG time coming.  We worked hard to get the new front loaders and I worked my hump, my lovely lady lumps to the bone to get the room primed and painted and painted and painted before the W&D were delivered.  As if it wasn't enough work to prime and paint knotty pine I was struck down by a virus that made painting rather difficult.  Thankfully I never confused the paint rag for my snot rag. 

I want to apologize for the before pictures, I was too lazy to clean up, but I'm hoping the clutter makes for a better "after" shot.

While I LOVE Uppercase Living it was a PITA to take it down and a rather pitiful excuse for decorating.

Thankfully this room gets great afternoon light.  Our house is a 1950's up and down split so the ground is level with the window ledge. As of now I don't have a curtain up and I'm not sure I will put one up.  I so love the light that comes through and since we have a privacy fence you can't see in this window (not sure it matters if you could considering it's a laundry room. )

 Brass knob was switched out for oil rubbed bronze that I got on sale (almost 1/2 off, thanks to being discontinued) and of course I installed them myself.  Here it looks green thanks to some Frog Tape. In case you're wondering our den is on the other side of this door.

The lovely old W&D.  They worked great still which is surprising since they were both hand me downs from two different family members and both were at least 10 years old.  Don't you love the buckets of dog toys?

 And here she is, the greatest part of the before's.  The hated Booby light.  I hate these lights and they are in EVERY room of our house.  I think they look like huge boobs staring down at you.  Here you can also see the other full bath which will get a coat of the same paints I used in the laundry room.

Now, for the afters...

My beloved laundry cart.  Oh I love you.  Marry me.  We'll run away and fold towels the right way.

Hello Lovers...and thank you for being 20% off with $150 gift card so pretty much a free pedestal (in the form of a new lawnmower for E.)

Close up of the chandy, I decided to leave it as it came to me.  I just couldn't decide on a color. I'm so glad I left it alone.

Found this sweet little lamp at Goodwill for $3.99, including the shade.  The shade is a bit, well, dirty so I'm toying with covering it in sheet music or ribbon. 

 It's plastic, but I love the detail.

 Even dryer sheets can look cute. (Not to mention they perfume the room!)

I love these pictures.  I got them a couple weeks ago at the Granville Antiques Fair.  (Janet it was SO great to see you!)  What I'm not loving is the arrangement.  I just keep rearranging, just using one, using two, etc.  I think I'll put a gallery wall here just using whimsical, silly old prints and photos. 

 I just adore this photo.  I love the expression on the little girls face and the fact it has a dog it in just makes me smile.  Now if it had been a BT I would have been over the moon!

 The dresser is the first piece of furniture I bought.  I got it at Salvation Army my senior year, I only paid $20.00 and haven't touched it since.  NO paint, NO new hardware, in my eyes, it's perfect as it is.

 Well there she is.  I'm thrilled with how it all turned out so far!


I wanted to add, I just emailed the gentleman I bought the chandy from to show him the pictures of it's new home.  To me, that's perfectly normal.  I mean, I'd want to know she got a good home and is being taken care of, wouldn't you?

Yes, I'm just that odd.