laundry room redo

the bonus room that was created out of the garage included the bonus room, full bath and a laundry room.  the laundry room is on the back of the house which would have been the back wall of the garage.  it was a basic room with yellow walls and my water heater.  nothing special.

before:

my mom and dad painted it just like every other room.  and matt had a washer and dryer in storage from when he moved out to st louis for chiropractic school. (SCORE!) they're old machines he purchased at a yard sale but they work.  eventually i'd like to get new appliances but we may wait until we move in to our forever home or until these break.  we also had some wood shelves that we removed from various closets that matt hung above the appliances for us to store detergents and cleaning supplies.  the white baskets used to organize our cleaning supplies were purchased at home goods.

on the back of the door between our bedroom and the laundry room, i hung a rack that we use to store our wet jet supplies and sewing kits.  by the door to the garage, i purchased a rack to hang our brooms on and in the bags are rags we use for cleaning.

finally, in the small space between the washing machine and the side wall, we installed the old cabinet from the mauve master bathroom.  the counter top is what was leftover from what i purchased for the kitchen.  apparently when you buy counter tops you have to buy a certain length and whatever is not utilized is extra that you just get to keep for whatever??  who knew??  so it fit perfectly in this small space to store our laundry baskets.  there is about a foot or so between the counter top and the back wall that we just store our swiffers and floor steamer.  overall, i think the small space became a cute little laundry room.

also on a side note, our whole house is hardwood and tile.  i found that just sweeping up the dust and dirt wasn't cutting it.  and it appeared that every day more dust and dirt would appear around the house.  i wanted a better option to keeping my floors clean.  matt had brought a long with him a large sweeper that is great for our rugs but wasn't so great for our wood floors.  it did have the option to run on the hardwood but i noticed it was scuffing them up while i was running it.  and not to mention how bulky and heavy it was for lil ol' me.  so i wasn't keeping up with sweeping with that thing.  i wanted something lightweight, something that worked and wouldn't break the bank.  i did some research online and found this Bissell Hard Floor Expert Vacuum.  the price was very reasonable.  it's so lightweight that i can carry it around the house with one hand!  (i have zero upper body strength) and it sucks up everything!  if you have hardwood floors, i would highly recommend this vacuum!