Choose a Happy Hue

DIY blogger Amy Buchanan with Atta Girl Says brightened up her renovated laundry room/mudroom with a cottage blue paint (Watery by Sherwin-Williams) on her built-ins (by Chad Williams Design Build of Greensboro, N.C.). Then she even decided to paint the door blue, which is a bit unexpected.

“A laundry room needs to be functional, but I also think you can make it bright and pretty, so it's not such a dreary place to be,” she says.

To hide unsightly items like an electrical panel, she covered a cork panel with a remnant of floral fabric for a bulletin board that can hold reminders, photos and more. She used spray adhesive to affix the fabric to the board and finished it in trim that matches the blue built-ins.

If you are DIYing your laundry room, Buchanan suggests thinking of ways you can add brightness and light. For example, you can add a window, change out light fixtures and paint the walls a bright color.

Art is another option. She took three paintings that she and her grandmother painted and simply hung them above the molding for an instant mini-gallery wall. For vintage accessories, she used an ironstone bowl from her mom to hold sunglasses and other items.

Her washer and dryer also sit on a DIY storage pedestal that holds three laundry baskets for clean clothes. When she’s doing laundry, she folds while standing at the dryer and drops the clothes into the respective baskets. It’s easy and efficient, just like doing laundry should be.

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