Laundry Room Reveal: Cleaning up a dirty little secret!

Hello world, it's time to "come clean" with one of my "dirty little secrets". I have a few others; at least this one is making it's debut. I have a great space in my laundry room; right off the kitchen and the entrance to the garage, but it's been a semi-mess since we've lived here. I hated the color (a blah dirty yellow) and since last November when I painted the kitchen walls and cabinets, well, it seemed worse than ever!

"Where is the before picture?",  you may be asking. I purposefully DIDN'T take one, because honestly, I didn't think I could get it "blogworthy". Think dirty yellow wall color, cat litter strewn floors, bulletin board (not cute), and mismatched attempt at wall decor...got a mental picture?

 This is a photo from last fall before I painted the kitchen, and it's the closest you would have seen of the mess. Below is another shot after the paint, but the doors on the right are hiding all the yuck.

I knew I wanted it brightened up since it has an east facing window which brings in a lot of the morning sun. And also since the wood floors extend into the laundry, it needed to be a continuation of the kitchen. Let's face it, the doors are always open since it's "kitty central" in there besides the laundry.

Ta Da!!

I'd thought about painting the doors and cabinets

 the same color as my kitchen cabinets,  but I've decided not to.

 I actually like the contrast out here with the wall color.

 The woodwork is white, so it all works for me.

LOVE my new washer and dryer.

 It has the same technology that the big front loaders have,

but at almost half the price.

I even added some vintage wall thingies to make it more fun to be out here.

All the decor in here was "shopped" from my garage stash,

of flea market and thrift finds.

Stuff that had been hanging around

just waiting for a spot.

I've had the piece of tin for several years,

No where to put it until now.

It DID get a good scrubbing and a coat of antique white paint,

And this was the fun part,

 coming up with a vintage feel for my "view" from the kitchen.

A small Eastlake shelf,

Nantucket basket with hydrangeas,

odds and ends sugars, creamers, and gravy boat,

and a favorite English Cottage print.

Then a couple of 40's bird prints

brought in the feel I was going for...

cozy cottage.

Last week I showed you my trunk find with bird decals

that I'm using for a kitty chow container.

And here are a couple of little cross stitch pieces I did in the early 90's.

They are reminders of God's faithful promises.

It's not a big room as you can see,

and not easy to get a good shot of the whole thing.

(I spared you the trash basket and kitty littler box)

I also found a great little brown floral Waverly valance

 and faux wood vinyl shades at Lowes.

They help finish it all off.

As you can see we "love" our new space.

So much easier to keep clean,

and now it's actually a place I can enjoy being in.

Miss Jenkins agrees!

I'm linking up with these great parties:

Hope to see you Thursday afternoon for

Have a great week!

love you all,

Debra

My ADD Weekend

Seems like there's a lot going on around here.

Painted and cleaned the laundry/kitty room.

Appliances that were finally delivered and installed last Friday,

Great new washer and dryer that sound like alien spacecraft are landing.

(the cats are spooked and peek around the corner)

and a new dishwasher that only made it through one cycle before it broke.

arrrrrrgh...

So I can't finish my painting in the laundry until the new dishwasher appears.

But hey, I'm sharing my Birthday pillow from my sweet sis.

She recently bought a Silhouette machine

and has been creating to her heart's content.

I was able to choose my design, so I went with my initials.

LOVE the burlap, and so do the kitties.

She also made the darling little fabric flower that's attached.

LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!

And then as part of the laundry room re-do,

 I wanted someplace to hide the multiple bags of cat food,

and other sundry cat supplies.

So we found this great box/trunk thingy with rope handles.

But the selling point was that it has bird decals on it.

It was super duper brown and homely,

so I gave it a little whitewash,

keeping the bird decals showing.

(not perfect, but better than it was)

AND THEN...

(oh yes, you know I love me some birdies!)

I had wanted to do another bird window,

so this one is backed by vintage sheet music.

I did another one on vintage magazine paper,

but I forgot to snap a photo before I took it to Relics.

Lets see...I'm painting my Eastlake dresser in the entry hall white.

Putting up new curtains,

 and needing to make a run for some white faux wood shades

 for the laundy room.

Not to mention doing dishes...lots of dishes.

I'm linking up with these great parties:

 

catch ya on Thursday for

 Vintage Inspiration Friday!

love ya,

Debra

Vintage Inspiration Friday # 27: Sitting right under my nose...

I find the best inspiration from all of you.

Each week for Vintage Inspiration Friday,

I'm totally amazed at all the creative and inspiring photos and posts.

Thank you all so much for joining in!

There's always a fresh idea and a new way of looking at things.

My inspiration for this post came from one of your posts.

(See who in just a minute)

Not only the sights, but the scents of Spring are so intoxicating...

Aromatique has the "Smell of Spring" wrapped up in a bag.

A heady floral of Spring goodness.

I treat myself to this each year.

So I combined one of your ideas with the wonderful potpourri

The little paper flowers and ferns are part of the mixture.

Sorry for the glare,

the sun was actually shining today!!!!!

So a nest, a candle, a little potpourri, a transferware saucer,

 and a short stack of books...

then, a few more touches of Spring,

really have me in the mood,

(oh, and it's my Birthday)

So, who do I have to thank...?

The Summer Kitchen Girls!!

(thanks gals!)

Loving Vintage Layers

And here are a few more posts for some great ideas

Clusters

Little French Buffet

The Charm of Home

(OK, this is fabulous!!!)

Union Jack Tablescape

Olivia's Romantic Home

(I have a "thing" for white suitcases!)

Off to Paris

Hope you'll join in for the party!

Link up within your post

 Anything vintage or vintage inspired!

and I'm joining

My French Country Cottage

The Charm of Home

and My Romantic Home

Thank you all for all the feedback from my last post.

Hopefully Blogger will get this fixed,

so we can "see" the new posts.

Have a great weekend

love you all,

Debra