In the Laundry Room...

Since finishing the kitchen I've done very little in the laundry room.

I can't believe that I pretty much just walked away from this room.
I mean, it is just off the kitchen and very visible, so what's taking me so long?

This room had dark paneling which took me over a week, from dawn to late night, to paint!
I tackled it as soon as the kitchen remodel was finished, so I was already exhausted with still so much to unpack and get settled, but the dark paneling in the laundry just had to go!  So, I jumped right in and had NO IDEA just how labor intensive it was going to be!

First there was the cabinetry...
painting the dark stained cabinets with Kilz, both inside and out,
then the cabinet doors too, both sides,
followed by it all being painted again with two coats of Chantilly Lace by BM.

Next were the walls...
covering the dark paneling with Kilz by rolling it on the flat areas and then having to hand brush it in every groove.  Followed by several coats of Wickham Gray by BM, rolled on the flat areas and then brushed on in every groove.

Painting the laundry room
was
such
a
HUGE
job
and
I
was
j u s t
p l a i n
TIRED
of the laundry room!
(and did I mention that I hate to paint rooms and cabinets!)

Besides painting the room all we've done is moved back in the...
washer and dryer,
an antique bench so the cat food is elevated (so our pup Ellie-Mae won't help herself to it),
and we've hung the shelf back up with some of my figurines back in their place.

There is much still to do:

-Choose cabinetry hardware
-Figure out what to do with the closet; do I put the original doors back on or not?  And there is a need to decide on the best configuration for closet storage.
-Also needs a little pretty!  What pieces should I re-hang on the walls or should I just start fresh?




I was so tired of this room that I never even got around to re-hanging the paper towel holder!

Know
why?


One
guess...

it
needed
to
be
painted!

This dark color was fine on dark paneled walls
but
not
for
the
newly
painted
gray
walls!

And see those silver screws...I need a plan for covering them!

I don't know about you, but I am always in the laundry room!

Doing the obvious...laundry,
but also the cats are fed in here,
my floor cleaning supplies are in the closet,
the kitty litter is in this room and it seems I'm always cleaning that out!
The sink is used all the time to clean things I prefer not to do in the kitchen.

Considering
I
use
this
room
as
much
as
I
do
I have r-e-a-l-l-y missed not having paper towels in here!
Such a basic item and one that I use very often, I just hadn't taken the time to paint the holder until now!

Using AS Paris Gray and a little wax, it's finally done!

The space between the cabinetry and faucet is narrow, so I've always had to hang this paper towel holder upside down.

No matter, it works just fine!

And look...no shiny silver screws!

I took small pieces of cotton,

dabbed them in the chalk paint,

and then placed the cotton in on top of the screws...ta-da!

So sweet friend...

have you put off anything because you are just plain exhausted

or because your to-do list is w-a-y too long?

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