Laundry Room Reno

When we bought the house about 3 years ago our laundry room looked like this. Complete with green and yellow cabinet doors.

 

And multi-colored shelves in the closet.

I painted the cabinet doors awhile ago when I just couldn't stand the green and yellow any more. And in preparation for the rest of the renovation Andy removed the old sticky-back vinyl tiles and repaired some of the drywall.  The plan was to get new vinyl flooring, paint the walls and trim, replace the utility sink, and get a new washer and dryer.  We would love to replace the cabinets and possibly even enlarge this room at some point in the future but this first round of renovations became a necessity when we decided it was time for a new washer and dryer.  The old ones still worked (barely) but they were quickly dying and we wanted to have time to do some research and look for sales before one of the old ones died and we didn't have a choice.

I was very happy to see the old sink get removed!

Ready for for paint and flooring.

Andy painted all of the walls and trim a few days before the new flooring was scheduled to be installed so that we didn't have to live without a washer and dryer for too long.

The flooring was installed and the next day the new washer and dryer were delivered. 

Andy got the new utility sink hooked up and we managed to get the rest of the room put back together the following weekend. We found a cantilevered sink so that we could get rid of the legs in the front and open up the space under the sink for storage.

This is where Kodak eats so he thought he needed to help take pictures just in case it was dinner time.

I like the new vinyl floor but it is very light.  We new we wanted vinyl since this room is a dumping ground and we wanted something easy to clean.  The rugs help keep some of the dirt off the floor and out of the family room.

The closest didn't get re-organized but it's just nice to have shelves that are all the same color.

And some day I'll make/buy a window treatment for this window.  I think I'd like to make one but I haven't been able to find any fabric that I like.

Detour -- Part 2: The Big Reveal

Here is it -- the first (finished) bathroom project since we moved and it's not even in our own house (sheesh)!  It was well worth the effort and time away from our own projects here at the house to have the satisfaction of a finished project.  It was great motivation to keep us plugging away on the master bathroom.

The bathroom at the shore used to look something like this.

Andy finished repairing the floor, installing the drywall and painting a few weeks ago.

 Drywall up and mudded.

 New floor to replace floor damaged by leaky toilet and walls painted.

This weekend we had to paint the trim, install the new flooring, install the refinished vanity and top, connect the plumbing, rehang the newly painted trim, install the toilet, and hang the mirror and other accessories.

 Carefully measuring and cutting the floor to fit around plumbing and trim.

 Partially installed.

 Vanity in place.  Click here to see the first post about the bathroom remodel.

 Installing the trim.

 FINAL REVEAL.  That is one happy worker (camouflage shorts included) .

 Vanity.

Toilet, floor, and new blind to match the ones in the bedroom.

Don't worry we took some time over the weekend to enjoy the heat bay and ocean.   Kodak even discovered that all of his digging could actually be productive if he just stuck his head underwater.  On one of his first attempts he came up with this giant clam.  Andy and I may put him to work -- he's halfway to a good clam chowder!

 The prized possession.  He was so proud of himself.

A few more of these and we could have a feast!  Too bad it was way too hot for cooking.