Laundry Room

We have finally finished the laundry room. We still need to replace the window and the flooring at some point, but that is farther down the line. It took me almost 6 months to complete. I started it shortly after Owen was born, so I blame it on him ;). Here is what we did:

• Painted all the cabinets, inside and out.
• Removed the one cabinet above the washer.
• Moved the washer connections to a lower spot so that they are out of sight.
• Painted the bulletin board and added new pictures.
• Painted all the trim.
• Painted the ceiling.  
• Replaced the light fixture. We ended up using one of the lights that was in the front room by the fire place.
• Painted the walls a dark navy gray color.
• Hung a floating shelf.
• Installed an Ikea rod for storage. This is one of my favorite things just because it gets everything off of the counter.

The Laundry Room

What we have done:

• Replaced the dryer and washer

What we love:

• Convenient location
• Natural light
• Great place for coats
• Storage

What we want to change/fix:

• Paint the cabinets white like the kitchen
• Replace the counter tops to match the kitchen
• Paint the walls
• Paint the ceiling
• Replace the window
• Replace the floor with the same stuff as the kitchen/dining room
• Install trim in some places
• Replace the knobs
• Cover up the ugly electric cabinet with a picture
• Replace the light fixture

 

Washer and dryer story:

While we were still renting the house, the dryer was destroying our clothes. Things would get caught in the side and rip. Including Calvin's baby blessing shirt. So we went half in on a new dryer. Happy day! Now fast forward to a couple of weeks ago and our washing machine decided it was just going to fill and fill with water. Without ever stopping. Now this is a really bad plan when you  are not paying attention. Insert me. Not paying attention. So I walk in to a small lake on my floor. Yeah. It ran through the floor boards and was soaking the downstairs as well. So after doing some research, it was possibly going to cost $75.00 to replace a certain part (if that was even the problem), so we just bought a washer off of KSL for $75.00. So here's hoping it will last awhile.

The "lake":

Speaking of water leaking, we have had quite the number of water issues since we have moved in. Our new faucet leaked water in the handle, so we replaced the cartridge inside. Our main water line burst and flooded one of our basement rooms, so Stew spent Easter morning with my dad and brother climbing into a teeny area and fixing that. Our main line that drains the washer and the kitchen sink backed up and my kitchen sink over flooded as well as the washer pipe. I came into the kitchen singing a song not noticing until I was surrounded by water. I really need to start paying attention. One of the sprinkler pipes burst in the lawn, so we had to dig that up and replace some of the piping. One sprinkling box was leaking so Stew had to replace those parts not once, but twice, and messing with it once more until it finally worked. Last week during irrigation, water came pouring in our basement through a mysterious pipe. Plus our water heater keeps turning off, so sometimes we get cold showers.

Yeah....I think we are tired with water issues.

OK, I'm done now.