I can’t believe this day is finally here! There are so many things that I am beyond thankful for today. Our One Room Challenge – laundry/powder room renovation is complete and today is the launch of our new adventure, Sincerely, Marie. I’m so glad you’re here to help me kick it off! It’s been a lot of hard work but I finally feel like my blog is the perfect expression of myself and our home.
One Room Challenge – laundry/powder room renovation
I can’t think of a better way to kick off the new blog than with a room makeover! We’re sharing our reveal today!
It has always been a space that makes me cringe. From the first day we walked into it (picture below) I’ve hated it! It’s right off of our kitchen and is the only bath room on the first floor. It’s the powder room all of our guest use when they visit but it also serves as our laundry room. I’ve never been a fan of the shared space, but I think we’ve found a way to make it work and I’m loving it!
Here’s another look at the space before we moved in. Other than a very deep cleaning, it still looked close to the same just two months ago.
Let’s take a look at it now.
All of the old wallpaper has been removed and we painted the walls Dove White by Benjamin Moore. We planked the ceiling and painted all the trim a crisp white.
We installed a porcelain tile that looks and feels just like brick. I love the flooring so much I couldn’t bring myself to put down the rug I had planned on using. I think the flooring is perfect all on its own.
We built a shaker style cabinet that serves as a utility closet for all of cleaning supplies and extra paper goods.
This two leg pedestal sink was a Craigslist find and the brass faucet was provided by Wayfair.
The mirror is an antique mirror that I found at a local antique store. Miraculously, it has never been painted and still has it’s original glass. You can see the little imperfections when you look close. It makes me love that much more. I think it adds the perfect amount of warmth to the room.
I found all the frames in the room at thrift stores, with the exception of the top one. I just love these beautiful, vintage style prints with their muted colors. The top print is a watercolors by Craftberry Bush and the bottom shoreline print is from The Graphics Fairy. Both are free to download!
We installed bead board on this back wall and added simple wooden shelves for storage. The cabinet and back wall are painted a color called Jogging Path by Sherwin Williams. It’s a neutral, mushroom like color.
This room serves not only as a powder room for our guest but as our laundry room as well. We decided to hide the washer and dry with some curtains that I custom sewed from two Ikea Ritva curtain panels. With the two panels I was able to make cafe curtains for the window, a curtain to hide the top control area of the washer and dryer and a lower curtain to side the body of the W&D.
The brass ceiling light and the sconce are both from Wayfair.com. As soon as I saw them I knew they would both be perfect in this room. The sconce adds some great extra light on evenings when I’m finishing up the laundry.
We used the Dignitet curtain wire from Ikea to hang the curtains around the bottom of the washer and dryer. This allows us to move the curtain back and forth as we need to do laundry.
We used the Hammarp butcher block from Ikea as the counter top. Josh cut out a portion just big enough to access the lid of the washing machine.
We used all antique style brass hardware from House of Antique Hardware on the cabinet. I absolutely love the classic look and feel of it. You can find the pulls here and the butterfly hinges here. They both fit the style of the room perfectly!
One of my favorite things in the space are these lovely mother of pearl push button knobs from House of Antique Hardware. Although our home did not have them originally, I feel as though they were always meant to be there. You install them just like any other switch. We had them done in less than ten minutes. Not to mention, our four year old always races us to turn the light on first. He might love them more than we do! You can find the push buttons here and the brass plates here. They also have outlet covers to match.
**UPDATE** We’ve given our laundry room a bold new color. Read all the new color details here.
This was one of the harder renovations we’ve done, mainly due to exhaustion. After a full year and a half of renovations we’re ready for a long break. It feels so good to have this space knocked off of our list. It turned out just how I envisioned it. I may have hated to do laundry before but I suppose it’s not so bad when this is your view.
Thank you all for following along with this One Room Challenge! I’m so thrilled to have participated and I can’t wait for the one in the fall. I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have. Have a wonderful weekend friends and happy Mother’s Day to all you moms out there! Make sure to enter my favorite things giveaway. It’s a perfect gift for mom!
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What a gorgeous bathroom! I love the way you’ve incorporated the washer and dryer so beautifully.
Thank you so much, Melissa!
Hello Amanda Marie, I’m a long time reader of your blog, but this is my first time to comment. Loving so much about the new look of your blog (very swish!) and your One Room Challenge reveal that I couldn’t stay quiet any longer!! Your Laundry/Powder room is so beautifully transformed and in so many ways an inspiration for my own pending laundry room reno. Your new floor has me all excited!! And I have to say that the new bench over your washer & dryer, with the lift up section to access the machine, is just genius!
Have an awesome day! 🙂
Wow, thank you so much, Min! You’ve made my week 🙂 I’m so glad you decided to comment. I love getting to know my readers a little better. Good luck on your laundry room renovation! It makes doing the laundry a little less terrible 😉
Wow – gorgeous! I don’t blame you for not putting a rug down on that floor. It’s a beauty!!
Thank you so much, Sandy!
Oh my goodness – it looks amazing!!! There are so many great features, I’m not sure which one is my favorite!?!?! Although I do have to say, I am seriously in love with the flooring and the antique mirror…..so pretty!! Congratulations on the finished product and on your blog! Blessings…..
Thank you so much, Lanita! I think I have to agree with you. The flooring and the mirror are two of my favorite things too! Have a great Mother’s Day!
This is so peaceful and pretty. The patina from the floor makes the space. Gorgeous. And I love the soothing color of the laundry side. Great work!
Thank you so much, Erin! I still can’t believe I found the flooring in our price range. I pinch myself every time I walk into the room. 😉
OH my goodness!! It’s beautiful!! I LOVE that genius way you covered the washer & dryer …soooo smart! And that floor is incredible! Pinning lots from this post now 🙂
Thank you so much, friend! I’ve always wanted a counter top over our washer and dryer for folding clothes. I just knew there was a way to do it. My smart husband figured it out 😉
Oh my goodness! Well done, my friend!! I love it, the transformation is amazing. Our laundry is the last hold out around here and you have inspired me so much!
Thank you so much, Sarah! This was one of the last “terrible” rooms. We were also holding out. I just couldn’t allow my guest to step foot in there any longer, ha! It makes doing the laundry a little less terrible. Good luck on your laundry room. I can’t wait to see what you come up with once you get started!
It came out amazing! Doesn’t even look like the same place! I love everything you added!
Thank you so much, Lindsay! I really does feel like a totally different room. 🙂
OK, this is the most adorable bathroom I’ve ever seen. I love those tiles!! I’ve been thinking of brick for my lower level, maybe I’ll try those tiles!
Wow, thank you so much, Crystal! You’ve made my week. I LOVE LOVE the flooring. I’m dying to install it in our foyer now. It would look amazing in your home!
Oh my gosh, Amanda, I love EVERYTHING! But those floor tiles have my heart completely. I also love how you styled the laundry supplies. I’m going to be pinning a lot from this!
Congratulations also on the new blog.
Thank you, Norma! That means a lot to me. I couldn’t love the floor any more than I do. I pinch myself every time I walk into the room. 🙂
what an incredible transformation! i LOVE the sink you chose and that flooring is awesome and gives it such charm!
Thank you, Cassie! I have had my heart set on that sink for months now. I still can’t believe I found it for only $90!
This is beyond stunning Amanda, I couldn’t love it any more!! Love the new site, too!
Thank you so much, friend! I hope you have a great weekend 🙂
It’s such a light + airy space! LOVE the new floors and all of those pretty brass details! SO gorgeous!
Thank you so much, sweet friend! I feel the exact same way about your room too 🙂
What a dreamy space! I love all the details! Enjoy!
Thank you so much, Iris!
love the new look for your blog but your bathroom has blown me away, having envied counter tops over washing machine and dryers forever but i haven’t ever seen one over top loaders, that is genius i would never have come up with that on my own, and the brick floor and brass trims and lights and faucet oh my truly the best reno of a bath i have ever seen xx
Thank you so much, Chris! I also have always wanted a counter top and I knew they had to be a way. There are too many people who still use top loaders. My smart husband came up with using an extra piece of butcher blog we had on hand from a previous reno. You’re sweet comment has truly made my week, thank you!
I love everything about this room. That floor is gorgeous. It was great how everything is practical and everything looks like it’s been there all along. And it’s just a really pretty room. I like the fact that you incorporated the closet in there and then made the washer dryer unit look as pretty as possible. Just lovely.
P.S. Your blog redesign is beautiful. Still kind of miss the old name. It was easy to remember.
Thank you so much, Sue! The closet has been such a life saver! We used to have our brooms, mops and cleaning supplies just in the corner of the room. Being able to hang them up and out of site has been wonderful! I loved my old blog name and it was pretty easy to remember 😉
What a pleasant room! You did so many clever details to the space to blend the double use of the room. Great job!
Thank you so much, Brenda! 🙂
Your room is stunning!! And that tile floor is amazing!
Thank you so much, Nancy! The flooring just might be my favorite part 😉
Amanda it is amazing!!!!! I love how you hid the washer and dryer, and that mirror above the sink! Every bit of the room is perfect!
Thank you, Deb! I’m completely in love with the mirror. It was a surprising find and having the washer and dryer hidden has been great!
This is beautiful! I love what you did with the washer and dryer!!!!!
Such an amazing transformation! Wonderful job.
I’m blown away. This does not look like the same space. You did a brilliant job!
I am new to your blog and really enjoyed seeing your powder room makeover. We are just starting a small addition to our house and one of the things it will include is a powder room/laundry area. Our laundry room is currently in the basement and I’m tired of running up and down the stairs to put in a new load or move things from the washer to the dryer. We purchased a Maytag front load stackable washer and dryer and these will be installed at the end of the powder room behind bifold louvered doors. When I’m not doing laundry the doors will be closed and it will just look like a closet. There will be shelves in the laundry closet beside the washer and dryer. Combining these into one room was our best use of the space that we had available. Your room is beautiful. I’m glad that I got to see it.
Thank you so much Carole! Having the laundry upstairs vs. the basement is a game changer. Our laundry room was in our basement at our last home and that was one thing I really wanted when we were house hunting. You’re going to love it! The stackables are such a great way to use a space efficiently. It sounds like your space is going to lovely! Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by. 🙂
What a charming and beautiful laundry/powder room! We are planning on using this porcelain tile in a herringbone pattern in our kitchen. It looks so stunning here…I would love if it came out this wonderfully! I have some questions- sorry! Did you use the red/rustico color? Is that a white grout or more of an antique grout? And did you smooth some grout/mortar over the bricks to give a whitewashed look?
Thank you so much, Tiffany! It would stunning in a kitchen. I’ve even thought about putting it in our foyer eventually. We just love it! We did go with the red/rustico. The grout is more of an off-white color. I was a little scared to do pure white because of staining. We did smooth the grout over the bricks but some didn’t get quite as clean as others so it has kinda a worn or whitewashed look. I don’t think you could do wrong either way. I do like the cleaned look a little better because the tile pops more but I think it’s all in where you’re putting it and the colors you’re going for. I hope that helps. 🙂
Wow, thank you so much for your response and encouragement! That sounds like exactly what we should do. Have you found it difficult to keep the grout clean? I’m worried about off-white grout in a kitchen, I have three boys ages 3, 2, 2 ????????
You know, it hasn’t been hard keeping it clean. I did have a little discolor here or there but nothing crazy. If I was choosing again, I might go with a shade darker, especially with three boys! lol