How to Update Your Laundry Closet With Only $100
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Ann @ Duct Tape and Denim
(IC: blogger)
I was recently challenged by some of my blogging friends to make over a room with only a $100 budget. My laundry "room" really needed some work so that's the room I chose. This was my sad little laundry closet BEFORE the makeover!
My inspiration came from several laundry rooms with brick walls that I saw on Fixer Upper and other websites. Unfortunately, we have no exposed brick walls in our home so I came up with a way to fake it.
But first I painted the shelf, two side walls, and the back wall above the shelf. I just used paint leftover from other projects. $0 so far.
Here’s where it starts to get interesting. This is NOT regular wallpaper. It’s {{{affiliate link}}} peel and stick wall decor! That means if I hang it up crooked, I can peel it off and fix it! It was amazingly easy to work with. I just measured, cut, started peeling off the paper at the top, stuck it on, and smoothed it down. I used that bright green plastic tool laying on the dryer.
Ta da! I now have an exposed brick wall in my laundry closet! Tip: Since no one will ever see behind my washing machine and dryer, I didn’t take the brick all the way down to the floor. The only tricky part was around the faucets.
The shelf was made with a 1″ x 6″ from our local hardware store. I stained it with stain from another project but the brackets are new.
Here’s the finished “room”. It’s VERY hard to get a good photo of my laundry area because it’s in an upstairs hall. I couldn’t stand directly in front of it and get a photo of the whole room.
Click over to my blog to get the complete list of supplies and their sources. Thanks for reading!
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Published May 23rd, 2017 12:00 PM
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