Laundry Room Redeux Vintage Look With Modern Convenience

Liz Malone Gerron
by Liz Malone Gerron
I took a large but poorly used laundry room and made it more functional with all the modern conveniences while paying homage to the ways of doing laundry in the past.
The near finished product
Before -- a badly placed plastic utility sink
This was a nice sized laundry room -- with a TON of wasted space! We actually put an old kitchen table in there for sewing!
Before - W/D side of room
Humidifier unit on wall -- and W/D on pedestals -- big gap between utility sink and W/D
During
I worked with a contractor to design a counter based sink around an old copper laundry tub. My plan was to decorate as an homage to the the old fashioned way of doing laundry.
Ordered the punched tin on line -- circle pattern mirrors the front of the W/D
Lowered the W/D to standard height and had countertop closer to W/D. Installed a small shelf above W/D for soaps and decor. Found this cool old window -- got something in mind for it...
Added lots of fun antique finds.
The wringer, wash boards and laundry tools were antiquing finds as were the old clorox and bluing bottles. This project became a treasure hunt.
Finally finished that window!
A mini laundry line hung to cover the humidifier and a hanging rack on the wall. Still would like to cover the plumbing box...
Antique drying rack is really functional!
Old kitchen table replaced with tons of shelving for linens, sewing machine, etc. More light is definitely on my to do list.
Even did a quick pastel of laundry on the line for this old window frame.
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  • Rgm7436894 Rgm7436894 on Oct 03, 2017

    Don't see the washer and dryer. Do you do your laundry by hand in the copper tub now?

    Where do you sew?

    You put you machine away on the shelve.

  • Debbie Debbie on Jun 12, 2020

    Love what you did, but too cluttered. You went from perfect to too much in a hurry. You had a fantastic idea and I love the copper wash basin. Why not remove about half the small items and rotate them in and out? I can’t imagine trying to keep it all dusted.

  • Elaine Elaine on Nov 02, 2020

    Where did you buy your tins from? Was it Irvin tinwares?

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  • Kyralee Kyralee on Nov 24, 2018

    OMG, I love this! I really like your vintage display items, especially the iron rests. I have one of those and I've been trying to figure out what to do with it for a while. I can't believe I didn't think to just hang it on the wall! Now I know. I also love that antique drying rack. The whole room is just too cute!

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    • Kyralee Kyralee on Nov 25, 2018

      Wow that looks really cute. I ended up buying another one at a sale today which means I have two now. I just need one more and it will be a collection. Ha!

  • Andrea Andrea on Nov 26, 2018

    oh, WOW! amazing!

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