Painted Cabinet Details and Burlap Changed Our Small Laundry Room

I changed our small laundry room with a cooler wall color, repainted cabinet details, and pieces I owned. The inexpensive utility-sink cabinet stayed while I worked on making it fit the room better.

The earlier room and its painted vines

The old room was bright, but I had tired of the vine decoration. I kept the roosters because the laundry room opens from the kitchen and I wanted the rooms to connect.

Shore paint and old laundry pieces

I chose Restoration Hardware’s Shore for the walls. At first, its cool tone felt very different from what I was used to, and I wondered how to make the room feel warm.

An old washboard and peel-and-stick chalkboard roosters from Target joined the room.

A chalkboard finish on the visible utility-box cover

I painted the outside cover black with chalkboard paint so it could hold a laundry to-do list. The photos show the finished exterior.

Wire baskets and the burlap valance

I found two wire baskets at an antique shop for a few dollars and hung one for storage. The rice-sack burlap valance added texture to the door window.

Small changes to the utility-sink cabinet

The particleboard cabinet was light and flimsy but still useful. I did not paint the whole piece. Instead, I painted the knobs black and dotted them with craft paint using a toothpick, then spray-painted and distressed the inset sections.

Old prints, garden boots, and Lucy’s corner

The old laundry prints had come from eBay years earlier. I painted their oak frames black. The painted garden boots and a wood plaque added more color.

Lucy’s crate stayed in the room. A new rug from Lowe’s connected the colors, and Sonya from Beyond the Screen Door had made the runner for Lucy’s area.