Raising Kellen: Laundry Room, done, BAM!

And this is how it all went down....

First...behold a picture of our utility room with ~~lovely~~ creamy white painted walls (barf). With the rest of our house having such great wall colors...the laundry room deserved some love.

So, on Pinterest (SHOCKER!) I was moved, nay, INSPIRED by this laundry room below. I loved the wall color contrasting with the white door and trim and the white painted stripe (COOL!). Not a major fan of the chalkboard cupboards, but I don't have cupboards, so....

Also...please can I have those front loaders????? And I would totally make the wood folding board a different color.

So, I really loved one of the colors in our guest bathroom. It was the kind of dark gray that I wanted. AND, we have all the house/wall colors/paints in our garage...left by the prior owner; SCORE! So, I had a foam roller already and I got painting. I got an edger that was recommended by younghouselove.com 's Sherry...she said it edged "like butter". And it was only $4.99! Done. And she was pretty much right.

Then, I taped off the white stripe area and painted it a semi-gloss white I also already had from prior owner (LOVE THEM!). Problem...the tape I used, that blue stuff, SUCKS, and it bled through. So, I took the trusty edger and edged the lines by hand with the gray paint and VOILA!!!

Next up, I had to change out the crappy 80's light with the gold trim. ANYONE who knows me, knows how much I ~~LOOOOOVE~~ gold trim. (no I don't, I hate it) Plus, there was minimal light, and I like more, whiter light. So, I removed the old one, EASY. But then I remembered. I gotta shut off the breaker to the laundry room so Patrick doesn't come home to fried-Tari. I went out into the garage to go to the breakers and.........

Yes, that's a LOT of car parts obstructing the breaker box. I'm thinking, hmm...great planning there, husband. Plus a few more choice words were spoken and came out of my mouth with great force and volume.

ALRIGHT THEN! Living dangerously it is!! Luckily, there was no shocking revelations during my installation of the new light. WHICH, by the way was $15 at HD and had a nice brushed nickel surface and nice white light from those new fancy bulbs that just plug in.