How to Customize Your Basic Laundry Room

When we built our semi-custom home three years ago one of the options for our laundry room was to add cabinets for a $1500 upgrade fee. We decided not to spend the money and I've been wanting cupboards ever since! With the help of Home Depot I was able to do a complete laundry room overhaul and get a custom look for the cost of the upgrade fee!

I started with removing the standard tile and adding some flooring with personality. Two options to remove a tile floor are with a Hammer Drill or using a Pry Bar, Drilling Hammer, and Chissel. Once you remove the tile, the next step is removing the thinset. I did this using an angle grinder and a Diamond Cup Grinding wheel. Adding a dust shroud is totally worth buying to keep the removal virtually dust free. Another power tool free option is with a Blade scraper.

I chose a marble stone tile to elevate this space and give it a classy sophisticated look. This tile was so affordable we had money leftover to add a tile accent wall as well! I used a pre-mixed tile adhesive to keep the job quick and easy. Once the tile was set for 24 hours I then used a non-sanded grout in Artic White.

To draw your eye to the back of the laundry room and from the floor to the cabinets at the top we added an accent tile wall! Using Jeffrey Court Whisper Valley White I started ¾ up from the wall and tiled all the way to the highest cupboard. The stone is so elegant it completes the space.

The number one thing I wanted to add with this renovation were cabinets! I ordered them from Homedepot.com, did curbside pick up, and installed them with the husband. The top row of cabinets were fake, to help cover up the HVAC system and make the room look bigger. I LOVE having cabinets. They were so easy to install I can't believe I didn't do them sooner!?After installing cabinets I detached the doors and sprayed them with my Wagner Flexio 4300 and roller brushed the boxes. When everything was finished I hated the color and decided to change it to Behr Limousine Leather for a more chic black look. It ties in the floor tile perfectly.

Any kind of wood feature totally brings warmth to the space and brings a custom finish to any room. I used 1x4 whitewood and added a faux vertical shiplap to the bottom ¾ of the entire room. Then I painted it white to keep the focal point on the floor and the back of the room.

After changing out the boring box lighting for a sputnik semi flush mounted light this space was complete! Don’t let your laundry room be basic. Make these simple changes to elevate your space and bring warmth to an often neglected room.