Laundry Room Reveal- The Tour

From the moment when Jesse and I bought our house mid February, we began making lists of all the things we wanted to upgrade and fix.

In the past 6 months so far, we’ve:

* upgraded all the door hardware

*added board and batten in the downstairs bathroom and painted

*painted every room except the upstairs bathroom and downstairs playroom

*added landscaping

*stripped and stained our entire 300 sq. ft deck

* built ~~bullet~~ deer proof garden beds

*stripped and refinished the upstairs bathtub

* built a concrete patio outside the downstairs playroom

But our biggest accomplishment thus far has been the laundry room. Granted, we hired our contractor friend to build the wall, fix the roof (it was leaking) and cut our tiles with a wet saw. For our first house we didn’t feel comfortable messing with those kinds of projects, right off the bat (also, what we would’ve spent in tools would’ve been close to what we paid a pro!). But we painted, put up the beadboard, added shelves, and, most importantly, leveled and tiled the floor ourselves! Talk about a money saver! We paid for everything with cash and don’t owe a dime on any of it, without dipping into our savings, best of all!

The financial breakdown (because I know you’re wondering):

Wall construction and insulation: $900

Paint: Leftover from our master bedroom, Behr Offshore Mist

Leveling Concrete: $80

Tile and supplies: $200 (we got a 99 cents/sq ft deal! They are Trafficmaster Ceramic)

Tile Cutting: $100

Roof Repair: $400

As for the furniture:

Hutch: $100 from Craigslist, painted in Silver Behr mixed with plaster of paris (for the chalk paint), lined with green paper from the dollar store

Ikea Desk: $10 from a garage sale

Ikea Expedit Bench: Leftover from our townhouse dining room table

Bench pad: Leftover as well, although I believe we paid $20 for it back then