We purchased our home in spring of 2015. Until this year I had nothing but a big bare wall in our laundry room. Well, its not much of a room. It's merely the passage from the garage to the kitchen, with the pantry on the other side. Finally, we have added a cabinet & hanging bar/shelf. All of this, on a budget.
This wall offered a few challenges, including oddly placed wall studs.
Before
These are images from when we toured the property before purchase. I couldn't reach this dinky shelf, so I took it down immediately.
I had grey and white paint left over from our bedroom, so guess what color the laundry room is. :)
I loved the look of encaustic tiled walls featured in farmhouse bathrooms. So I purchased a stencil and some chalk paint off amazon.
$18.94 at time of purchase.
$8.96 at time of purchase.
I decided not to use the grout line effect, which I kind of regret. I also wish I would have gotten a larger stencil size. Perhaps I'll change it someday but for now, I like it.
Next, I added this shelf above the washer & dryer. This is where the oddly placed studs became apparent. I tried to center the shelf the best I could given the circumstance.
Decor consists of some vintage finds from my Grandmother's estate, clothes pins, a drink dispenser I repurposed for my laundry liquids, etc.
I found an inexpensive cabinet & hanging bar on amazon.
$22.50 at time of purchase
$55 at time of purchase
In a previous post, I made an inexpensive frame for the builder grade mirror in our guest bath. I purchased 2, 1"x4"x8' boards from Home Depot for $5.44. They even have a station where an employee made the necessary cuts for me. (Lowes no longer offers this in my area)
I had 2 sections of wood left over from each board, which I stained and glued together using Gorilla Glue wood glue.
It was then that I discovered the magic of wall anchors/ toggles. To hang the cabinet & hanging bar I used snap toggles that can hold up to 265 pounds!!! I was familiar with the small plastic screw type ones but not of those that can hold so much weight.
$3.48 at time of purchase.
$1.49 at time of purchase
The hanging bar requires 12 screws, I used 1 toggle on each side & some standard drywall anchors. Both items came with their own screws and anchors, but I don't recommend using them for so much weight.
I used pipe straps to secure the boards to each side of the hanging unit.
$1.18 at time of purchase.
Laundry symbols "art" was originally a thrift find, following a fall the only piece salvageable was the background. I then painted over it with cheap black acrylic paint and a chalk marker.
Finally something functional & not too shabby to look at.
Total out of pocket cost, $115.61
xoxo, -Josi
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