Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover

Ready for another fun laundry room organizing makeover? I’m choosing my topics carefully this month, doing my best to give you a shot of color and wow factor in between some of the less fun topics like paper organizing from yesterday. How is it working for you?

Remember this fun basement laundry room with teal bins a few days ago? Today I’m going to show you mine, which is really more of a laundry closet. It takes up one side of my galley kitchen, behind bi-fold doors. It’s super convenient, super organized, and not all that attractive from this angle.

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-BEFORE

 

There are two things that I really wanted from this laundry makeover:

  1. Color!
  2. Better use of the high ceiling for air-drying laundry

Anytime you are dealing with bi-fold doors like this, it’s best to take them off the track before starting a project. If yours are broken, as they often are, this is a great time to repair them with inexpensive hardware for bifold track doors. (affiliate link) You’ll be surprised how easy it is.

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-bifold doors

 

The plan includes one of my favorite blues, Sherwin Williams 6524 Commodore. This small space needs a big shock.

SW 6524 Commodore blue for laundry room

 

I’ll warn you, deep colors like this do not look good with one coat, even with excellent paint. It needs two coats, no question.

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-multiple paint coats

 

Don’t forget the little details, like painting the old outlet cover. It’s loose ends like this that will drive you crazy at the end of the project if you missed them while painting.

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-painting tips

 

I love painting small spaces like this because it goes quickly. The next part of the job was to mount the drying rack for the ceiling. (affiliate link)

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-laundry rack

 

I’ve been jonesing for one of these every since I installed a different kind of drying rack for a client here and wrote about the high-end, European-style PulleyMaid drying racks. The drying rack I installed here is lightweight, adjustable, and easy to mount on the ceiling. It was even easier with my little helper and her little fingers. She loved the painting more than the hardware.

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-mounting drying rack

 

This is what the drying rack looks like installed on the ceiling.

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-ceiling-mounted drying rack

 

Each of the rods work on an independent pulley. I can load delicates like sweaters onto a rod right out of the washer, pull them up, and they are out of the way until tomorrow, when they’ll be nice and dry.

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-sweaters on a ceiling-mounted drying rack

 

Clementine boxes were already there, but painting them white was going to make everything look calmer and more organized. I hand-stencil each with a category. I still love Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, even though I don’t get to DIY much these days. I haven’t seen clementine boxes for a while now. Do those mini oranges still come in those cute cases? I only see them in plastic netting now.

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-clementine boxes for organizing

 

You have no idea how challenging it is to photograph this space! Shooting into a closet is always a challenge.

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-clementine boxes for storage

 

Our recycling goes in the gray bin from IKEA, and we empty it outside every other day or so. The small pump bottle is concentrated laundry soap. If I don’t have this one, then I’ve got a bottle of Method laundry soap (affiliate link) there. There’s no need to have big, bulky bottles of detergent taking up valuable shelf space. I’m thinking about switching to new detergent strips that come in a cardboard box. I’ll let you know how that goes.

Whenever I see cute shelf liner like this chevron pattern (affiliate link) in the stores, I snap it up. There’s always a craft project waiting for good liner at my place. Lined shelves are easier to keep clean, and don’t warp from water damage.

We keep dishwasher packs in a big glass vase because it’s prettier than the packaging. I transfer trash bag rolls to a plastic pretzel can that I covered in cute shelf liner years ago. I still love that pattern.

All that stuff you have under your kitchen sink? This is where mine lives, because our Keureg coffee maker and baking pans live under our sink.

That big white metal LAUNDRY bin is holding my handful of specialty cleaners you saw in the before pics, including three  cleaners I can’t live without. Putting them inside this giant metal bin keeps everything looking much more organized. Let’s be honest…no one else in my house knows what’s in there, but it makes me happy. I got mine locally, but here is a giant metal farmhouse-style LAUNDRY bin on Amazon. (affiliate link)

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-laundry shelves

 

There’s nothing like a shot of color and a little organizing to brighten up laundry day.

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-AFTER

 

This little spot in my kitchen is a high-traffic spot. We’re in and out of here dozens of times each day. There’s often a box of things to donate sitting on the washer, headed out to my car.

It only took me several years to turn it blue, but I love this bright, bold laundry room. It’s one of my favorite spots in my house.

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-AFTER

 

You wouldn’t think that a quart of paint could make such a difference, but just look!

Bright Blue Laundry Room Organizing Makeover-BEFORE and AFTER

 

These projects are here to inspire you. I LOVE all the emails I’ve been getting this month about changes that YOU have made to get more organized because of what you are reading here. Please post below with your SORT and Succeed projects.

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This Post Has 2 Comments

  1. Susan Hurd

    Darla, that’s a great looking room now! I love the drying rack. I have the same type of ‘laundry in a closet’ situation, but I have cupboards instead of shelves. I might be inspired enough to give it a paint makeover soon.👍🙂

    1. Darla

      Awesome. Please share your story with me if you do make a change. I’d love to see it. I hope you pick a bright, bold color.

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