Bought our house brand new, but home builders don’t really give a damn about how nice the laundry room looks. Well, I do!

We set absolutely no budget, just purchased stuff as we needed it.

~Ceiling Paint (Behr Premium Plus Ultra Satin finish in Bright White)
~Wall Paint (Behr Premium Plus Ultra Satin finish in Journey’s End)
~Lighting Fixture (Kattarp ceiling light from Ikea)
~Cabinet Set from Ikea (Sektion with Bodbyn doors and side panels)
~Shelf was a leftover piece of side panel filler in Bodbyn gray
~Shelf bracket and hang bar rod
~Decor was from around my house or existing Laundry Room decorations.

Total: $523

Disgusting wire shelf

The new light fixture. I don’t have the generic dome before picture.

Building the cabinets.

Cornice details. Each cut to fit made by the man of the house.

We decided to take on this project over the course of roughly three weekends (6-days). Took forever to build these damn cabinets, so I’ll give them a 3 out of 5 stars considering the quality is good, they look nice, but the labor investment wasn’t quite worth it.

I would have rather paid for cabinets already built, ready for install. My husband is such a trooper though, he has all the right tools and attention to detail to make sure they looked fantastic.

The washboard and sock holder have been in my laundry room for years. The paint color came from these two pieces as inspiration to match up with the cabinets.

Enjoy!