Easy Laundry Room Update

I showed you HERE, how I made my laundry room cafe curtain.  I thought I'd show you the other simple things I did to make the laundry room a happier place to manage the mountains of laundry a family of six generates.  This is what our laundry room looked like shortly after we moved in:

Can I tell you how much I hate vertical blinds???

First...the art.  I found THIS darling bright laundry room makeover on BHG.com.  

via bhg.com

I encourage you to look through all the photos. They also included a free pdf download of these vintage-inspired prints.  I loved them...but wanted to personalize them to the "beachy" colors I had in my laundry curtain.  I just copied the pictures into the free paint program included in windows, and colored them to match my needs and altered the wording a bit.

When I got them the way I wanted, I printed the pictures on cardstock.
To frame the photos, I spray painted some old oak frames white, and then cut foam board to fit.  I adhered the prints, and then created mattes with fabric and ribbon.  I used fabric glue to keep it all in place.  Here's a little photo tutorial:

I hung the pictures, and loved how they looked with my curtain.  The oak grain shows through the paint, and looks more "beachy" to me.

I used the quote from my old laundry room (was that just last summer?)

The room still needed something!  So, using scraps I had around, I made a little banner.  The flags are the same size as the larger triangles on my July wreath.

So there you have it.  Adding a cafe curtain and some simple details made a huge difference.

Now I'm off to start some more laundry!



Sharing with Someday Crafts, Lemontree Creations, Freckled Laundry,  Creation Corner, and Just a Girl.