But give me a few years and I’ll be trying to cram stuff everywhere. Now, the laundry room is still small and at the end of the hallway, but more pleasing to the eye when we have to do the laundry. My next task is to find some cute coordinating baskets to go across the top of the shelf. With a quick coat of the stain he had lying around, the shelving was finished! See the complete industrial shelving tutorial here. He notched out a piece on each side to accommodate the cabinets. The cabinet grade shelving is from a piece of extra wood he had downstairs. I think they contrast nicely against the dark stain. They had two options for the fitting finishes and we went for the brighter nickel look. My husband purchased the industrial fittings at Lowe’s. What bothers me the most is that we do not use it upstairs, it goes downstairs several times over the week. Since NONE of our closets in the house have an electrical outlet, our cordless vacuum takes up real estate in the laundry room. If only the quantity of clothing needing folded was proportional to the number of loads completed. We knew we had a second baby on the way and wanted to make sure we could do as much laundry done in a single load as possible. We decided to buy a top loader washer and front dryer for the space. For less than $300 we have usable and beautiful storage in the laundry room!
The wall paint was leftover from the downstairs powder room and it gave a nice pop of color against the white cabinets. The industrial shelving is something we both liked on Pinterest boards and we were excited to try it on a small-scale. We installed two pre-built cabinets from Lowes and we were able to get creative about the wall space in-between. Measuring the space we had, we tried to compromise between storage and having the luxury of a blank space at our disposal. Unfortunately, some were beautiful and lacked hidden storage, or some were so utilitarian, that I just didn’t find it pretty. I did lots of “research” on Pinterest and found several pretty ideas. I had nowhere to stack detergent, stain removers, and all the extra things that we need in there. Pretty boring, right? Lots of white walls and zero storage. Well, they did add a door handle, but you get the idea. I promise, nothing was “enhanced” by the home builder between this picture and when we obtained possession. This picture was taken less than two weeks before our home closing. But, it’s what builders grade looks like! Laundry Room Before I am almost embarrassed to show you the before shot. In one weekend’s time, we updated the laundry room. Its convenient to have near our bedrooms & bathrooms, but its pretty uninspiring when it comes to motivating us to want to do actually doing the laundry! As any adult knows, laundry is truly the never ending story. I only did a "X section" on the front panel because the washer covers up the side panel.Our laundry room is a small room at the end of the hall on the second floor. I decided to only make one "X section" in the front lower panel.
My shadow box was rectangular, and I cut a small arch to put in the top to match my laundry cabinet I made for the room. If you do this, make sure it is above your water heater tank so it will recess. I had an old shadow box I decided to make a cut out (niche) in the upper front panel. I framed out the edge with 1" X 4" pine boards. A thinner bead board may require additional framing trim to keep it straight and prevent bowing. The bead was also a little wider - 3" on center. I had the bead board on hand and it was a thicker mdf board.
#LAUNDRY ROOM HIDDEN WATER HEATER FREE#
I cut 2 pieces of bead board the height and width needed to make 2 free standing panels. Measure from the floor to the ceiling or desired height. I measured the width of the front of the water heater first, and starting apx 2" from the edge of the washer position to the wall where the right side of the panel would butt up against the door/entry wall.
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