Laundry Room Redo – Part 3

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Planning and Patching

So here’s what happens when you decide to do a “little project”….

You take down your builders grade white wire shelving and get this…

And this…

Oh, forgot one. This lovely duo. Double the fun??

So, as you can see, I had a MUCH bigger task on my hands than I had expected.

The shelving was NOT drilled into the studs, but they used TONS of dry wall brackets to hold it all up. I was left with about 40 holes to fill. Nasty and tattered holes too.

I wanted to cry. I called my dad (let’s call him my personal on-call carpenter). Then, I started sanding.

And after getting rid of all the loose paper, I began filling in the gaps with lightweight spackling.

The back of the spackle says, one coat, no sanding required. However, my “carpenter” said that since my holes were SO rough, I should build it up and then sand it smooth.

I filled the holes/built it up with two coats and let it dry overnight. A little sanding the next day and things are really shaping up!

Amongst all of the waiting and sanding, I did finally pick out a wall color. It is a blue green shade called from Behr called Aqua Smoke (470E-3). (By the way, if any of you know how to add a paint chip to a blog, do tell!!)

While the paint was drying, I did do a little shopping at Ikea. Boy, that place is a one stop shop for me sometimes. Besides grabbing the cabinets, I was able to get the following for my “dream” laundry room.

Cesium light – Provides much more light than my old single bulb builders grade brassy one ever dreamed of.

Molger bench – fits perfectly between my tall cabinet and the shoe storage I already had in the room. Luckily, I snagged the last one in the store because its being discontinued!!

Tsusig rack – This should provide us with enough hooks for coats and bags.

Bjarnum shoe rack – After eliminating all my wire shelving, I needed a little space to hang clothes. Much cooler than my old wire shelving.

Now, this stuff isn’t going to hang itself, is it? Bibbity bobbity boo?? Guess not….see you soon then!

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