Friday, September 10, 2010

Fresh Coat Friday!

Happy Friday, Friend! I promise I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, I've just been juggling life, a little person, lots of paint, cleaning, and cooking... not necessarily all that well either I might add! We have decided that we are going to try outsourcing the cooking for next month (which you could argue we do half the time right now with take-out) and try a meal service that allows us to go online and select a menu for 2 weeks then they chop, dice, measure, prepare, package and label our dinners for us! They offer delivery as well, but I'm not quite that lazy...
So we will see how that works out, but at the very least I would rather eat a bland dinner and have time for blogging. Specially because I have a million and one things to show and share with you.
But I will just start with 1, and that is Debbie's laundry room makeover. Just off the heels of our own laundry room reno, I thought it was fitting.
Here is what Debbie was working with:
And here is what she did with it! She re-used her upper cabinets, just updating them with new hardware, paint and crown molding. And her new bottom cabinets and counter top look great with the pop of black!
Her old ironing board cupboard became a beautiful organization station.



I always love staggered tiles (and cute dogs!!). You can really see how narrow Debbie's space is here, yet she did so much with it.

I really wish we had the capacity for a sink as well, they really do get a lot of use in laundry rooms. LOVE yours Debbie!
A HUGE thanks to Debbie for showing us her beautiful laundry room. It really is soooo much more work than pictures can show, so we appreciate you sharing your blood, sweat and tears.
And if you want to be featured in an upcoming Fresh Coat Friday: FEATURE, drop me a note at inthefunlane@gmail.com
And as always, I am dying to see what you have been up to this week!

24 comments:

Sixty-Fifth Avenue said...

I'm here for FCF and linked up a couple dressers that I painted for a friend. Have a great weekend!
Londen

Lenore @ Lather. Write. Repeat. said...

Another great feature Holly! I think the meal service is a great idea, why not focus on doing the things you love if you have the means? We'd all pay for more time if we could!

Thanks again for hosting.

XO
Lenore

Kacey said...

Great transformation! Really updates the space.

Thanks for hosting, Holly!

The Frosted Gardner said...

Holly - thanks for another great linky party! Have a great weekend!

Melissa Moore said...

I love fresh coat fridays, everyone is sooo inspiring. I am so excited to have something to share finally.

Emily [On the V Side] said...

Thanks for hosting another Fresh Coat Friday!

Have a great weekend!

Emily

beth said...

Hey Holly, I love Debbie's new laundry room . Can you ask her how she put a door on her open space?I have all open shelves and hate them. New cabinets are not an option right now.So,if she could share her project I would really appreciate it.
thanks, Beth

Dharma said...

My kingdom for that laundryroom sink!

christine, just bella said...

I love the new organization station! Though I loved it as an ironing board cupboard too, I always wanted one of those!

Anonymous said...

Linked up my great desks that I found in the trash and turned them into my little treasures for my boys room!

Cindy said...

i linked my habitat for humanity restore mirror project. i could not believe how ugly this mirror was and how pretty it turned out.

thanks for letting me link....
Cindy

Unknown said...

gorgeous laundry room! so much talent and hard work! love that organization station!

oops! said...

I look forward to 'Fresh Coat Friday!" I love to see what everyone is doing! There sure is a lot of talent ladies out there, especially you! spelled Turquoise wrong on my link, I wasn't sure if there was anyway to fix it!
Thanks!

Korrie@RedHenHome said...

Oh, how I would love such a pretty laundry room!

Linda @ Painted Whyte said...

What a great laundry room - i wonder, if i had one like that, would i do more laundry hmmm??? Have a great weekend!

Shelbie said...

(sigh) sooo jealous of the Laundry room sink. someday I will have a laundry room haha. Not just a closet laundry area thing. Beautiful re do though, nice job!

Andrea said...

Ooo. It looks great. I also like the organization station. Could Debbie tell me where she got the tiered filers...or whatever they're called> Those are just the thing I'm looking for and I can't ever seem to find them.

Anonymous said...

I helped a friend with her laundry/craft room redo and thought it turned out great especially on a non existent budget!

Thanks for the fun party

mary

Lolly Jane said...

THANK you for hosting!

have a GREAT weekend! :)kelli

Playing Sublimely said...

Linked up today for the armoire that I painted in this new crafty room of mine, enjoy :)

Vibeke / Mammas Hus said...

I love this room! Now I've published the first entry to FCF. :)

Sausha @ {Sweet Pickins} said...

i just wanted to show another laundry re-do since you just posted that one - i love what paint can do!!

Have a good week :)

Anonymous said...

Great feature- wish my laundry room looked 1/2 as good!

Who wouldn't want to be featured on your sweet blog???

bee blessed
mary

Christina said...

I linked up my "Easy Table Make-over"...thanks for hosting! :)

 
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