Our first room makeover in the house is complete *cue my happy dance.* It feels so good to have accomplished this task in two weeks & have a space that reflects our style. As I said in my previous post, our house is a split level design and one point of entry is through the garage into our mud room. We really wanted to transform this space first since itās one of the first things you see when you enter our house.
Here are a few before pictures of our mud room. One thing that we didn’t like about this area was how cluttered it looked with all of our shoes along the wall. Our main goal in this room was to add storage that would hide clutter (ie: shoes, cleaning and laundry supplies, etc.) We opted to remove all of the wire shelving and replace the ones on the back wall with a large storage cabinet. (We also removed the freezer and small cabinet on the back wall into the garage)
Once the shelves were removed, we spackled and painted the walls. To our surprise, the ātileā behind the washer and dryer was glued onto particle board and nailed into the wall. We had originally planned on just painting that tile and changing it out at a later date, but since the particle board was easy to remove we decided to take it down and put subway tile in itāsā place. (We had a bunch of tile left over from the shower project in our previous home so all we needed to purchase was the groutā¦ score!)
Once the walls and window were painted & the subway tile was put in, we installed Floor Pops over the tile floor. At first, my husband wasnāt completely sold on the idea. He was concerned that the tiles would lift and not hold up to the traffic in and out of this area, but luckily I was able to convince him. I ordered the tiles from Amazon (they shipped overnight!) and we got to work on installing the floor. I am SO happy I was able to persuade him because they made all the difference in this makeover. Even my husband who was skeptical at first has commented many times how much he likes the flooring. Weāve had the tiles in for several weeks now and so far we have not had any issues with it. They have held up well against the high traffic through this room, as well as to cleaning.
Next we replaced the slop sink. It was heavily stained and no amount of cleaning was able to budge the marks that were on there. I found our sink on the Home Depot website and ordered a black faucet from Wayfair. My husband then put up the board and batten wall. He followed a tutorial that we found on Pinterest and then I painted it black. We have never done such a dark color on a wall before and I absolutely L-O-V-E it.
The final touch was adding prints I found on Etsy from the shop Letter and Lined. I knew I wanted some vintage pictures in this room and when I saw these pictures come up in my Etsy shop I knew I had to have them. They shipped in less than 2 weeks and look so pretty in these frames I purchased from Target. My husband also put together this bench for our daughter to sit on when she puts her shoes on.
So there we have it, our first completed project in our home! Iām so happy with the way it turned out. Follow me on Instagram at thesenecahouse under my āLaundry Roomā story highlight to see this makeover. š
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