It was not only my least favorite room in the house on account of that horrid yellow but it was the least FUNCTIONAL. Very limited shelf space which meant very little space to fold on top of the washer/dryer since I had no where else to put anything really, a broken utility organizer, no cabinets. And worst of all, that yellow (yes, I’m mentioning it again).

Initially, we deprioritized fixing up the laundry room in favor of doing our lanai & garage first (can’t wait to share the garage update soon!). But after our son was born, I started to have a change of heart regarding prioritization of a much-needed laundry room makeover.

See, people don’t talk enough about how when you have kids, it’s not just that the sheer amount of laundry grows exponentially, but you also have less time to fold it & put it away. And THAT is how it piles up everywhere & doesn’t get stored in their proper homes.

My husband saw how the laundry pile & lack of space was stressing me out so we agreed to tackle the laundry room & garage overhaul together at the same time. They are right next to each other & now that we had a workbench and did some nifty organizing in our garage, these kinds of projects were more feasible. THANK YOU, LORD!

My husband had primary input on our garage & I had primary input on our laundry room, since I field most of the laundry-doing in our household. He wanted to be sure that it was functional for me specifically, which I really appreciate. But we still discussed everything & aligned on choices so we’d both be happy with the spaces! We had a blast working on this & WOW what a night and day difference. So much functionality has been added here and it finally feels like a legitimate, complete room in it’s own right.