Art for the Laundry Room

I am very happy with the laundry room at this point, but the wall opposite the garage door was looking pretty bare.  I knew I wanted some kind of art to display there.  So I thought about purchasing something off etsy, but wasn’t quite finding what I was looking for.  I then decided to make something myself and see how that turned out.  I wanted the art to be mostly white and pull some of the colors from the Dave Matthews band print already in the room and the wall color.  I decided to use these guys…

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I am trying to go with a bird theme in the laundry room, sort of.  So I decided to try to draw feathers.  I wanted to do something unique though and came up with this…

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I thought it looked pretty good and thought the gray color would go well.  So I started working on another in a more teal/blue color to match the other art in the room.

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I drew these on a watercolor paper that is pretty heavy, then I picked up a couple frames with white mat.

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Then added the art….

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and then asked Justin to hang them for me.

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I love them! They are exactly what I was picturing.  I am glad I decided to make something instead of buy.

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and here is a view where you can see everything…

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As you also may notice, the plant on the second shelf has changed.  I killed the last plant unfortunately.  I swear I cannot keep any plants alive.  I think it is easier to keep pets alive!

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So I purchased this guy at Lowes, it needs low light and little watering.  I am hoping I will have success with this one! Wish me luck.

More Laundry Room Updates

The laundry room already feels bigger because of the brightness the light gray color on the walls brings into the room.  I love it!  One thing I don’t love about the room is the light…

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It’s a white circle light hanging from the ceiling, fancy shmancy! We went to Lowe’s(of course) and picked up one of these…

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Another boob light!  I don’t like how it looks in this photo though, you can’t see the marble look of the glass in person.

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There it is hung nicely by Justin.  Pretty simple light, but a much needed update.

Justin also replaced the light switches as usual.

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While at Lowe’s we also picked up some shelving that Justin also installed(he’s so handy).

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Here they are all finished…

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So much prettier than the wire utility shelving.  Still more to come with this laundry room! Not done yet!