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…

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…

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.

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

Then added the art….

and then asked Justin to hang them for me.

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

and here is a view where you can see everything…

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!

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.

Decorating the Laundry Room

All that was left in the laundry room was my favorite part… decorating! I had some empty shelves and walls to fill, so off I went to homegoods.  I came home with some good finds too!

I first found these baskets, I knew I needed some kind of baskets to put my detergent and fabric softener in.  These do the job great.

I also picked up this…

a tinted teal glass jug and

some clothes pins.  I thought they were appropriate in a laundry room.  So I popped them right inside the jug like so…

And you get this…

I also picked up a cute little white ceramic bird that I thought would be cute on the shelf.  I then had this…

I needed one more thing to complete the top shelf, so I began searching the house.

I came up with this…

I wasn’t sold. Next up…

a framed bulletin board.  Didn’t love the look of that either.  Then I tried this…

And I had a winner!  Last thing I had in mind was hanging something on the bare wall next to the garage door.  I looked through what we had and decided on this…

It is a print Justin had plaqued for me from a Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds concert we went to in Canandaigua, NY.  We sat front row! It was amazing.

See! We coulda touched him!  Anyway, I asked Justin to hang it in the laundry room and it looks great.

That is the last of my decorating for now…

Almost makes me want to do laundry.