DIY Laundry Room Makeover With Slatted Ceiling

DIYInteriors

Mar 24

I planned to pause house projects for a minute, then all of a sudden, I knocked out two rooms in two and a half months. Last month I finished our powder room and while I was painting the floor in the bathroom, I decided to paint the laundry room floor and the dominos began to fall. I know it’s just a laundry room and not a place I spend much time, but the room is off the kitchen, so I was confronted by the terrible 80’s wallpaper on the daily. Once I painted the floor I decided to just move forward and tackle it.

After I painted and stenciled the floor, you can get the how-to here, I ripped down the wallpaper and painted the walls my signature color, Polar Bear by Behr. We took down the upper cabinets and I built floating shelves, I’ll be sharing that tutorial later this week, and painted the linen cabinet and trim Carbon by Behr. Then, I added the centerpiece of the room, the slatted ceiling. Using 25 common 1x2s I create this accent ceiling. And I could not love it more!

DIY Laundry Makeover with Slatted Ceiling

BEFORE

You have to see this DIY 80's Laundry Room Make-over!

After the ceiling, my favorite detail is the brass curtain rod to hang clothes.

I used some leftover paint in Iron Mountain by Behr as the base of the ceiling, and used a brad nailer to attach the 1x2s. I love how the ceiling detail continues onto the upper portion of the wall.

The wall of hooks was original to this room, but I gave it an update by painting the stained wood black and refreshing the brass finish with a coat of spray paint. It will serve as a place to hang coats and bags when we come through the garage and the large straw market tote holds our reusable grocery bags. This wall is a great example of how I am working toward making all the things in our home both functional and well designed.

floor tile stencil: Cutting Edge Stencils / floor paint: Rustoleum base coat + top coat / floating shelves: DIY / wall paint: Behr Polar Bear / cabinet + trim paint: Behr Carbon / slatted storage container: Target / straw market bag: Etsy / terrazzo planter: Target / painting: original by Amy Carroll Print Shop / hangers: Target / curtain rod: West Elm / hangers: Target / laundry basket: similar / broom: similar / dustpan: World Market