Contrary to popular belief Cindy isn’t the only crafty one in our family. Like many men Charlie prefers to work with wood and use very loud power tools for his creations. We have lived in our home for over 24 years. While our laundry room is not small (approximately 10′ x 7′) it has been pretty stark until recently. In addition to the washer, dryer, ugly utility tub and small freezer there was only a wire shelf for storage.
Of course I forgot to take any pictures before any of the makeover started taking place but I think you will agree that it looks pretty sweet now.
No more ugly utility sink and now there is a lot of storage.
We had the plumbing for the sink professionally installed but all the cabinets were created by Charlie in his shop in the basement. The Formica sink top was cut from a 6′ long prefabricated top that can be purchased at your local big box store and not an inch of it was wasted because the remaining piece was used to make the cabinet below.
The laundry room is wide enough that there was also room for a free standing base cabinet opposite the washer/dryer. It is not only great for storage but it is the perfect width for laundry baskets to sit on.
The cabinets are made from maple veneer plywood and solid maple wood with solid maple shelves. The doors have European style hinges and satin finish stainless steel knobs.
There is still a remnant of the old wire shelf above the dryer to hold hangers and allow for some space to dry small things. I love all the cabinets and Charlie did and amazing job. The only downside to the new cabinets is that when the washer is running it is a bit louder since there is more for the sound to bounce off but nothing closing the door can’t fix.
Now don’t worry Walter your water dish is right where it has always been right next to that boot tray.
I half expected he made a quilt or something! But I can appreciate that the cabinets are functional and beautiful. 🙂
OMD!! Mom literally just turned green with envy! That is some fangtastic woodwork – HIGH FIVE PAWS for Uncle Charlie!
Wally & Sammy
That’s gorgeous and practical. Our laundry room is pretty scabby.
and you did that with your own paws? Can you come immediately to my crib please? We need you :o) …oh and I will place waterbowls everywhere for Walter&Millie :o)
Oh Cindy! I absolutely LOVE it!! What a fantastic job he did on the cabinets!! He is quite the woodworker…and a gardener too…definitely a keeper!! I really like the beautiful maple. Now, it will be fun to do laundry…maybe?? Awesome laundry room!! Love that pic looking for the water bowl…BOL!
We too are green with envy. Lucky you and clever daddy. Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Best wishes Molly
I HAVE SERIOUS LAUNDRY ROOM ENVY. CINDY CHARLIE IS A MOST TALENTED…WHAT A GORGEOUS ROOM. IT NEEDS TO BE IN A RENO MAGAZINE!!
GORGEOUS BRAVO WELL DONE KUDOS
HUGS CECILIA
Am so jealous- what a laundry room! Charlie is talented- now he can come here and help Geoff!
Not only is Charlie an excellent gardener he’s also handy with woodworking too! Wow Cindy, you’ve got it made with that beautiful room now. Don’t leave the house, we’ll be right over with our laundry. Put the kettle on the stove…..
Excellent job Charlie!!
Hugs,
Kim
Just wanted to know if you rented Charlie out??? What a wonderful job!!!
OMD that is REALLY fangtastic. We love all the space and Storage areas.
Nice work, Charlie!
The human has to use a Laundromat. She’d be envious of any laundry room, but she thinks yours is very nice! We’re glad the water bowl is still right where it’s supposed to be 😉
Can we borron Charlie for a bit? We don’t have a huge laundry room and it does already have cabinets, but Mom thinks it could be redesigned to be more user-friendly. We promise to pay him with lots of woos and hugs:)
The room looks awesome.
Woos- Phantom, Ciara, and Lightning
Mr Charlie does outstanding work! Your new laundry room is just beautiful!
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
OMD!!! OMD!!! OMD!!!! I thinks Ma just fainted!!! Hold on….let me perform snout to mouth resuscitation….WHAT?? That wasn’t gross! Yes, I just ate kibbles…did you call me ‘kibble breath’???? That’s the thanks I get for bringin’ you back to life???? I’m goin’ outside to hunt for tree rats…..
RM here: Holy cows!! I HAVE that ugly utility sink, and thought it was awesome, cause it was only installed a couple of years ago! We don’t have a laundry room, so our washer and dryer is in the garage. I dream of a laundry room like that!!!
Kisses,
Ruby (and Ruby’s Ma) ♥
Nice! Mom’s laundry room is so small there’s hardly enough room for the 3 of us to fold laundry!
Your Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
The cabinets look lovely. Charlie is very talented. Tuiren hopes Walter takes after him. ~ATCAD
Well no matter what it did look like…thats pretty nice….however, we agree with Walter, that water bowl IS THE MOST important thingie in that room.
The Mad Scots
Charlie did an amazing job with that. I am so impressed. And I’m glad that Walter still has his water dish in the right place 🙂
That’s pretty fancy. I wonder what Charlie could do with our messy laundry room?
Wyatt
Oh yes, PLEEZE Charlie – our mom iz in dire need of a new laundry room butt she REALLY NEEDZ a new house. That iz a most pawsome laundry room – lookz really organized an’bright. Need a pawtographed pikchure of Millie an’Walter tue make it complete.
Hmmm – a name fer their birthday an’gotcha day? Well, it iz kinda late fer our creative juicez tue werk well butt what’boutz sumthin’like – National Combo Gotcha/Birthday Day for Millie & Walter!
Shiloh-Lord of the Manor an’Diva Shasta
Nice job Charlie!