Laundry Room

Sure, there’s a lot to be said for minimalist decor—but there are places where blank walls just don’t work. One of those is a laundry room. When Ten V (Delish & Decor) and her family moved into their home, for instance, the laundry room was pretty much empty.“When we moved in, we just quickly got a wall organizer to hang all the cleaning tools and a cheap shelf for detergents and fabric softener for our laundry room,” Ten says.

Even if you use every cleaning hack in the book, it’s hard to make laundry fun. That goes double when you’re surrounded by blah finishes. If you’re getting tired of staring at the walls of your own laundry room, take inspiration from Ela Bobak‘s gorgeous redo—pulled together from a space that was boring at best.After Ela and her husband purchased their home in 2019, they spent about five months renovating a bunch of rooms, including their laundry room.

A good indication that a room needs a redo is the realization that you’re not using it to its full potential. For example, Sushma Samonini (@house_on_the_way) can’t really say there was anything wrong with the previous iteration of her UK living room.“But we found we weren’t really using the room well, either, as it was a confused mix of living room, playroom, and dumping ground,” Sushma says.

Many of us find living room makeover ideas on social media. But Christina Beck and her husband Colin literally found a house on Instagram.“One of our followers knew his mom needed to sell the house she had spent time in growing up for her dad,” explains Christina, who owns the renovation company Vero Home in Cincinnati with Colin.“It hadn’t been updated in at least 35 years and had a lot of deferred maintenance.

Multipurpose rooms, because of the nature of what they are (essentially combining two separate spaces, with their own goals and needs, into one), can easily become overwhelming and a headache. For June Cruz, that room was her dual laundry room and mudroom. It had no storage or organization, which made it a dysfunctional area. “It was essentially a drop zone for our coats, shoes, and bags, as well as our weekly laundry,” June describes.

When Katherine and Genevieve moved into their Spanish bungalow-style Southern California home (built in 1933), they set out to find a way to honor the space’s past while also looking toward their future. This included the “mismatched but functional” kitchen, as Genevieve described it. Initially, the three countertops and two cabinets were competing against each other for space and the eye. Additionally, a pocket-sized laundry room divided the space.

This living room redo is chock-full of tips for filling up a small space without it feeling overwhelming.

“All of the storage is amazing,” the homeowner says of the after.

There's no paint on the cabinets — but there is paint in another unexpected space.

"There are still a few stray big toy items that cannot fit in the drawers or cabinets, but overall it has the perfect mix of functionality, open space, and design I was craving," the homeowner says of the "After."

The new color combos in the "after" are bold and unexpected but well-reasoned and well-executed.

The fireplace redo will make you do a double-take.

One clever fix: a wall-mounted drying rack.

For this family of five, the laundry room was the most used space in the house — but it wasn’t working for them when they first moved in. Now, it’s filled with even more storage, organization, and joy.

It's a two-in-one space!

Aside from being ultra practical, this redo is gorgeous to boot.

It just took a little reimagining to help get this laundry room's essentials off the floor.

It has a high-end look without the high-end price.

It didn't take much to turn this dump spot into a more practical, usable space.

These homeowners saved literal thousands (!!!) with this IKEA dupe for built-ins.

A gorgeous fireplace gets a glam, modern refresh to tie the whole room together.

Stacking the washer and dryer was ingenious.

The new space has a "massive cozy factor," the DIYer says.

What was once a "blank white box" is now a beautiful laundry room.

There's wallpaper in an unexpected spot!

See how much the 80-square-foot space changes.

I’m so inspired to take on my own laundry room!

It’s so much more functional, too.

“Just because your laundry room is small doesn't mean it can't be functional or beautiful!” the DIYer says.

A “really plain” laundry room becomes a beautiful spot to wash and fold.

The homeowners made some budget-savvy decisions in their laundry room reno.

I even made space to store the carseat, which was a HUGE win.

The tiles add a pop of color.

“Clutter headquarters” no more. See this laundry room’s beautiful makeover.

You can hang clothes from a floating shelf!

You’ll want to copy the wheeled laundry baskets.

Before, the laundry room was “a forgotten room,” this DIYer says.

This hardworking space now has a home for everything.

“Because this is a small apartment, this room had to accommodate both a bathroom and a laundry area,” this apartment owner says.

“I wanted to go bigger with this fireplace,” this homeowner says of her unique transformation.

This renter-friendly redo has a great solution for brightening up a retro wood-paneled space.