Last weekend, we made a lot of progress on our laundry room.  We tiled the floors and installed our new washer and dryer.  Yesterday, I shared our plan with you, but what I didn’t tell you was that we actually got some of that done over the weekend.  Ben built the cabinet frame-work, started the installation the laminate countertop, added an overhead light (with a switch, not a pull chain!) and installed the under cabinet task lighting.  I sewed a curtain.  Yep, seems fair, right?  Anyway, have a lookse for yourself.

Here’s a closer look at the lower cabinets.

We decided to have three cabinets.  Well, technically, two because the area closest to the washer and dryer will be a drawer stack.  The cabinet against the back wall extends behind the other bay of cabinetry. 

The upper cabinets will remain as open shelving due to a few low hanging pipes that would interfere with a cabinet door swing.  You see those wires?  Those are for the under cabinet lights I mentioned earlier.  Ben still has to add the decorative faces to the cabinets, including the shelf that will cover the wires. 

And here’s a look at the new overhead light.  You can also see the old light fixture in the back.  Ben has since removed it completely, wiring included.  I guess that’s a benefit of an unfinished area with electrical panel in the room. 

My contribution to the space so far?  This drop cloth curtain.

It’s nothing special, but it does a fantastic job at hiding away the ugly geothermal, pressure tank and other plumbing.  I won’t get into the particulars on how to make it as it was really simple.  If you’re looking to make a cheap curtain for your home, buy a dropcloth, hem the width, fold the top edge over to the back and sew a rod pocket.  Then, hem at the bottom.  In our case, we needed another rod pocket at the bottom to prevent the curtain from getting sucked toward the wall, so I sewed another pocket.  Ben bought two adjustable closet rods and mounting brackets to serve as our curtain rods. 

Pretty fancy, huh?  I’ll share more about building custom cabinets and a laminate countertop once we’ve completed those projects, too.