Laundry Room Makeover Part 1

I've been surfing a ton of design blogs lately, and having so much fun. I could literally spend days on end drooling over the DIY projects I have seen. It seems that there are many of us Thrift Store Junkies who see the beauty in the past and want to give it a fresh turn. My favorite one of yet is Centsational Girl. I love her thrift and her style (and her gorgeous home in the vineyards of Cali, too)

My laundry room, on the otherhand, I have been able to see NO beauty in. For years it has haunted me as the last unfinished room in our home and it makes me cringe each time I enter. It is full of crammed in necessaties like a w/d (imagine that! in a laundry room!) and an old furnace. and a radon tube thingy. and various other hoses and such of which I do not know.

I wish I had a true 'before' picture to show you, but I began the process of decluttering our cabinets yesterday right before dinner. (This habit of mine of starting a project right before we are needing to go somewhere or do something drives my hubs nuts. I'm not sure why I do it, but inspiration always seems to find me when I have a 20 minute deadline! Sorry, Honey!)But, in the end, the cabinets were in deed decluttered while Marrty heated up Christmas leftovers from his momma (Thanks Shirley! And, Marrty!)
So. Here is a semi-before picture:

Tune in tomorrow for more make-over fun!