While you were out

My dear Javier has been away for a few days and I've been busy. 

One of the house projects that's been on my to-do list for quite some time now was to pain the basement floor. Like many older homes, the basement is not the most attractive part of the house. Dark, dingy, 'concrete'y, yucky. And the laundry room is usually situated down there as well. Subsequently, doing laundry becomes even more of a chore. 

This is our laundry area before. Yeah really yucky. Doesn't exactly inspire one to do laundry.

After Lizzie and I painted the floor, I was feeling kind of motivated to continue. The laundry area needed a little spiffing too.

This is the end result. It still is obviously a basement laundry room. I can't do much about the hanging electrical wiring or the pipes, so please pretend they are not there. Also, please pretend that my washer and dryer match! I gave everything a nice clean coat of white paint.

A few picture frames, black & white laundry photos printed off google.images, wooden letters from Michaels, some fabric, and some repurposing of decorations from elsewhere in the house. It probably doesn't look like much. I mean its not Saucy's laundry room by any stretch, but I'm happy with how it turned out. Hopefully, laundry will be a bit more fun from now on. Probably not, but one can always be optimistic. 

Plus, I found a place for some of my aprons.

Javier should go away more often. I get a lot accomplished when I'm lonely! I hope he's surprised when he gets home.