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Laundry Room Makeover

I guess it's fair to say that it's always a bad sign, when your washer and dryer starts to eat your clothes, ripping holes in them left and right and the clothes don't really come out any cleaner than when you put them in.
Well, I guess that's what you get when you buy them used and abuse them for three more years.
We have a huge "to do" list of house projects we would like to get done and we were actually saving to get our house painted, but when Katie's new sweater came out of the dryer with four quarter size holes in it, she readily agreed to let our HOA complain for a little bit longer about the age of our housepaint and go shopping for a new washer and dryer instead.
I've been dreaming for some frontloaders for quite some time and when I knew I was getting new machines, I was beyond excited and I just knew I had to go all the way and do a complete laundry room makeover.
This is the piece of crap I had to deal with, I took the picture after I had already cleaned up all of the clutter on the shelve, and believe it, it was so cluttered, I could've applied to star in an episode of "Hoarders"

Man kann wohl sagen, dass es immer ein schlechtes Zeichen ist, wenn Deine Waschmaschine und Trockner anfangen deine Klamotten zu essen, Loecher in sie reissen und deine Sachen nicht wirklich sauberer aus der Maschine kommen, als sie zuvor waren.
Das ist wohl was du bekommst, wenn du sie gebraucht kaufst und sie dann für drei weitere Jahre missbrauchst.

Wir haben eine riesige Liste von Hausprojekten, die wir erledigen möchten und wir haben eigentlich gespart, um unser Haus streichen zu lassen, aber als Katie's neuer Pulli mit vier fetten Löchern aus dem Trockner kam, war sie sofort bereit, unsere HOA (Nachbarschaftsverein) noch ein bisschen laenger ueber das Alter unserer Hausfarbe noergeln zu lassen und stattdessen eine neue Waschmaschine und Trockner zu kaufen.
Ich habe bereits seit langer Zeit von diesen Maschinen getraeumt, und ich war so aufgeregt, neue Maschinen zu bekommen, dass ich sofort wusste, dass es alles oder nichts war und ich die gesamte Waschkueche renovieren musste!
Hier ist das Stück Scheisse mit dem ich mich in den letzten drei Jahren rumschlagen musste, ich habe das Foto gemacht, nachdem ich schon all den Krempel vom Regal weggeraeumt hatte, und glaubt mir, es war so unordentlich, ich haette die Hauptrolle in einer Episode von "Hoarders" spielen koennen.

 First off, we needed new paint, that yellow eye sore was there before we moved in and believe it or not, almost every single room in this house was painted in this color! Eek!
I'm not going to lie, it took some convincing to have Katie agree to this color, but now she loves it almost as much as me. Almost.


Als erstes brauchten wir dringend neue Farbe, das fuerchterliche Gelb war schon da, als wir eingezogen sind und fast jedes Zimmer in diesem Haus war in dieser Farbe gestrichen! Igitt!
Es hat ein bisschen gedauert, bis ich Katie von dieser Farbe ueberzeugen konnte, aber mittlerweile liebt sie sie fast genauso sehr wie ich. Aber nur fast. 


Here I go!

And just as a side note, I painted this room only a few days before Zuma had his first seizure, and if you know our dog, you know that he HATES any kind of change. It's a running joke over here that the color of the laundry room put him so much over the edge that this is what caused his seizure. Stressed him out way too much! Like I said, we're joking now, but back then, I felt so guilty and was so conviced that this was true, that I did ask the vet if the thought it was the possible trigger. He said "no" by the way, so I was off the hook! Phew!

Und nur mal so nebenbei, ich habe die Waschkueche nur ein paar Tage vor Zuma's ersten Epilepsieanfall gestrichen und wenn ihr unseren Hund kennt, dann wisst ihr, dass er jede Art von Veränderung hasst. Wir scherzen mittlerweile immer, dass die Farbe der Waschkueche seine Epilepsie ausgeloest hat, soviel Veraenderung hat er einfach nicht vertragen und hat ihn zu sehr gestresstl! Wie ich schon sagte, mittlerweile ist es ein Scherz, aber damals fühlte ich mich so schuldig und war total davon ueberzeugt, dass dies wirklich der Grund war, also fragte ich den Tierarzt, ob dies der Ausloeser gewesen sein koennte. Er sagte uebrigens "nein" und so war ich aus dem Schneider! Puh!
Oh yeah, and we also found someone who was incredibly happy to score this "great condition" washer and dryer for $150!
I took that money and spent it immediately on my makeover! Of course the new washer and dryer didn't fit in that $150 makeover budget, but everything else you see, including the paint, was less than $150!
Alright, nuff said, may I present to you: My new favorite room in the house!

Und wir haben sogar jemanden gefunden, der unglaublich glücklich darueber war, uns die Waschmaschine und den Trockner im "hervorragendem Zustand" fuer $150 abzukaufen.
Ich nahm das Geld und gab es sofort fuer meine Renovierung aus! Natuerlich waren die neue Waschmaschine und Trockner nicht in den $150 miteinbegriffen, aber der ganze Rest hat uns weniger als $150 gekostet.
Na gut, genug erzaehlt, hier ist es: Mein neues Lieblings-Zimmer im Haus!





When I installed the Light (okay okay, when I watched Katie's Dad install the light) Katie said only rednecks have Chandeliers in the Laundry Room, but I LOVE IT. I'm sure, secretly she loves it too! :)


Als ich die Lampe installiert habe (okay okay, als ich Katie's Vater dabei zugesehen habe, wie er die Lampe installiert hat) sagte Katie, dass nur "Rednecks" Kronleuchter in der Waschküche haben, aber ich liebe es. Ich bin mir sicher, dass sie es auch stillschweigend liebt! :)
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  1. I wished I had seen it yesterday. It looks gorgeous. More like an arts and crafts room than a laundry room. Love it!

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  2. Wow Nadine! Und das hast Du uns gestern vorenthalten??? Menno, sie nennen Dich nicht umsonst Martha!!! Sieht toll aus!

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  3. Wow, that looks amazing! I am so jealous about the front loader as well!
    I want clan cloth with no lint on it! *sniff
    Have a wonderful week! :)
    Heike

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  4. I love, love the theme related painting and decoration - your laundry room looks like a place I could relax in... ! Great Job!

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  5. Wow, das sieht verdammt klasse aus!! Wenn ich irgendwann ein Haus haben sollte lasse ich dich einfliegen ;)
    Lg aus dem eisigen Flensburg

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  6. This is incredibly cute. I must keep some of your design inspirations in mind when tackling the finishing touches of my new laundry room.

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  7. oh das sieht toll aus! :) super schön hinbekommen! so einen waschraum hätt ich auch gerne ;)

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  8. I'm visiting for a visit from Kelly's Korner.
    What an amazing re-do of your laundry room.
    The front loaders are definitely very popular amongst the blogging community.

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