Wow...great transformation! Doing laundry must be a treat now (if that's possible). I think seeing the pipes is fine. You can always paint them white to fade into the background. Great job!

Brutuses, Thank you so much for the accent color suggestions. Also, thank you for the "no-curtain" suggestion. I am going to add some paint to the pipes to have them blend in a little. I am becoming fond of those pipes for some reason, LOL. Frankie_in_zone7, You are so right with the "less is more" motto. It's a constant battle to keep the clutter away. Glad to hear I am not the only that has the stuff "creeping in", LOL. Thank you for your comments. Dazzlemewithcolor, Thank you so very much! I'm feeling good about my accomplishment and more importantly, I WANT to do laundry out there. Thank you again. TalleySueNYC, You are correct about that hanging rod making the space choked looking, especially after I fill it half full. Your suggestions for a simpler hanging rod are brilliant! The "wrestling it into submission" comment made me almost fall out of my chair with laughter! It definitely felt that way at times. Thank you so very much for your suggestions and compliments! Mustangs, I hope I was able to provide some inspiration/motivation. Thank you so much for your compliments! ____________________________ Since this post, I added a little vintage AM radio that works, so now I can listen to something while I am out there working. I will post a picture soon, the radio is so cute and vintage, and it WORKS! Thank you all again for your kind words and encouragement! Blenderama

hey_j - For the wall color I mentioned it was very close to BM's Mexican Tile it is because I actually don't know the name of the paint color. I went to the Habitat for Humanity Store which sells used household renovation items (perhaps some of you have one in your community). Anyways I went to this store as I wanted some antique style door handles (which I found for $1.00 each!) and while I was there I found this can of paint for $8.00 - guess it was a mistint from some store that was donated to Habitat and I just had to jump on it and turned out great. I went through my BM swatches and found it to be very close to BM Mexican Tile. Originally I painted the cabinets Desert Tan by BM and it looked HORRIFIC! LOL so I had to repaint them all over again YIKES! But it was totally worth it as the Tahoe color is so soothing I love it. What is so great about my husband making these cabinets is that it was his first time making anything like it and I think he did a wonderful job. Also by doing this we did it at a fraction of the cost and it has all the little personal touches from him - the little heart on the shelf valance etc etc. Mustang - I love the light fixture too. It was left here by the previous owners who are my husbands parents. They had this light hanging by a chain link about the stairs and the scale was all wrong so we removed the chain link - put it in a smaller area flush to the ceiling and it is just perfect now. I am thinking the fixture is about 30+ years old and has a beautiful 'antiquey' feel to it.

Thank you so much ladies. I am so happy with the outcome. I have to get my kitchen done by the 16th because my oldest son is graduating high school that day and we have out of town family coming. We are also having a huge party on the 17th so I have been working so hard on the kitchen. lyban, that is a GREAT idea on putting hardware on the two fake drawers. I hate how they look but putting hardware on would look really good. I sanded the cabinets to where the finish is just about off. My paint guy told me I didn't have to do that but I wanted to. I am using an orbital sander. I then cleaned and primed with Binser shellac primer. He suggested that primer and I have been very pleased. I sanded before putting the first coat of paint on. I then painted SW Alabaster (but had it mixed by Farrell Calhoun) in oil based, semi gloss. Sanded after first coat of paint and I painted three coats. I did use a 4 inch foam roller and an ox hair brush. I thought about using satin finish on the kitchen but decided against it. I figure that the semi gloss would hold up so much better especially with three boys. I do not know if I am going to do a glazing. I am going to wait until I have the kitchen done and the doors back on before I decide. I really love how the laundry room looks and would not want to glaze in there. So, we will see. Thanks again and I will post pictures once the kitchen gets done. I am back to work!!!!!!