We got them installed and now my laundry room really feels like a finished space.Įventually we will add molding at the top of the cabinets and tile the floor, that is the next round of projects but for now getting laundry done is so much easier. They dried for a few hours in between coats, then we moved them inside to cure for about a week until they were hung. I didn't paint the inside as the laminate coating on them that makes it impossible for paint to adhere. I gave each cabinet two coats of paint on the outside and sides. I did have to watch more carefully for paint drips in this situation but it worked out fine this way too. If you have time, I think that the fail-safe method of painting cabinets would have included taking the doors off the cabinet and laying them down on the floor (elevated from the drop cloth) to paint for best results. I sprayed on several coats, letting the paint dry well in between and keeping a close eye out for drips. ![]() Spraying cabinets in this manner goes very fast. As the cabinets came unfinished, I didn't even need to prep them other than a quick wipe down for dust. On one not-too-cold day we had recently, I popped open my HomeRight Medium Spray Shelter in my garage and got out my HomeRight Super Finish Max Paint Sprayer. I used the leftover paint from another project and the color is Boothbay Gray by Benjamin Moore which is a pretty pale blue/gray. I knew that I'd change the color, because a little paint can go a long way not to mention the room needed some brightening up! I used inexpensive, stock wood cabinets from our local home improvement store, which were just what I needed for a utilitarian room like this. Since this is not a public space and is just a laundry room after all, this was not a project I had a big budget for. Once we wrapped that up, the next project was to add some cabinets above the shelf so I could store extra detergent and other household items out of sight. Last fall I showed you how we built this easy folding shelf to go over our washer and dryer. I know not everyone cares as much about a utilitarian space like a laundry room, but when you spend as much time doing laundry as I do, I think it matters!Ībove you can see where we started, an empty space that held our washer and dryer. Here's a look back at the before, when we basically had walls, a washer /dryer, and a practically useless metal shelf. Our laundry room has come so far over the last few months. I wanted to show you how you can easily add affordable cabinets in any space simply by using unfinished stock cabinets and painting them with the HomeRight Super Finish Max paint sprayer. ![]() Today I am sharing the latest update in our laundry room, where I recently added cabinetry above our washer dryer.
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