I’m just floored about it!

I finished laying the new floor in the laundry room! I did the kitchen flooring back in January when we put in the new cabinets, and I’ve had the bathroom done for a month, but the laundry room was on hold until Jeff could help me move the washer and dryer. He did the weekend before last, and it’s done! It's lovely to have so much storage space for all my ingredients, equipment, and supplies just steps from the kitchen. I even added extra pantry shelving to the coat closet beside the bathroom just for narrow bottles and jars that get lost in the cabinets.

I did all the priming and painting on Jeff's last business trip, as it took a few days of uninterrupted work to prep and finish that job. The new lighting, pulls, countertop, and open shelving were done in spurts. But the floor was the final project. This room and the bath both took a deceptively long time to lay, given the small space. There were so many tiny, tricky cuts and angles. Jeff would come home and count my fingers to make sure I hadn't lost any digits to the compound miter saw, jigsaw, or undercut saw! Since the flooring was seconds from a discount building supply place, I had to work around blemishes and damaged spots to salvage as much material as possible, so that took a long time, too.

All I need now is a counter height rolling chair for my menu planning area and I'm all set.

Here’s the before and after.

BEFORE

AFTER (same angle)

AFTER

SOUTH WALL (from kitchen)

NORTH WALL (from kitchen)

STRAIGHT ON (from bathroom doorway)

NORTH WALL (from bathroom doorway)

SOUTH WALL (from bathroom doorway)

PANTRY RACKS (in coat closet)