First, I looked for two cabinets for the wall with the washer and dryer. I looked at the Re-Store (which has used building materials), Craigslist, and other stores. However, I wasn't able to find anything within our budget in the size we wanted. We (my hubby and I) decided to build them with the wood we had. We have a lot of scrap wood from other projects which we could use for these cabinets. We did have to buy some wood, but we are using what we have too. Above, is the frame of the cabinets. Next up is to put on the doors and start painting.

We will be putting our cabinets on either side of the wall with a shelf in the middle, like this picture.
On the wall opposite of the washer and dryer we put up thin boards to give more texture to the wall. This is a picture of the boards primed.
Soon it will be white with a row of hooks above it and some art work or a drying rack. Like this idea:

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There is a lot more to do for the room:
-Paint room
-Paint cabinets
-Paint folding table (on top of washer and dryer)
-buy a rug
-drying rack
-hang hooks
-hang chandelier (and possibly paint it)
-baskets
-art work
-new cover for ironing board



