As mentioned in my previous blog, the original downstairs laundry room and half bathroom were in the same room. Personally, I wasn’t a fan of this set up. Below is the original half bathroom and I don’t have a photo of the original laundry area but across from the toilet, was a closet with the washer and dryer in it.

Behind the sink/mirror, there used to be a closet in the hallway. I removed that closet, the toilet and sink then expanded the laundry room. We color drenched the space in “Essex Green” including the cabinets. We worked with a local carpenter, Bret, owner of “Wilton Rustics” to create the counter top seen below. My ex had a great idea to ask Bret to create a sink cover so that we had more counter space since the sink would be rarely used. I think it came out so great and is such a nice touch to the room. The one thing I still need to order is the green skins to go under the upper cabinets so that it truly blends in. It’s about the lowest item on my list to spend money on though!

Having three large dogs, on 10 acres with trails and a pond is a dream (or part of mine at least) however the amount of dirt that gets brought inside was starting to be gross and tedious to constantly clean in a larger home. Since the plumbing was already in this corner for the toilet, and we had the space, I decided to install the dog wash station. It took a bit of training but now when we come in from our walks, the dogs know to go right in and wait for their paws to be hosed down and dried off. The tile for the dog wash station is the same floor tile (zellige tile) I chose for the half bathroom. We ended up with plenty leftover so that all I needed to do was order a little extra to complete this job vs paying for return shipping or just having boxes of the tile sit around for years collecting dust. Similarly, our Soapstone kitchen Island counter tops had leftovers from the slab, so I asked the local company to cut it down to make the end and top caps for the dog wash station to save some money.