How To Plan & Finish Any Makeover

I think we all love a room makeover, but sometimes we get stalled when tackling those projects.  How To Plan & Finish Any Makeover.  My two most recent room makeovers were really small projects, but it still took me a while to get them done.

Here are my tips for planning and finishing any makeover.

1. It sounds easy, but first, decide on what project you want to do.
2. Once you have the project, find your inspiration and create a design.
3. Make a list of materials needed.
4. Set a budget
5. Make sure to set aside some uninterrupted time to do the project.

Here are two small projects I did this last year and ones you can do too.a

Laundry Room Reveal

 

Painting A DIY Feature Wall Tutorial.  I shared with you here how I wanted to do a mini-makeover in my laundry room.

My laundry room is barely a walk-thru from the kitchen to the garage.  It is just big enough to hold the washer and dryer and that’s it.  The walkway is only as wide as the door, so this is truly a walk-thru.  No cabinets, nothing extra, just one shelf.

It got a few accessories when we moved in and that was it.

 

I found this inspiration pic on Pinterest, so I thought maybe I could do something similar to give my laundry room a little bit of an update.

Painting a feature wall is a little more difficult since my walls are really heavily textured, but I wanted to give it a try.  I could skim coat the one wall, but that is a ton of work, so I am just going to give paint a try.

First thing was to take down all the accessories, patch the walls and then give everything a fresh coat of paint.  I chose to keep my white shelf instead of adding wood shelves like the inspiration picture.

I bought a shelf at Lowes to add above the washer and dryer.  I had them cut it to size and also cut me several 3-inch pieces to use as shelf brackets.  I got those screwed in and then gave them a good coat of paint too.

Next, I taped off the top of the shelf and put down some paper to hold drips before I started on the feature wall.

Now I am ready to start my feature wall.  I did some practice on a piece of cardboard.  I used a sample pot of black paint I had left from a previous project and a 1-inch brush.  Then I just started in with stripes and dashes.  With my textured walls, I soon found that straight lines like my inspiration picture were not possible.  So I just let it go with the uneven stripes and loved it.  A little more freehand and modern.

If this turned out really bad when I was done, then I could just paint over it and try something else.  I needed to see the whole wall to see how it would look.  Since my walls are so heavily textured, I needed to use a bold design like my inspiration.  With mine, I had to just let it feather out at the bottom and on the sides however the texture took it.

I’m happy with how it turned out.  It doesn’t look nearly as messy when you see the whole wall.

When the wall was done, the fun part began.  Adding a few fun and useful accessories.

 

 

 

I shopped my stash and added back in the washboard and tin scoop that I had in here previously.  I bought the white yarn basket to hold some of my cleaning rags.  A faux ivy adds a little life to the room.

I think bringing in some fun accessories just for fun always makes a room interesting.  I found a beverage jar to use for my detergent.  Love that it had a wooden top too.  I’ve added a decal that says “laundry detergent”.  The larger basket holds more cleaning supplies.

 

I love how it turned out and now I think it feels like me.

 

 

 

Cost Breakdown

The shelf above the washer & Dryer -$14.96

Laundry Dispenser – $11.96

White Yarn Basket – $9.96

Total  –  – —$39.88

The other small project I did was the Powder Room makeover.  This is the bathroom all my guests use and it really didn’t look like the rest of the house, so time for some love.  Below you can see all the same steps of how I planned and finished this small project too.

Powder Room Reveal.

Powder Room Inspiration.

Powder Room Saga