Any time you do something half way you always wind up embarrassed.   When I showed you my $5 shelf clean up of the laundry room, I hadn't done any decorating at all.  It didn't look very fun and it certainly didn't look very interesting.  I took all the mess off the shelf and put everything into some Dollar Tree bins and that was it.  Yes, it did clean it up, but it didn't decorate it at all.

My previous laundry room was filled with memories of my mom and friends and fabulous antiques that I loved, but this is just a pass thru from the kitchen/breakfast area to the garage.  Just barely room for the washer and dryer and a simple shelf to hold all the household cleaners and laundry supplies.  Now that doesn't mean that it has to be ugly.   Adding cabinets and getting new appliances isn't going to happen any time soon.  We have been pricing swimming pools and I will need every penny I have if I want a pool and that is definitely one of my "major wants".
Ok, I can do something with what I have, it doesn't have to just be a plain white box.  I can still display some of my treasures that I love.  (This room is hard to photograph, so please excuse the quality of the pics.)

I dug through my stash and pulled out a few things that mean something to me.  My wood carved cow that my son made for me hangs over the door.  He remembered me saying that I wanted one like the one I saw in a magazine and surprised me wi...