Laundry Room Update #2 (stained wood countertop, art and hardware)

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The laundry room wood countertop update! Plus stain info, new artwork, and hardware!

Hello, beautiful friends!

Today, I’m sharing another update on our laundry room makeover. If you missed the other posts about this, you can go check them out right here:

Laundry Room Update Plans
Laundry Room Update #1 (sink, cabinets, countertop)

I mentioned last week that I wasn’t happy with the stain. Well, it grew on me. haha! I think I had gotten so used to seeing it unstained and light that the darker color just didn’t look right. Also, it was SO matte-looking, and that was throwing it off too. It truly needed more sheen to bring the wood to life. That is what “did the trick”, so to speak.

I’ll be sharing the stain, topcoat, and hardware we used in today’s update.

Let’s start with the AI inspiration image I began with:

Modern laundry room update featuring blue cabinets, a sink, wooden countertops, black washer and dryer, open shelves with baskets, a patterned rug, white shiplap walls, and a window bringing in natural light.

Laundry Room Update #2

Laundry room with blue cabinets, a recent wood countertop update, stainless steel washer and dryer, open shelves with decor, a window, patterned rug, and bird artwork on white shiplap walls. Door leads to another room.

The photo below is before the topcoat (sheen), which the countertop most surely needed. It’s quite “dry” looking and just wasn’t right.

Laundry room with blue cabinets, a sleek wood countertop, black washer and dryer, open shelves with decor, a heron painting on the wall, and a rustic rug on wooden floor. A bathroom is visible through an open door.

Before I dive in, we still need to remove the shelves and stain them, remove the brackets and paint them, and remove the light fixture and paint it. Or replace it with something else, but I haven’t found anything else we like. The paint for the brackets will look similar to the hardware color.

As you can see, we have hardware on all the cabinetry on the left, stained wood countertops, paint is complete, the built-in around the washer/dryer is done, and new artwork is hung.

On the right, however, we have not yet completed adding hardware.

A close-up of a blue paneled wall with a smooth, glossy finish, located in a hallway with a wooden floor and partially visible doors in the background—an ideal setting for a laundry room or as inspiration for your next wood countertop update.

These cabinets have never had hardware, so I’m excited for this. We originally planned to replace the doors with the same style as the new cabinets on the left; however, we haven’t gotten around to that yet. They’d most likely need to be made, and who has time for that?! lol Our list is still pretty long, so that is at the bottom for now.

As a reminder, the paint color on the cabinets and ceiling is: Sherwin-Williams Smoky Blue SW 7604

HARDWARE

I love this hardware! It’s got the perfect semi-rustic look with a bit of modern appeal.

Close-up of three blue cabinet drawers with rectangular silver handles. The drawers are set against a wood countertop and wooden floor, showcasing a stylish countertop update perfect for any laundry room. A white circular logo is in the bottom right corner.

And don’t ya know, I picked and fell in love with something that is discontinued. haha

Close-up of blue cabinet doors with two silver handles and a silver drawer pull above, set beneath a sleek wood countertop. A white logo with ACR is in the bottom right corner.

I found the cupped pulls easily. These pulls, not so much!

Close-up of two copper-colored cabinet handles on matte blue-gray cabinet doors, perfect for a laundry room makeover or a countertop update. A small circular logo with cursive text is visible in the lower right corner.

I finally found somewhere that “had them” and ordered. But they never came. They didn’t really have them and were searching suppliers so they could ship them to me. In the meantime, I canceled, found them at a smaller company, ordered, and received them very quickly.

Here are the links in case you are interested:

Cupped Pulls
Handle Pulls

They are available in two different places, but the handles are the only reliable place that I found to get them. AND it looks like they still have stock.

STAIN (and topcoat)

A kitchen countertop with a wood countertop surface, blue drawers, a modern faucet, and a window above the sink letting in natural light offers an inviting space for meal prep or even a stylish countertop update.

Ahhh, yes, that’s better. Much-needed sheen.

A close-up of a wood countertop with a sleek finish next to a metal sink and a modern faucet, under a window with sunlight streaming through. Perfect for a laundry room refresh or countertop update, this space combines style and practicality. A small circular ACR watermark is in the bottom right corner.

I used Cappuccino mixed 50/50 with Driftwood. That was not quite it. So I came back and mixed in more Driftwood to lighten it up and change the tone a bit. Perfect!

Enjoy a stylish countertop update with this wood countertop installed over a front-load washing machine in a laundry room, complete with a sink, shelves, and window in the background.

I sat with it for a few days, thinking about what to do. And a natural topcoat is what I did.

A clean wood countertop with blue cabinets, a stainless steel sink, modern faucet, wall-mounted handheld vacuum, and a window above the sink letting in natural light—perfect for an updated laundry room.

I have multiple pictures from different angles. It was pretty hard to get a good and accurate photo of the wood countertops. I also wanted you to be able to see the sheen they now have.

Stain – Cappuccino and Driftwood
Finish – Natural (of which I did two coats, lightly sanding in between)

As a reminder, here is our original wood countertop we first built for the laundry.

A close-up of a smooth, dark-stained diy wood countertop with visible grain patterns, set against a white wall background. The polished wood surface appears shiny.

Pine boards we pieced together. A little more of a farmhouse-y look.

BUILT-IN

We wanted a cohesive look in here. Purposeful, not just a washer and dryer hanging out in the room. But something more streamlined, a custom built-in feel.

Front-loading black washing machine next to blue cabinetry with a wood countertop, placed beneath a window in a laundry room.

So my husband built the frame around the washer and dryer.

A close-up of a dark-colored front-loading washing machine with a digital display and cycle options in a stylish laundry room, positioned next to a white shiplap wall and topped with a woven basket sitting on a warm wood countertop.

This side of the countertop “sits” on top of the frame. It can be moved, if needed, to turn the water on/off. It’s fairly heavy and sturdy though, so not going anywhere unless you want/need to move it.

A view behind a laundry room counter highlights the essential laundry room hardware, displaying an access panel with water supply valves for a washer—red and blue knobs indicating hot and cold water. In the foreground, a stained wood countertop adds warmth and style to this practical laundry room update.

ARTWORK

And of course, new artwork!

Framed painting of a blue heron standing in shallow water with greenery in the background, hung on a white shiplap wall above a laundry room featuring a stylish wood countertop.

I looked and looked for the right piece, and I kept coming back to this one. I just love it.

The colors are perfect, and so is the frame.

Painting of a blue heron standing by water, surrounded by a soft green and white background, framed with wood—a serene piece perfect to update your laundry room, especially when paired with a warm wood countertop.

It’s done on boards, which is interesting too. Definitely not your average wall art.

A hand holds a tag that reads about handcrafted keepsakes made in Edgewood, Iowa. Below, a bag with metal hardware rests on a stained wood countertop. The company emphasizes sustainability and American-made products.

Very impressed with this one.
You can find it here. It comes in multiple sizes also.

Laundry room with blue cabinets, a sleek wood countertop, black washer and dryer, open shelves with decor, a heron painting on the wall, and a rustic rug on wooden floor. A bathroom is visible through an open door.

I’ve still got some new styling to do on the shelves. And I think I’m going to keep the baskets, but just give them a different finish. (I have two more over the shelf where the clothes rod is on the left side of the room)

Just for funsies, here is a “before and after”. Well, you know, the REAL before was this:

View through a doorway into a coastal farmhouse laundry room with wood-paneled walls, boxes, and cleaning supplies scattered on the floor. Text at the bottom reads Move-In Day (before).

Bright coastal farmhouse laundry room with white shiplap walls, a washer and dryer, white cabinets topped with a wooden countertop, open shelves with baskets, a LAUNDRY sign, patterned rug, and a window flooding in natural light.

And now…not fully done, though. Getting close!

A laundry room with blue cabinets, a sleek wood countertop, two black front-load machines, white shiplap walls, a heron painting, shelves with decor, and a woven basket. A blue ceiling and patterned rug complete the coastal look.

And yes, I did (and still do, actually) love the white “coastal farmhouse” laundry. I was just ready for a refresh. Something a bit more modern, a little moody, still coastal, but less farmhouse-ish and more along the design lines of the rest of our home.

With a sink! Yippee!! lol

Anyway, we are all enjoying the new look. And the new washer/dryer.

Hope you enjoyed the update today!
Have an amazing weekend, friends!!

xoxo

The word Nancy is written in elegant, flowing black script, reminiscent of Chalk Style Paint For Furniture, with a heart shape used to form the dot above the letter i. The background is plain white.

 

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