the laundry room reno BEFORE

I am back with a sneak "before" peek of our laundry as we are about to start renovating it.
This is one room that was on our agenda to do this year yet was pushed back as other things got in the way. Now that we are building our new home we realised it needs to be done in order for the house to be sellable/rentable.
So Matt has searched and sourced a new trough. He has also contacted the same cabinet maker who made our kitchen cabinets and has an order in for a matching cupboard. We have additional kitchen tiles which we purchased last year to continue the flow of the tiles into the laundry. We have a floating shelf ready to install. All we need is time to spare to have someone here to do it.
You see, we are also renovating our toilet which is separate to the bathroom as it too needs an overhaul. So we need to find a time when we can somehow survive without a toilet for two days. Not sure when that will be but hopefully in the next month. It will be a good excuse to get away for a weekend.

So here is where it currently stands. It is hideous and extremely dated. I am rather embarrassed to even show you, however once I have the "after" photos then these pics will be great to look back on and see how far we have come.
When we moved in, the walls were a blinding aqua. I slapped a coat of paint on it and called it a day. We renovated other parts of the house but left this as it was - way down on our priority list. Now it is on top of our to-do list.
We won't be changing the structure of the layout as that will cost a lot of money. Instead, the washing machine/dryer combo will stay put one on top of the other. There is not enough space to fit the trough and those two side by side.
The door frame showing below leads into the kitchen. The squiggly lines you can see is old glue residue as there was once a folding door stuck on there. It was so revolting that we ripped it out quickly.

what a cute display of kitty litter and rubbish bins. I love how we have created a trash focal point. NOT

I cannot wait to get in there and start giving it a bit of style. I just can't believe how long we have put up with it looking this way for so long.

Has anyone else done any renovations? Or care to show their home in such a state?