Laundry rooms are chore rooms and not the most cheerful room in the house. They are often designed ascetically, with efficiency in mind. However, there is no rule that says you cannot have a fun and cheerful laundry room! Why keep the ascetic and boring look when you can have bright colours and fun accents? Here are some colourful and cheerful laundry room ideas and designs to guide your next laundry room upgrade. Have fun turning a dreary room into a delightful one!

1.       Pops of Orange

Bright, colourful and striking. Perk up your laundry room with pops of bright orange. This tiny laundry room features an interesting navy, green and orange wallpaper. The navy-blue machines and walls get picked up by the bright and perky orange accents.

2.       Open Counters

Spacious and well-lit, this delightful blue and white laundry room include ample counter spaces for folding and organising. The room also features lovely pendant lights and a window seat, perfect for relaxing in-between loads.

3.       Modern Rustic

Turn a boring tiny laundry into this fun and delightful hub. The modern floating shelves provide enough space for storage and work. The grey tile wall is the perfect backdrop for the white machines, potted plants and rustic baskets.

4.       Cheerful Plants

This bright and cheerful laundry room features fun wallpapered walls, large windows, a white and blue rug and several potter plants. Bringing the plants into the interiors gives the room additional colours, nature’s touch and a breath of fresh air.

5.       Plaid Floors

Plaid is charming, rustic and cheerful. The blue-grey shades of the plaid flooring highlight the room’s cool and appealing interiors that includes classic white walls, counters and cabinets, a fun wallpapered accent wall and wide windows.

6.       Sapphire Charms

The deep blue hue of the accent walls and cabinets bring out the cool grey shade of the machines, the natural wood flooring and the white wallpapered walls. The lovely sapphire tones down the starkness of white and adds character to the room.

7.       Space and Colours

This spacious mudroom and laundry combi is made to look wider and airier by the white interiors and open windows. Inject fun to the busy space by adding pops of cheerful colours like the blue of the cabinet facing, the bright yellow on the rug and the pops of green from the potted plants.          

8.       Shutter Windows

Up the charms of your laundry by installing charming elements like shutter windows. The white shutters keep the room nicely shaded without blocking out the light. The green jars and potted plants break down the white monotony and bring in a fun and cheerful vibe.

9.       Surprise Elements

Folding racks and rods are common to laundry rooms. They save space and minimise the clutter. Add a surprise element to your laundry room fixtures by installing these wall accents that also doubles as a drying rod or hanger rack.

10.   The Bohemian

Busy, colourful, loud. The maximalist theme of this laundry room speaks the Bohemian spirit – loud, quirky and fun! The dark grey walls set out the bright pinks, purples and greens. This room for toil is far from the boring laundry rooms we know of.

11.   Laundry in Luxury

Well-appointed, spacious and posh. Laundering can be luxurious! From the patterned marble tile floor, the chic island counter, the chinoiserie jars and the fabulous chandelier, everything in this room is excellently chosen to give efficient and charming effect.

12.   Yellow Accents

A bright and perky yellow laundry room will cheer up even the dreariest laundry days. The classic yellow damask wallpaper brings in a perky and chic vibe, while the butterscotch splashback tiles add a touch of rustic charm.

13.   Farmhouse Prints

Dress up your boring laundry with pretty farmhouse prints to get this charming and bright room. Change boring and forgettable cabinet handles with shiny knobs, paper up the walls with charming florals and complete the makeover with the classic farmhouse accent – the plaid curtains.

14.   Humorous Add-Ons

Humorous décors and accents can easily brighten up your day, even the dreadful wash day. They add personality and lighten up the load. Fill your laundry area with fun and colourful add-ons like the lost sock bucket, change collector and text frames.

15.   Furry Helpers

What is more cheerful and fun than having your furry friends for laundry helpers. Setting up a pet bed next to your laundry machines will keep your cuddly pets comfortable while they keep you company with the laundry.

16.   Cool Elegance

Classy marble, elegant cabinetry, fabulous wallpaper, beautiful laundry. This beautiful room can perk you up with its aesthetics. The Egyptian blue wallpaper is stunning. The chic pendant lighting and stylish floor complete the cool elegant look.

17.   Colour Blocks

This colourful laundry features modern efficiency and mid-century modern charms. The design uses bold colours to define the elements – teal for the cabinet facing, light blue for the walls and brick red for the splashback.

18.   Floral Blues

Charming, bright and colourful. A roomful of blue patterns, prints and shades, this delightful laundry room features the appealing blue and white combi, with a smattering of gold accents for an air of elegant luxury.

19.   News on the Wall

Slate herringbone tile floor, subway splashback and dark grey wainscoting. White and neat interiors with a hint of rustic from the wood accents. But the most exciting aspect of this laundry room is the newspaper print wallpaper. It’s bound to be exciting if you have the news on the walls.

20.   White and Light

Laundering in this bright room with outdoors on view is bound to be fun and interesting. The glass wall lets ample lighting in and lets you enjoy the view of your garden outside while enjoying the comforts of the indoors.

21.   Fun Baskets

You will need a lot of organising paraphernalia in your laundry room. Ditch the boring hampers and plastic bins with these charming and elegant baskets. They are handy and pretty and come in different sizes, shapes and designs, and you can line them with different colours!

22.   Perky Pink

A pop of colour will instantly upgrade your generic white laundry room by adding delightful pink stripes to the wall. The pair of polaroid prints make the room unique and personalised, while the cute canvas bags bring in a trendy vibe.

23.   Leafy Walls

Infuse a touch of nature to your tiny laundry room. The potted fern adds a touch of colour, while the lovely leaf-printed wallpaper is a graceful accent to break down the white monotony. Complete the chic and stylish look with a white furry rug.

24.   Bright Pastels

Fun and cheerful, colourful and bright. This laundry room is filled with bright colours! The baby blue cabinets and white counters are dominated by the perky wallpaper in mixed pastels and framed flower vase watercolours. The fun and perky overriding the tamed and classic.

25.   Snug Farmhouse

Snug, cheerful with rustic undertones, this laundry room is designed for efficiency and fun. The charming barn door cabinet facing design, the DIY shelves and the eye-catching white and grey rug complement the white interiors of the room. Add enchanting details to break down the white, the basket organisers and greens are lovely!

26.   Dressed Up Ceiling

When you want to keep the laundry room neat and clutter-free, décor and accents are often ditched. This neat and minimalist laundry room took the decorating up, to its ceiling. While the walls and counters are clear of unnecessary details, the ceiling is papered with enchanting floral blues and accented with an elegant golden lighting.

27.   The Red Laundry

The huge and bright cheery red machines dominate the laundry room. To counter the bright glare, the walls are kept white and the eye-catching ceiling is painted with cool turquoise ombre. The wide window keeps the room from looking cramp, while the shelves help keep the clutter out.

28.   Lemon and Lime

Perky, bright, fun! This laundry room is far from the ascetic white. Featuring exciting shades of yellow and green, the room is exciting and uplifting. Filled with fun details including the ombre wall, the laundry clip rug and yellow counters, washing clothes have never been more enjoyable.

29.   Quirky Accents

Why pick the ordinary and boring when you can choose quirky and exciting? With the fascinating wallpaper pattern, the interesting and colourful wall art and the goth black chandelier, this laundry room is certainly extraordinary. The coloured tassel laundry bag and blue ceiling underscore the eccentric quirkiness.

30.   Cheerful Grey

This grey room is far from the boring and dreary, typical of the colour. The delicate marble flooring and hints of gold give the styling a bright, elegant and posh look, while the chic subway tile splashback adds in a modish and urbane air.

31.   Colourful Tiles

This laundry room is filled with lovely details and cheerful clutter. The design includes rustic accents, potted plants, an elegant marble splashback and bright patterned tile flooring. The pink and grey tiles add a charming and graceful element to the workroom.

32.   Farmhouse Elegance

The classic dove grey meets the rustic farmhouse design. Complemented with elegant grey wallpaper and silver hardware, the result is a charming and beautiful laundry. Lovely rustic elements include the natural woven baskets, the canisters and the cabinet facing.

33.   Washing Views

A delightful room for the not-so-fun chore. Lighten up the tedium of washing clothes by providing a great and entertaining outlet – wide windows. Huge windows will open the room and make it appear bigger and more spacious, it will let natural lighting in and provide you with a view of the outdoors! Dress up your windows with fun and delightful curtains.

34.   Virtual Summer

Create a warm and bright room for the dreary chore of laundering. This well-lit and spacious room exudes summery delights including its beach accents, pink tile floors and an exotic rug that reminds you of warm vacations.

35.   Perfect Peach

A myriad of prints, patterns and colours, this busy and colourful laundry room is a fun and organised clutter. Highlights of the design include the white and peach wallpaper, the bright and colourful flower garden rug and the shiny hardwood floor that keeps the unkempt and cluttered look at bay.

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