Las Vegas Laundry: The Basement Has Some Bling! (and a brick wall reveal)

The Agronomist is out of town.
So I made some decisions.
We have been looking for flooring for the Laundry Room for awhile.
We don't want to spend a lot of money on it,
but at the same time I want to enjoy being in there, albeit briefly : )

So I went on a hunt for some deals.

And I found them!

I was having a Las Vegas moment,

and decided these glass tiles were going to add the energy that
I always seem to lack when in the Laundry Room!

I found the flooring tiles (which are not shown)... are you ready?
for .99 a square foot. They are a light grey with a hint of the yellow,
so they work nicely together with these glass tiles.
If there had been enough I would have definitely considered these for the floor.

These glass tiles was regular $5000 a square foot
(OK I can't remember exactly but it was mucho moolah)
and I got them for .99 a sheet.
The deal was... I had to take everything they had and I couldn't bring it back.
It just so happens, Tony will have enough to do either the countertops or the backsplash.
I will decide that later.

Regardless, during the day I will have a wonderful ochre sheen
that will tie in wonderfully with my new Touraine Hickory laminate.

And at night?

It's Las Vegas Laundry baby!

Hmm... I think I just heard someone yell Jackpot off in the distance...

And now for a little reveal:

The brick wall is done.
The brick veneers look so real.
They turned out far better than I had hoped.

Tony did a fabulous job of trying to make it look like an old wall that was uncovered fifty years later.

Oops... pretend you didn't read that.
I promised Tony I wouldn't tell anyone he had anything to do with that wall.
Much to his chagrin, I told him it was too good.
Despite many"Oh Dana's"...
I requested that he do his absolute worse.
And then when he thought he had it, I asked for it to be,"just a little more crooked please."

He needed some training in the art of sloppy, messy masonry.
But he's a darn quick learner, and it turned out great!

I hope he's feeling OK,
with all the head shaking he's been doing over the past few months;
I'm a little worried about the possibility of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
Can you get that in your neck?
I better google it before I mention it to Tony.

Now if Tony is feeling up to it, the next step is a messy mortar job.
He's taking a break from the wall to lay our laundry floor.
He needed time to regroup.
With some white paint,  I'll hopefully end up with something like this:

Source: desiretoinspire.net via Bungalow'56 on Pinterest

Without the cool furniture, the cool artwork, the pottery still life
and the funky little Eames rocker of course.

Focus on the white painted brick.. isn't is beautiful?

xoxo,

UPDATE:  The Las Vegas Laundry Room II

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