Where I wash my clothes

Welcome to my laundry room in progress.

There are no before pictures because it was just that bad.

It was SO dirty and had a rotting vinyl floor we tore up because the previous owners had a leaky washing machine.

The floor sat with no vinyl, no anything, just plywood subfloor, since we moved in last May.

We had the tile bought, even before we tore the vinyl floor up, but it has just sat in our garage, and I have been walking on subfloor to do my laundry.

Until this week.

I laid the tile this week.

Not really laid it, but just laid it out to see what pattern I wanted.

and I love having a real floor.

Here is the laundry room in its current state:

view from the kitchen

pantry shelves (the door leads to the garage)

built-in shelves above washer/dryer

(they were here when we moved in)

washer and dryer

corner I don't really  know what to do with..

Any ideas?

ugly light fixture that won't make it past this update

I have tried a few tile layouts....

I think this one might be the one.

I am not sure what color to paint in here.

I would like to use a color we already have...

Light blue, same as the kitchen

Brown, leftover gallon from painting a tree in playroom

Grey, same as the living room

I was thinking that the brown would be nice because of the floor tile, and then doing pink accents  but hubby thinks it would make the room look way to small....

The light blue would be nice, because it would be an easy transition from the kitchen...and I prob still could do pink accents....

With the grey, I could do black and white accents (I have 3 black and white print baskets that are currently homeless...), and throw in a dash of pink somewhere....

What do you guys think?

Any brilliant ideas? I could use some..  =D