Laundry Room Reveal: Before and After~

My laundry room is a hard working little space.  It does its duty admirably.  But it was in dire need of a little makeover.  Just because a space is hard-working, doesn't mean it can't be attractive too.  Am I right? 



Here is the laundry room (well, laundry closet) BEFORE:




Like I said, a hard-working little space.  But, how can we put this nicely?  A little, um, drab.  



And here is