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Laundry makeover - Room to give the dog a haircut!

The original laundry for the house with a tiny bench and nowhere to fold clothes, hang delicates, and most importantly, give the pooch a haircut!

So ripped all but the main cupboard shells out, painted the doors etc with Duluxe Renovation range, installed a new benchtop.

I put an inbuilt shelf frame up and lined with ply and painted (super strong!), installed a new sink and tap and finally hooked the washer and dryer up.

Happy how it all came together in the end!

( I did everything myself except the tiling. I chickened out last minute when I realised that 1. I've never tiled before and 2. Tiling is one job you can't "hide" mistakes with! I didn't want all my work done to date look ruined with bad tiling :). I did remove the tiles and re-plastered walls where I had removed)

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MitchellMc

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @mangoaqua. It's sensational to have you join us, and many thanks for sharing this wonderful project.

You've achieved quite a stunning transformation, and I trust you're exceptionally proud of your efforts. Good call on the tiles. As you mentioned, it can be best left to the professionals if you're not confident. I had my first foray into tilling several weeks back, and I must say, it was slightly more complicated than what I was expecting.

It's hard to truly appreciate how amazing bench space is until you've got it. Once you have it, it's hard to imagine how you coped before. I'm sure your pup is enjoying their new grooming salon.

Well done.

Mitchell

Bluejay

Nice work on this @mangoaqua. Can you pass on the source for your wooden benchtop? It looks very solid and gives a warm feel to the makeover.

Good to have an elevated flat space to place the pooch for haircuts - I use a solid outside table so I can walk around to easily access all sides without having to turn the dog.

mangoaqua

Hi @Bluejay. I bought this bench about 7 years ago from IKEA and yes, it's solid wood. However I have reason to believe their benchtops are no longer solid wood but are MDF on the inside (I may be wrong, so worth checking)

Remarka6le

@mangoaqua Laundry looks fantastic, I love the massive black sink and tap. We were originally going to go down the same route with the hanger located here, but opted not to to avoid the clothes overlapping with the bench and drying unevenly, have you found any issues with yours?

On the IKEA note, they still sell the solid wood (we recently visited when designing the kitchen, bench tops were one of the topics), but they seem to be moving to more sustainable and artificial products.

EricL

Hi @Remarka6le

If you're after a timber top for your next project, just a friendly reminder that there is a Bunning's equivalent in the Think Benchtop range and Kaboodle Benchtop set, available in both the 600mm and 900mm sizes. The Think Benchtop series are natural hardwood timber pieces, pre-finished and ready to be oiled on site.

Eric

Remarka6le

Cheers for that @EricL, we looked into Kaboodle but ultimately went direct to a wholesaler to get our Benchtop as one side is 4 meters long. It was tempting for our Island though, which is 1200 x 2000.

gmac123

Hi @mangoaqua , we are about to do pretty much the same Reno on our laundry with the same layout. How did you support the bench top (especially near the window end)?

EricL

Hello @gmac123

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us.

Let me tag @mangoaqua as well to make them aware of your query. From an installation point of view, I believe a panel was placed at end of the benchtop which serves as a support. It's probable that angle brackets were used to anchor the panel to the benchtop and wall. But let's wait for mangoaqua to confirm how the benchtop was supported.

Eric

gmac123

Thanks Eric.

What product would you suggest to use as a panel? We would want to be able to paint it to match our cabinets on the other end.

Secondly, could we put this panel directly on top of the tiles? And would it need fixing to the floor?

EricL

Hello @gmac123

You could order a Kaboodle raw base end panel and paint it in the same colour as your cabinets. But if you are using Kaboodle cabinetry a single base end panel in the same colour as your laundry doors can be ordered to go with your cabinetry. The panel can be mounted directly onto tiles and angle brackets screwed into it. It would be best to anchor it to the floor with an angle bracket.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric

mangoaqua

Hello!

only took me years to respond, sorry!

Four years since the build and it’s been fantastic and still looking great and no issues at all.

The hanger has been fabtastic - use it to hang dry tshirts and smalls. Anything that touches the bench we just put a towel underneath. Lucky the laundry faces easy and gets sunny and warm in the first part of day so perfect for drying.

mangoaqua

hello!
Unfortunately there was zero room at the end of the bench for me to use a panel (and still fit the washer and dryer).

So I used two of these, bolted into the wall: 250x250 galvanised heavy duty angle brackets.

It’s rock solid and hasn’t moved at all four years on since installing . Obviously, we don’t stand on it, but we have loads of washing, a 10kg dog, on it for cuts etc and no movement at all.

gmac123

Thanks @mangoaqua

If it’s not too much bother, I’d love to know the total length of your bench and how much of it was overhanging (not supported by the cabinet)?

EricL

Hello @gmac123

I would conservatively estimate it to be the size of two standard laundry machines which is 610mm or 1220mm (when side by side) plus whatever spacing you might have left. But let me tag @mangoaqua as well so they can see your follow up question.

Eric

mangoaqua

Bench is 2.4 metres. The cupboards on the left are 1.34m. So about 900 overhang. The bench doesn't go all the way to the end due to it being a sliding door that needs to open.

EricL

Hello @mangoaqua

Thank you for that extra bit of information about your benchtop. Let me tag @gmac123 to make them aware of your answer.

Eric

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