The laundry was a total mess with no bench or storage so I used an old bench panel that came from updating my kitchen benches. I had just bought the house and luckily, the old owners had left a few spare blue tiles behind. I only had 10 spare blue tiles so I had to work it out very carefully. I removed just the bottom layer of existing blue tiles and used them to continue the line around the walls above where the new bench was going. I then had a gap below the tiles so I used some smaller white tiles once the bench and a new sink were installed. This left me with a smaller gap where I used tiny smashed bits of the two colours to create a terrazzo style effect linking the blue and the white tiles. I removed the old metal sink/cupboard and a small new cupboard was added under the new bench to give the bench something to sit on and created some storage. Recycling tiles and the bench kept my costs down and the tiling was easy for me to complete. It now looks and works much better with a bench, a cupboard and a new sink. The washing machine and dryer now slid underneath the bench. It is easy to keep tidy now so a win, win!
Steps
Step 1
1st step was removing some wall tiles without breaking them.
2nd step was removing the old sink/cupboard.
3rd step was installing the new cupboard and then the bench.
4th step was putting the washing machine and dryer underneath the bench.
5th step was tiling the blue and white tiles.
6th step was tiling with small broken bits of blue and white tiles in between and then grouting all tiles.
