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The project:
Laundry transformation from a standard cabinet with trough to full bench with storage, a must have when we just welcomed our second child. This has made our laundry much more user friendly and added so much extra storage in a house that doesn’t have much at all. Totally budget was $1,000 including electrician.
- Materials:
Picked up an exisiting laundry from marketplace and customised to suit our space.
Vinyl wrap used to cover secondhand benchtop.
Cabinets, trim, architraves and doors painted using Aquanamel.
Dulux White Duck on Walls.
Whoosh olive green tiles from National tiles
Floor tiles
Prep for skirting and cabinets.
Seal for gaps.
Wood filler to cover existing holes on the cabinets
Caulk to complete benchtop and tiles
Filler for holes in the wall
Tile adhesive
Grout
A picture of the laundry we purchased from marketplace and customised.
- Tools:
Chisel for removing tiles
Grout float.
Paint scraper to remove old silicone on sink.
Architrave paintbrush for skirting boards.
Level to check bench and cabinets were installed straight
- Step 1:
Prepped and painted doors and skirting boards as with 2 young kids being without a laundry for a while was not an option.
- Step 2:
Repositioned plumbing to be under the cabinets and began installing the under sink cabinet and benchtop which had to be cut down to size as we had bought off marketplace. Under bench cabinet did require some shaving to fit the space and skirting boards were removed then reinstalled.
- Step 3:
Attached overhead cabinets to walls using stud finder to make sure we attached them to the studs to make them secure. Forgot to purchase a joist so we used a cabinet that wouldn’t fit in our laundry to hold up our new overheads while we fixed them to the walls. Repaired holes using gyprock filler and plasterboard tape.
- Step 4:
Disconnected washing machine and dryer in order to tile as they had finally arrived. Tiled floors with quick dry adhesive and grout and reinstalled washer and dryer 24-48 hours later.
- Step 5:
removed cabinet doors, sanded and painted - I changed my mind on the vinyl benchtop cover and decided when I re did it that it would be easier to take the sink out for a better finish. Removed sink and re did the benchtop with a slightly lighter vinyl.
- Step 6:
Tiled splashback then caulked and sealed around the bench, tiles and sink.
