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$500 Bunnings laundry reno

Our laundry was pretty basic with just a standard trough and no storage. We wanted to make it more practical but had a very small budget.
So we went to Bunnings and bought a large bench top, new sink, 2x cupboards and some beautiful tiles.
It took us less than a day to put it all together, and the best part was it only cost us around $500 all up!

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Sez

Looks fantastic. Great workmanship. The laundry is my next project. I have very limited space and odd shape room.

MitchellM

@prettyliving Amazing! Doesn't that look a treat, simple and on a budget. Thanks for posting.

prettyliving

Thank you @Sez All the best with yours 😃

prettyliving

Thank you! 😊 @MitchellM

a_glen2001

Looks fantastic! Gives me hope that I might be able to get ours up to scratch too. Thanks for posting.

prettyliving

Thanks @a_glen2001 All the best with yours 👍🏻

Aussie-Garden

Looks great and very functional too @prettyliving .

Well done!

It makes me want to do our laundry, but we only built this place 18 months ago and I don't think the wife would appreciate a change this soon.

prettyliving

Thanks! @Aussie-Garden

Yeh we only built a couple of years ago too but the laundry situation was totally not practical before.

HandyH

Looks great! Well done. I like the idea of using the luggage rack (looks like?) to be able to hang things from, I think I can use this...I have had a similar idea to put spare towels in the bathroom and ensuite, but hadn't thought about it in the laundry 🙂

prettyliving

Thanks so much! @HandyH

Yep it’s perfect for towels, we have a newborn that gets bathed in the laundry sink so her towel lives there along with other washing that is still a little damp at the end of the day that I don’t want to leave outside overnight. 👍🏻

prettyliving

For those asking, the cupboards we used are the Marquee 1000mm melamine base cabinets ($99 each) and we just put different handles on them, the bench top is the Marquee 2400x600x25mm laminate white bench top ($99), the sink is the Estilo 610x510x250mm stainless steel laundry trough ($110), and the wall tiles are the Bellazza 60x30cm builders porcelain floor tiles ($25 per pack of 6, we used 2 packs).

Jason

Many thanks for the extra detail @prettyliving. Great to see so many people have already been inspired by your renovation.

Jason

Kelmin27

I'm curious to know how you cut the hole into the sink! Laundry looks amazing

Jason

Hi @Kelmin27,

Thanks for joining in the discussion on Workshop. Great to have you with us. Let me tag @prettyliving to make sure she is alerted to your question about cutting the hole for the sink.

Welcome to the community, you'll find plenty of helpful advice and inspiration for all your projects from our amazing members. Let us know if you need a hand with anything. Perhaps you are planning your own reno?

Jason

prettyliving

Thanks for the tag @Jason.

@Kelmin27 For the hole in the benchtop we used a jigsaw, we drilled a large hole in it first to get the blade of the jigsaw in. Hope that helps 😊

Moomarg

Hi I’ve just measured our laundry and it’s 6ft square. I want to do ours as it leads off the new Kaboodle kitchen we had put in 2018. We have a tiny house it’s an old SA housing trust detached house, very basic. You’ve given me the inspiration to get our laundry done now answering questions that I wanted to ask. Thankyou, we want to get it done now as we’re both now in our 70’s and still able to climb ladders. We did our lounge room last year.

leah

Beautiful space

prettyliving

@Moomarg Oh that’s awesome! Good for you! 😁 I’m glad I inspired someone 🙂 Keep us updated with how it goes 😃

prettyliving

Thanks @leah 🤗

Jason

Thanks for joining in the discussion @Moomarg. We are looking forward to seeing what you can do with your laundry. Perhaps you might like to start a new discussion and share some photos of your laundry in its current state and you can record your renovation progress along the way. I'm sure our ever-helpful community members would be more than happy to provide advice along the way.

Welcome to the community. Please let me know if you ever need a hand getting the most from the site.

Jason

agaffy

It looks great! Can I ask, did you relocate the taps to the washing machine or are they behind the shelves?

Thanks

amandagelmi70

Absolutely gorgeous. I could almost enjoy doing the laundry in a space like this 🙂

prettyliving

@amandagelmi70 Thanks! Haha it’s defiantly more enjoyable with extra bench space 🙌🏻

prettyliving

@agaffy Thank you! Yep we left the taps etc where they were and I put the shelving unit over top (cut out some holes for the cords). Eventually we are going to hang a dryer there so figured we’d sort the taps out later if we need to.

Jason

Great to see you make your first post after being a member for so long @amandagelmi70. Looking forward to you joining in the discussion more often in future! Feel free to post anytime you need a hand or have something to share. We are looking forward to reading all about your projects and plans.

Jason

agaffy

Thanks for the pics @prettyliving. It looks fantastic! Well done!

prettyliving

@agaffy Thank you 😊

jane_5

For $500 you have achieved an amazing result! Even for $1000 I think it would be fabulous, but 500 🙄 how??

You must be incredibly handy and useful around the house to do something this good on such a small budget.
CHEERS to you.

springa59

Can you tell me if you fitted the bench around your original trough or did you buy a bench with a trough in it?

Springa59

Jason

@springa59,

Thanks for joining in the discussion. Let me tag @prettyliving so she is alerted to your post. Are you planning your own laundry renovation?

A very warm welcome to the Workshop community. We trust that you'll get loads of helpful information, advice and inspiration for all your projects around the house and garden from our amazing members. Feel free to post anytime you need a hand or have something to share.

Jason

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