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Garage laundry makeover

Hotwheelsnz
Growing in Experience
Hotwheelsnz
Hotwheelsnz
Growing in Experience

 

A corner of the garage was transformed into a spacious laundry using Flatpax cabinet users, mosaic tiles, timber benchtop and Flexi Storage shelves. It was the winner of best laundry makeover in our 2024 search for New Zealand's best D.I.Y. projects.

 

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The project

 

My wife loves doing the laundry. So I decided to make her happy place even happier. I used all Bunnings products for the project and it was actually very easy to do without paying someone to do the job. All up it cost me close to NZ$2,200 to do. Probably $150 less using my PowerPass card! I'm very happy with the effortless outcome. Wife's happy, too!

 

Steps

 

Step 1

 

Cleaned the walls, then I added the tiles to the wall. Probably the most time consuming part of the entire project.

 

Step 2

 

I made up the three top cabinets then secured them to the wall.

 

Step 3

I made up the bottom draws and then put them into place.

 

Step 4

 

I added the bench top then cut it to size.

 

Step 5

I made up the broom cupboard then I installed into place.

 

Step 6

I finally added the two shelves, cut them to size and installed them between the top three cupboards and the broom cupboard.

 

Tools and materials

 

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Comments
Dave-1
Community Megastar

Afternoon @Hotwheelsnz 

Thats a nice functional laundry and love the overall cost! :smile:

Did you varnish the timber bench or oil it?

 

Dave

Hotwheelsnz
Growing in Experience

Hi Ya @Dave 

Thanks, Yeah the cost come out great along with the final finish,.

I oil the bench with CO Polishing oil. Its readily available here in NZ from Supermarkets. Its linseed based so guessing any linseed oil will give the same result.

Nailbag
Amassing an Audience

What a great laundry space you have created @Hotwheelsnz 👍

 

Nailbag

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