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We've just finished renovating our laundry.
And oh, my god, it's like an entirely different space.
It's amazing.
The old laundry actually was a shared space with our bathroom.
And it just was so bad.
No storage.
There was just no surface to work with.
And we had about three doors in there
that all just opened on to each other.
So you actually couldn't like--
It was the Rubik's cube of doors, basically.
Yeah.
So what we've done is just separate out the bathroom
and the laundry.
So now, we've got two separate spaces.
We planned on the reno taking about six weeks.
And the process along the way was we planned the layout.
We chose the sink and the tap ware.
Got quotes and booked the tradies.
And then it was straight into it with the build
and the installation.
I've managed to keep things pretty much on schedule.
But even a half-day shift can kind of
put things quite a lot out.
This was the only weekend that I could come in and paint.
And the jibstopper was only in here yesterday.
There aren't really that many tasks that you can actually
kind of do yourself, because it's like quite a trade
heavy room with plumbers and sparkies and stuff,
so painting is something that I can easily do myself
and saves a bit of cash.
Nice job.
Budget was definitely something I had in my mind.
So I knew I didn't want to tile.
And I'd seen somewhere that you can just
use a shower liner as a splash back, so I was, like, sweet,
do that.
We had all the cabinetry and then also the bench top
delivered today.
So about to kind of unwrap it and see if we like it, eh?
Do you want to help me.
This is just one big length of like a laminate bench top.
We just kind it down to whatever size that we need.
And this is like the fun bit I guess
because poor old Isabelle's been like dragged around the shops
week in week out making all the decisions.
And now all the decisions are made.
Now, everything's just like turning up and it looks great.
So, yeah, stoked.
The laundry's in and it's looking incredible.
We're really thrilled with result.
It just looks like I'm going to be such an organised person.
We love all the surfaces.
There's actually so much work space.
When we were choosing a laundry sink,
we just looked at our old laundry sink
and how much of a beating it gets from every day life.
So we just decided it needed to be stainless steel and really
deep.
We actually got our builder to custom
make the peg board and the cubby unit.
And he did a really, really nice job of it.
I don't think there is a single door that touches
another door in that laundry.
There is not.
We solved the Rubik's cube.
We pretty much came in being on budget
and within our time-frame.
And I think that came down to sticking
with Plan A. Like we didn't change our mind too much.
One of the things I definitely noticed
is the communication with your tradies in terms of like pass
the baton moments around who silicones the splashback.
That's the sparkie, no, that's the builder.
Nah, nah, that's the plumber.
Get as much information as you possibly can.
Keep asking questions basically.
When we were thinking about doing the laundry,
we were, like, ah, it's not exactly
the most kind of glamorous room to renovate,
but actually, it just been so exciting to see it
come together.
And we just absolutely wouldn't change a thing.
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