Kerri’s Awesome ‘Blog

I’m a very sad little person!

I have a new laundry and I’m totally in love. *happy sigh*

I have NEVER had a nice laundry. I’ve never had a bench in my laundry. The laundry was always the ‘tacked on’ thing in every house I have owned/rented/squatted in. Even the house I grew up in had a shonky laundry. I have never had high expectations for this room.

That was until Sunday night.

It was like a bright light had filled the room and angels sang Hallelujah….. good GOD! Laundries do not have to be cesspits!

On Saturday, we decided that we were going to DO the laundry. We had been mulling over this for a while, and I had already measured, chosen and purchased the bench system I wanted. It had been sitting in flat packs in the back of our wagon for around three months. All we had to do was get into it.

Saturday we pulled all the crappy little hooks, gadgets and weird shit that had gathered there over the years, off the walls. We filled the holes, cleaned the walls and ceiling and waited overnight for the spakfilla to dry. The Hawaiian also got busy with the silicone and prettied up the edges of the sink, around the tiles etc.

Sunday - Paint paint paint - two coats done in around two hours. It was a hot day!

Now comes the tricky fun part. The dreaded flat packs! Legs, countertops, rails, brackets….. shit, no toggles for the gyprock walls, and its Easter Sunday. My boss came to the rescue, so we visit him, in paint covered clothes, to pick them up. “Come right over” he’d said. He neglected to let me know that his entire extended family were there! He will pay…… he WILL pay!! *sigh* At least my t-shirt, thongs and bag matched!

Toggles in hand we were able to complete the job. My skills with a tape measure came in handy. The benches fitted without a millimetre to spare!

Sunday night was the turning point after a lot of effort over the last 12 months to get this house renovated. We have done a massive amount of work, and every room still has one or two small things that need to be completed before we can put the house back together the way we want it. We needed to get something done and have a room finished. Our sanity depended on it. The laundry is THAT room, and we are OH SO proud of it

Pity the rest of the house is a dump! Heh!

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