Building A Laundry Room Countertop

For laundry room countertops laminate and solid surface materials strike a perfect balance looks durability availability longevity and especially pricing.

Building a laundry room countertop.

Update your laundry room by using plywood to build a waterfall countertop that goes over your washer and dryer and wraps around the side. Having a countertop over your washer and dryer can help to organize your laundry room. Unless you own a premium home that demands the highest grade of all materials namely quartz countertops laminate and solid surface will work for a majority of home s laundry room. Leave about 6 inches for the water hose connections and the dryer vent.

Here is how i made mine. Some companies sell premade laundry room countertops but they can cost hundreds of dollars and some won t fit properly. The laundry room s wooden countertop is made from 3 4 maple plywood. Why not spend around 200 diy laundry room countertop over washer dryer.

Building one yourself involves measuring out the dimensions purchasing the wood and putting it all together. Measure for the height of the counter leaving about an inch between the counter and the appliances. By using affordable materials the countertop can be left plain or painted to any color and adds plenty of additional counter space to your laundry room for folding laundry or storing laundry baskets. It s pretty heavy so i had a beast of a time getting it to fit on my walls which were also wonky as hell the back corners were just slightly wider than the width of the wall where the front of the washer and dryer are oh the joys of working on an old house.

If you d like to see the full makeover of this laundry room click here. We attached a 2 4 on the back wall and used 2x2s on the side wall at the height we wanted our countertop to be. To start i cut the 1 2 s to fit around the washer and dryer making sure to leave a half inch gap from the 1 2 and there the. These photos were taken on two different days during the building process.

Let s start with the countertop above the washer and dryer which is made of 2 6 s and 1 2 s. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. We attached a 2 2 board across the front attaching it to the 2x2s on the side walls. Measure the depth of the washer and dryer to determine the depth of the countertop.

And as i mentioned in the reveal a laundry room countertop was an integral piece of the design plan. I noticed that every laundry room photo that drew my eye had a gorgeous wood counter.