Laundry shelving

We bought a flat-pack shelving unit to go into the laundry last xmas, but it has taken a year to find the time to rip out the crappy and broken shelving and install our new free-standing shelves.

[before (left) and after (right)]

Of course, the old shelves were cross-nailed to the wall with four inch nails rather than being screwed to the studs.

By the time the shelves were off I had dozens of nail holes to fill. it took three layers of plaster to smooth out the mess—so I needed to repaint the whole wall.

Once the wall was painted (a terra-cotta colour called "tawny copper"), the flat-pack shelving needed modifying and reinforcing to fit around the water-heater.

Now that it is done, all the tools which were stacked on the floor are on shelves. It isn't pretty but it holds everything, it is sturdy, we can use the sink and open the back door.

[tools which were on the floor (left) are now on shelves (right). The clothes racks will hang off hooks on the front of the shelves. The kitty-litter is still on the floor, but now we can get past it to the sink and out the door.]