Although I mentioned earlier that my laundry room countertop project was on hold until we could justify a trip to Ikea, we ended up going there on Saturday even without an extensive list, and tonight I “built” my counter! And believe me, when I say “built” I am really stretching the definition of the word because there was no actual building involved.
Our laundry room is squeezed into a pass-through between the kitchen and the garage. There’s not a lot of room for anything more than the two machines and a few shelves above, so I’ve always carried clean laundry all the way across the house to our bedroom and folded it there. Here’s the before:
Obviously there was a bunch of junk on top of the dryer that needed to be cleaned up, so I took 10 minutes to do that first. Adding the countertop took a whopping 10 more minutes so this was literally a 20 minute project. Hooray for quick fixes! Here’s the after:
When I first decided to do this, I was inspired by Young House Love and planned to follow their lead by getting a large piece of plywood, painting it, and using that. But then I thought to check Ikea — and lo and behold, the Linnmon table top was lightweight (since it’s MDF), already finished, already the perfect size, and only $25.99.
YHL used shelf liner as a buffer between their machines and plywood, but I decided to buy some adhesive rubber “feet”
So for 20 minutes and less than $50, I have a nice countertop in the laundry room that both keeps the machines from getting scratched up (well, more than they already are) and gives me a nice flat surface to fold and dry on. I’m calling this a easy home improvement win!
Thanks for posting your solution! How did the solution turn out? Did the adhesive rubber feet work to damp out the vibration? Would you have done anything different? I am considering a similar solution..