Elevating your washing machines and dryers with a laundry pedestal is an easy home improvement hack.
Diy laundry pedestal with drawers plans.
You can choose from the three versions we show here contemporary craftsman and classic.
Plan every step of the project with great care otherwise you might end up spending more money than initially planned.
Position a 1x4 along a side with its edge flush with the front corner and fasten it with nails.
Next make a corner board by nailing a 1x5 on the front face of the pedestal so it covers the flush edge of the 1x4.
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Since washer and dryers unfortunately don t all come the same size your pedestal may differ from mine in terms of overall measurements.
Once the drawers were fitted we topped it all off with 1 2 plywood.
If you want to build a storage pedestal for your washer machine pay attention to these plans and buy durable materials.
With our plan you can build your own unit for about half the cost and get a functional pedestal that will look great in any laundry room.
Cut two 1x4s and four 1x5s to the height of the pedestal.
We can usually fit about 3 full loads of laundry in each drawer.
They differ only in the amount of trim and moldings you add to the basic plywood carcass.
The inspiration for my pedestal was from a plan on ana white s site.
Some wood glue and nails basically keep them together.
Now there are several diy washer and dryer pedestal designs floating around on pinterest but these are a little different.
We collected a list of 10 diy laundry pedestal plans below scroll through and click view plans to see the step by step project instructions.
I can t get 4 4 posts that are untreated so i created the posts from two 2x4s that were laminated together then ripped on the table saw to 3 wide.
So while you re over there browse all the awesome plans including several of my own.
This step by step diy woodworking project is about washer dryer pedestal plans.
I made a 2nd one for my brother using these plans sans the drawers.
The drawers were pretty simple construction.
It adds some extra storage space to your laundry room and makes it easier to load and unload laundry.
We purchased some inexpensive drawer slides thank you lowes and attached them to the drawer and the inside of the pedestal.
That s 6 loads of laundry before we have to start folding it s a very easy and basic diy project.
The drawers are also much wider and deeper than the manufacturer s pedestals.