Labours of love

This week has been a busy one at the Laundromat - with all machines freshly serviced and the flues cleared of lint, we turned our attention to a couple of cosmetic updates.

First to bear the brunt of our enthusiasm was the folding table. Made of one of 4 panels from a timber box that originally transported an air conditioning unit, this table was made to fit its metal base by a carpenter friend of ours called Peter. The remaining 3 panels that formed the original box were nailed to our wall  as a feature - also courtesy of Peter. 

The folding table was sanded down, painted a fresh shade of Vivid White and then sealed twice. This had to be a late night operation so that the surface could dry overnight. It now looks fresh and fab once more!

Next on our list was the need to update the bunting. Our Burleigh Heads Laundromat is 'famous' for its bunting. I first festooned the laundromat with bunting when we had a 1st anniversary of owning the laundromat party.  When we took the bunting down after the festivities,  it looked so unbearably bare - that within 48 hours I crawled along the top of the washing machines once more to hang it back up!

Up until recently I had always  purchased bunting online - I also bought bunting made of the flags of the world when the Commonwealth Games were in town back in 2018. Unfortunately bunting always appeared to come in a flutter of different colours - but I never found it in aqua - our colour. 

So off to Spotlight I went  to get what I needed to make our own custom made bunting!  I got three metres of aqua poplin and white satin ribbon. Eleventy-six thousand aqua triangles later - and hey presto - we have new bunting in our favourite colour.

​This is the best bunting yet for our Burleigh Heads Laundromat and I doubt I will ever change it - but then again, I said that last time... and the time before...