So we finished the staircase from the ground floor to the lower ground floor/cellar and Mrs Woodstalker has been decorating it and herself quite a bit. I moved the washing machine and tumble dryer down and am building a utility area and worktop down there.
To save costs i am using the wood i bought last year with the intention of building the vertical panel saw, since it was so wonky when delivered it was useless for that but has proved useful for practising my joinery skills and also for building this. Also to save costs i went and bought some 6' scaffold boards which will be the worktop and we are now here:
The stand is separate and not actually attached to anything in this pic as is the sink just resting whilst i check for size, clearances etc. Its been in the garden for three house moves since i got it so it will be nice to finally use the (massive heavy) thing.
I built a frame around the washing machine and tumble dryer and cut the boards to fit, I've just sanded them now and they look good i think, i am going to finish them with light brown wax to take the brightness of them.
So far so good! I'm impressed with the scaffold boards in that they are very straight and solid and easy to work with.