Do it Yourself Laundry Room Folding Tables

Laundry room folding tables can be expensive, difficult to find, and challenging to fit to your dimensions. For these reasons, making a laundry room folding table is an economical and prudent choice. Whether you have a large laundry room, with plenty of open space, or a small room with limited capacity, there is a do-it-yourself folding table that will work for you. Does this Spark an idea?

Table Options

A no-cost table can be made using a large, scrap piece of wood placed between two same-sized supports to provide a level surface for folding. Support options include sawhorses, file cabinets, bricks, or cement blocks. To conceal unattractive supports, staple, tack, or use Velcro to attach fabric to the edge of your table. This will also provide significant storage space for laundry baskets or other unattractive, but necessary, items.

Vintage tables can be used in a laundry room as an attractive and stylish folding table, but because the surface may be rough, take special care when folding delicates.

Surfaces

When selecting considering tabletop options, look for a smooth surface. Melamine-coated boards are available at your hardware store, and provide a perfect folding surface without any additional treatment. Most stores can cut these pieces according to your specifications. If you are using wood supplies you already have on hand, a bit of surface treatment will provide the finish needed for folding clothes. Even rough products, such as plywood or particle board, can be used for a folding table with the correct preparation. Paint two coats of acrylic paint on the surface and allow to dry. Then, go over the entire surface with polyurethane two or three times. While the tabletop itself will not be completely smooth, the polyurethane top coat will provide a slick, plastic-like surface for folding.

Storage

If you have absolutely no space for an additional table, but require more folding space, consider using an over-the-door hanging ironing board. When not in use for ironing, the board will offer additional flat space and can be folded away when the task is complete. Other foldaway tables, such as card tables, can be used in small spaces for folding clothes, and put away when not in use.