When you're in the market for a new washing machine and dryer, you have a lot of different choices—front-load vs. top-load, gas vs. electric, and of course, a slew of different finishes and styles.

If you're comfortable working with lumber you can save yourself a few hundred bucks by making your own laundry pedestal, all for around $60 worth of lumber, plywood, paint, and two sets of drawer ...

Laundry pedestals are nothing new. The space-saving device acts as a storage unit that goes underneath front-load washers. Instead of using the pedestal as a place to stash detergent and fabric ...