A dog owner has created a stunning shower room in her garage complete with an impressive fully tiled interior for her precious pups.
Zoe Marquis spent £500 building a shower area for her two dogs when she renovated her new home including her garage.
The 33-year-old runs a home interior Instagram account @homestuffonly for her new four-bedroom home and built the dog shower to stop muddy paws in her house.
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She told bathroom company Drench : "We bought our house at the end of 2020 and knew it needed a full refurb before we could move in. When planning a project like that you have to think ahead, decide what you need from your home and imagine how you'd use each room.
"I love to take my two dogs on walks in the local fields whatever the weather and them coming home muddy is inevitable so showering them is a regular occurrence.
"Once we'd ordered a freestanding stone bath for the family bathroom, cleaning the dogs in that room became a no go and so the dog shower idea was born.
"I'd been combing Instagram for months looking at home accounts to gain inspiration and saw a lot of American homes have dog washes. At first, it was just a wacky idea but I soon realised it was actually possible and not at all expensive to create.
"Every tradesman laughed at the idea and it's still a running joke today, but now it's built and they've seen it in use they all agree it's been a good and creative use of the redundant space."
The PA converted a cubby hole in the garage into an ideal space to bathe her dogs Martell aged 13 and three-year-old Henny.
Zoe was able to keep costs low by buying her materials direct from the builder's merchant to cut out the middle man.
She said: "A close friend of mine is also a builder so his 'mates rates' for labour were a godsend."
Zoe from Windsor, Berskshire, also saved money through DIY efforts in the utility room by finishing off the smaller jobs herself like grouting the tiles and silicone sealing the dog shower.
She added: "Our garage was integral and we'd have never used it to store our cars so once we decided to convert it into a utility room the idea was even more attainable, there was this huge void under the stairs that needed filling.
"Several people suggested making it a storage cupboard but we really didn't need another cupboard in the house and let's be honest, cupboards are boring. I thought to myself 'That's where the dog wash will go!'"
"This isn't our 'forever home' so I did wonder if installing something so niche would be a hindrance when we do decide to sell up and move house but with something crazy like 33% of UK households including a dog I highly doubt that will be the case. In fact, it'll probably be a good selling feature!"
