Here is a sneak preview
Your probably thinking to your self, which one of those rustic furniture stores did they buy that at?, and the answer (drum roll please) you can't buy this in stores, I made it!!!!The owner of the bathroom was going to attempt to remove 3-4 layers of old wall paper that had be glued on, when she realized it was no easy task, and asked me to help out. I advised her that it would be cheaper in labor for me hang new drywall then removing the layers of paper and fixing the old dry wall.
And while i was at it i convinced her to let me redo her old 80's floor with some left over tile from the bathroom of the Colorado Cabin job (see a few post below). Since the bathroom is not big in size I did a brick lay out to bring activity and a rustic look to the bathroom. The owner and her son loved it.
Once it was filled with grout it had more of a smooth look (pretty nice I think).Now that the new dry wall was up, taped and bedded, and the new brick patten tile floor was laid it was time to put the vanity back in....
Only one problem, the owners husband and son removed the original plan typical every day house hold vanity and it broke (into a few pieces). I wonder how that happened?
So we piled into the truck and headed up to Home Depot only to find out that the size of this plan vanity was not so plan after all and to get a replacement would mean placing a custom order for one which would take time and cost a lot (remember I only have a week and the owner only got into this thinking she was going to just remove some wall paper and paint).
Once we returned to her house she pulled a photo of an oak work bench turned vanity that she found on the net. I say work bench because of the well... look at it, metal top, open storage, I think I saw that for sale in Sears in the tool section.I advised her that to make that out of Oak the post would have to be custom glued and milled, which could take longer then a week.
So cedar was the next and better choice to use because of it ready availability in this region.
A large and nice raw piece of cedar was selected for the task.
And the building began, I am not going to revile the complete build, but i will say that only 2 of the boards used where purchased the needed size and then cut to length.
Now for the mock up!!!!
Doesn't the floor look great y'all? Okay back to the vanity, the counter top was purchased from Home Depot, and fits perfectly on my new vanity (well not my vanity, but i did bring her into this world).
Once I was finished the owner put a coat of varnish on it.
Then came the tricky part of hooking up the plumbing.
Just a little plastic bonding paint to hind the bright white pipes and give them a rustic look.
Now to tie it all together a matching frame for the mirror had to be made...
Nice!!!If you like what you see and would like a bid for something and you live in the DFW area send me an email!!!
