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Spa-Slatted Double Vanity

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Sat, 2011-03-12 04:51

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We are redoing our master bathroom - we ripped out a soffit, a closet, the old vanity, and we ripped off the HORRID old wallpaper, put up 5' tall beadboard, designed our own trim, designed and built some heavy-duty floating shelves (see pic below) and decided we wanted an open-concept vanity, too. I fell in love with these rectangle porcelain white sinks and with all the white beadboard, and soon-to-be dark walnut stain hardwood floors in there, I thought the vanity should be dark brown stain too. The plumbing isn't installed yet, but you get the idea.

I used the farmhouse vanity plans to build the frame of the vanity, but i had to design the shelves on my own - I chose to do spa-style slatted shelves - they whole thing keeps the bathroom very open looking and not heavy and closed off. we LOVE it! :) Can't wait to get the plumbing done! (the pipes will be hidden below, by the way, by being boxed around)

Sorry for the unfinished parts of the bathroom in the pics - it's still a work in progress.

Blog Link:

a little MOORE life

From Plan:

Farmhouse Vanity

Estimated Cost:

$80

Estimated Time Investment:

Day Project (6-9 Hours)

Required Skill Level:

Intermediate

Finish Used:

General Finishes water based stain dye in MEDIUM BROWN - 3 coats. then 3 coats of water based polyurethane.

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Submitted by mrsoconnell on Sat, 2011-03-12 06:31. #

Thats beautiful! I love how

Thats beautiful! I love how that turned out! Your bathroom is looking great!

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Sun, 2011-03-13 00:43. #

Thank you!

We hope it will turn out great, thank you! :)

Submitted by Anneke on Sun, 2011-03-13 06:26. #

Just a little jealous ;-)

This looks AMAZING! I wish I would have known what I know now before we built our house 2 years ago. I love our master bath, but we could have saved thousands...and I love this open concept with the raised sinks. You did a great job! It will be perfect when it's all done. :-)

Submitted by brookifer86 on Mon, 2011-03-14 01:14. #

Fantastic!

That looks great! As someone who also did a version of the Farmhouse Vanity sealed with three coats of poly, I want to share my experience. We have a good amount of water spot stains and toothpaste "dots". I plan to re-seal it with more coats to fully give it water-protection. If yours is still looking good, it couldn't hurt to add a few more coats!

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Fri, 2011-03-18 21:06. #

Thanks!

Thanks for the advice - our plumbing isn't finished yet and the sinks aren'et actually sealed into place yet, so I can definitely still take them off and add another few coats of poly! Thanks for the advice!

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Fri, 2011-03-18 21:05. #

To Anneke

Thank you!! What a compliment :)

Submitted by Mark (not verified) on Mon, 2011-03-21 18:37. #

You might think about using

You might think about using Spar Varnish in this application - after all it is what they use on wood boats!

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Mon, 2011-03-28 12:59. #

Spar Varnish

Where do you get that??

Submitted by redhead_61 on Wed, 2011-03-23 15:26. #

bravo

Bravo on staining all those slats! It turned out awesome...and I love the sinks.

Submitted by Debbie Christianson (not verified) on Sun, 2011-03-27 14:22. #

Fabulous

What a great job. LOVE your choice of sinks!

Submitted by Krista Thomson (not verified) on Mon, 2011-03-28 02:13. #

Beautiful!

Would you mind sharing where you bought your sinks from?

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Mon, 2011-03-28 13:05. #

Sinks

We got the sinks on Ebay!!

both for $150 :)

a similar sink at Lowes is $400!!!

(http://www.lowes.com/pd_202880-73838-4-481WH_4294857217_4294937087_?productId=1232385&Ns=p_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_quantity_sold|1&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl_Vessel%2BSinks_4294857217_4294937087_%3FNs%3Dp_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_quantity_sold|1%26page%3D2)

we LOVE our sinks!

Submitted by dkrahn on Wed, 2011-03-30 19:52. #

Hi there I am wondering how

Hi there I am wondering how you did the slats-any tips? thanks!

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Wed, 2011-03-30 21:00. #

slats

Hi,

I framed out for the slats as you can see in one of the pictures - the outside (trim) is 1x4s and i glued & nail gunned 1x3s on the INSIDE of those, flush with the bottom, to create the edge that the slats would sit on. The slats are just a gazillion 1x2's cut to length to fit to sit on those ledges. I just nail gunned them onto the ledges! Done! :)

Submitted by dkrahn on Thu, 2011-03-31 03:47. #

Thanks so much!! You've

Thanks so much!! You've inspired me to do my first project!!! Love the sinks AND the orchids :D

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Thu, 2011-03-31 12:17. #

almost forgot!

OH! and in order to get the spacing between each slat, i put an already cut 1x2 in between each one before i nailed the next one in - that way they are all the same width apart and just the perfect space in between! :) lemme know how it goes!

Submitted by dkrahn on Thu, 2011-03-31 16:38. #

thanks so much!!!!! now I'm

thanks so much!!!!! now I'm on the hunt for great sinks like yours!!!

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Fri, 2011-04-08 15:19. #

our sinks

these are our sinks:

http://www.aquapat.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=23_54&products_id=1347

but i found them on ebay and got them 2 for $150 instead of the $240 each!!

Submitted by mrsmillikin on Wed, 2011-04-06 17:25. #

thanks for posting

I have a few questions for you.

1. what brand and color is the stain that you used?

2. how tall is the vanity itself and how tall are the sinks?

3. the floor that you put in is so great, what brand and name is it?

4. did you measure out all the slats before you framed out the vanity or did you have any problems with extra space between the slats?

Thank you for this great post

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Fri, 2011-04-08 15:18. #

Hi mrsmillikin!

Here are the answers to you questions:

1. the brand of the stain is called GENERAL FINISHED water based dye stain. Here is a link to all of their wonderful colors: http://www.generalfinishes.com/retail-products/water-base-wood-stains-dyes/waterbase-wood-dye-stains The color we used was MEDIUM BROWN. This stuff is great - there's like no odor and clean up is so easy!

2. the vanity itself is 36" tall. the old vanity we had was only 32" tall and it was ridiculously low for us - my fiance and i are both tall. i am 5'10 and he is 6'1. these are the sinks: http://www.aquapat.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=23_54&products_id=1347 they are 6" tall. so the whole thing is about 38" tall which is great b/c we don't have to bend over to use the sinks. they are the perfect height for us.

3. The floor is Lumber Liquidators pre-finished solid hand-scraped hardwood floors. i think it's called tongue-and-groove. the color is called Obsidian and it is Tuscany Oak. this is the link: http://www.lumberliquid

ators.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=7040

4. I did not measure the slats beforehand. I built the vanity first then just cut SOOOO many 1x2s for the slats - i should have started in the middle, but i started nailing them down on one end and there is a space on the one side that i had to cut a special piece to fill it in so it didn't look like a gaping space. but you can barely notice. my suggestion would be to pre-stain the HUGE 1x2 pieces (6' long) BEFORE cutting, on the top and sides, because it's a pain in the butt to stain them afterward!

Submitted by delliott (not verified) on Tue, 2011-06-28 20:53. #

boxed in pipes?

I LOVE this and am looking to do something similar for my own bathroom. I am not a fan of exposed plumbing though and you said you were going to box it in. Do you have an updated photo with this done? And any info on how you did it?
Thank you!
danielle

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Thu, 2011-07-07 18:16. #

Boxed in

Hi Delliott,

I will post it as soon as I have done it! LOL The bathroom stuff is on hold for a short while and we are making due with how it is right now... but hopefully I'll have it done REALLY soon and the I'll definitely post it :)

Submitted by marlaandwilliam on Sat, 2011-12-03 23:29. #

Finished Vanity!

I have uploaded a picture of the FINAL FINISHED vanity! you can see it at our blog:
http://www.williamandmarla.com/?p=93

Submitted by Lady Goats on Sun, 2011-12-04 07:25. #

Wow!

I didn't want to create a WordPress account to comment on your blog, but I have to tell you that it looks great! And I'm SO GLAD you found General Finishes (I also get mine at Woodcraft, and just LOVE that store!). The whole GF brand is amazing, from their wood stains/dyes/sealers to the conditioners and prep products. If you can't tell, we share a fave :-p

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