Walnut Vanity

[John Morris]

Walnut vanity is coming along today. This will go into our quarter bath. The slides are self closing Blu Motion.

Base coat of Watco Teak oil followed up with General Finishes Gel Top Coat. Two more coats to go with a 320 grit sanding between coats.

My family loves it. I do too! It will be free standing, or floating about 8" above the floor secured in a corner.

[lew]

Awesome grain pattern!

[John Morris]

20 minutes ago, lew said:

Awesome grain pattern!

The drawer faces are cut from the same boards Lew, so the grain will wrap around too, should look pretty cool.

[Chips N Dust]

Very cool!  I love it too

[Stick486]

mighty fine work there John...

[Dadio]

Looks great John, can't wait to see the doors.

Herb

[John Morris]

26 minutes ago, Dadio said:

Looks great John, can't wait to see the doors.

Herb

Drawers Herb! Thanks for the kudos sir, been awhile since I done any casework, this is kinda fun.

[John Morris]

1 hour ago, Stick486 said:

mighty fine work there John...

Thank you sir. I woulda done the whole base in walnut, but why, the one side is a wall side, the only exposed side is the walnut side. Plus we got drawers, nobody will even see the inside of the cabinet.

[John Morris]

1 hour ago, Chips N Dust said:

Very cool!  I love it too

Thanks Chips!

[John Morris]

I am going to secure the floating cabinet to the wall studs, mount the sink top, and plumb it so it's useful for the family. Then I'll make the drawers, since they are drawers, I wasn't sure how the boxes were going to fit around the plumbing without installing the base first and plumbing it. Just thinking about making the drawers without seeing the plumbing in first, made my brain hurt. I'll be able to pull some accurate measurements for the drawers once it's plumbed.

[John Morris]

Progress shots, installed, secured, just gotta pull my temp supports (paint cans) out. 

LOML and I heading back to the store now to pick up a 4" on center faucet, the faucet we originally picked out was 6" on center. The holes are pre drilled at 4" oc. Yeegads!

 

[lew]

Nice! Will there be a permanent support to replace the removed paint cans??

[John Morris]

39 minutes ago, lew said:

Nice! Will there be a permanent support to replace the removed paint cans??

No Lew. It should float

The dang thing is built like a tank. And screwed to studs. I'll let y'all know in a year if it starts pulling away. 

[lew]

I wondered if it will rack at that front corner

[Chips N Dust]

Very nice

[Stick486]

21 hours ago, John Morris said:

nobody will even see the inside of the cabinet.

 

we will know...

[John Morris]

1 hour ago, lew said:

I wondered if it will rack at that front corner

I had my 12 year old son sit on the front corner, all is well! He weighs about 90 lbs. I told the kids not to in the future, but this was just a test, and only a test. I got that cabinet screwed, blued and tattoo'd to that wall, if it does start to show signs of pulling away, I can set a leg in the center right and that should take care of it, and I can still keep the floating look about it.

[John Morris]

47 minutes ago, Chips N Dust said:

Very nice

Thanks Chips!

[John Morris]

16 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

we will know...

Arrgh! Yes we will Stick!

You know I typically build casework all around as if every angle is exposed, whether it is or not, I build it finished out, in, under and inside out, I can be too much of a perfectionist much of the time. Stick, I really had to struggle to make that statement, "Nobody will see it". That went against my grain. But what you all don't know about this simple project, it changed designs three times during the build, I done had it, and it had to get done. Women!

[Stick486]

but is there any unfinished (sealed) wood???

bathroom and radically fluctuating humidity and all that...