It’s time to move on (did you notice the Sunroom from last week?) We are getting closer to finishing the first floor. This powder bathroom is on the main floor, next to our mudroom. It’s a popular space, where kids come to brush their teeth and race back to school after school. but a powder bath is where we can have more fun – and usually, without natural light, you kinda of want to Do something Add some interest to the design. I originally thought of a way to make the wall-mounted sink symmetrical by adjusting the offset. Once you make a decision, you are committed to it. The cabinet turned out great! We had to make do with what we had.
Here’s where it is in case you want a visual:
The Initial Plan
From the beginning, I knew that I wanted the sink where it is with a custom wood cabinet underneath, with a simple panel curtain (take a shot, if you are playing the “where else can she put the boro fabric” drinking game – and bring a flask on reveal day). ARCIFORM rendered it up and we couldn’t quite get it there. But around that same time my “good design decision ability” was waning, along with the budget being super depleted. When we got this quoted initially it was $2,500 and we hadn’t even dialed in the special details. I was like, “Nope, let’s just wait and see if a better, more interesting solution arises, we aren’t in a rush”. We ended up waiting for about nine months – which isn’t that long, BTW, and the only reason we even tackled this now was because we found a solution worth trying.
SW 9147 Favorite jeans was not my original blue color. It was just too bright, periwinkle-colored from the minute I saw it. It wasn’t until a few months later that I felt confident enough in my instinct to make the change to SW 9078 Cocoa Berry. And while it’s just paint, when it comes to painting wood paneling like this it has to be sprayed super evenly/perfectly so doing this still took two and half days (a couple of hours to tape off, prime + first coat, then second coat on day two). It’s true, I was in LOVE with the color of our guest room (SW 6030 Artistic Taupe). But then I realized a darker version would be just as beautiful. Also, I wanted to create a contrast with the blues and greens that were in this room.
I then started playing around with different wallpapers and tables/vanities. This desk is beautiful, but it’s clearly not the correct height, width or depth. That’s a lot of retrofitting. Oh, the color of the paint on the left side is actually the most accurate.
The Blanket Box
At Aurora Mills, I thought I found my piece – it fit in every single way, but once I got it in there it wasn’t a “hell yes”. And it was going to take so much work to retrofit it into a vanity (we’d have to raise it somehow, cut it open – do all this permanent stuff). And I figured to do all this permanent stuff it needed to be a “hell yes” (it was also really expensive, around $1k which admittedly is a bit overpriced for this, so I’m VERY glad I found a place for it on the front porch).
The Winner – A Vintage Table turned Vanity
Then one day, our client from the Crate & Barrel kitchen remodel, Julie, gave me this extra table. She asked me if I liked it and I of course did – it was such a great classic farmhouse table. We awkwardly shoved the table in and instantly loved the vibe. The warmth of wood added so much character to the paint color.
We had to get it working, and that meant a lot more permanent cuts. Dave, our handyman came over to help us troubleshoot the problem. The plan was for Dave to remove the legs of the stool to get the right depth, and then to cut the perfect hole to fit the sink.
We then cut off the bottoms of the legs to increase the height of the two front legs. When I returned from Arrowhead in the summer, it was done!!
Sconces | Sconce | Sink | Faucet | Switchplates | Hook | Table (vintage)
It came out great! The sink looked great when we centered it on the wall.
The table is really rustic and old, with a billion imperfections and patina so we haven’t worried yet about caulking it, but that sink really catches almost all the water so I’m not worried about it.
BTW we actually ordered this sink with a chrome P-trap (the pipe underneath the sink) and we still have it but have yet to do it (mostly because calling a plumber to do this is not on my priority list, especially now that it’s covered).
So there’s where we landed – a free vintage farmhouse table, with the most perfect undertones for our vanity. Check back tomorrow for some wallpaper choices (with the reveal coming next week). She is turning out pretty darn cute …. Julie is the one who made this table! Dave made it possible for MUCH LESS than $2500. Julie and Dave, FTW!
*Pretty photos by Kaitlin Green