Vanity Repair!

You remember that old dresser that I bought to turn into a vanity....well...I worked today on removing the "gunk" on that had built up under the mirror over the years.  Was hoping that I could just blend the new finish into the old....but I'm not so sure that's going to be possible now.  Imagine that, lol! 

I sure thought the sink hole I cut was a little more even, lol.

Here's a reminder of what we started with:

We're going to use the mirror in the 1/2 bath.  See where the mirror frame is though...that's where all of the old finish was really thick.  We'll see how it turns out.

A Whirlwind Day

Today I went on a whirlwind trip to look for another vanity.  I'm worrying now about the sewing base, and am afraid it's not going to be able to be fixed.  (Ya think I worry a little??)  Well, I didn't find anything at all to use for a vanity...but I did spy this cute little table.  We're going to need one in the basement to put a lamp on...so I figured I might as well find out how much it is.  No price sticker anywhere....so they had to call the person that had that booth...

her response...$45!!  WHAT...I'll take it!!  :)

So now it's my cute little table.  Haven't decided yet if I'm going to leave it chippy or strip it down to the bare wood.  Hmmm...something to WORRY about, lol.

I thought this detail was just so cute...and I couldn't believe it was in such good shape for $45!

In that same booth they had this cute old metal bread box...$30.

It's in great shape too (I need to remember that booth!!)

I'm ready to start decorating...and I MEAN NOW!!!

So here's the tile that I grouted last night...I like it...it's very calm.  I think it will look awesome with that dresser/vanity that I'm working on.

 

We had some visitors tonight too...eating apples...I'm glad SOMETHING is eating them, cause we're not.  Next year we'll have to figure out what to do with them.  I think the trees are just past their prime and need to be replaced  :(

More RedGard

Today I finished the RedGard for the tub surround (that means we're THAT much closer to tiling, yikes!)  I'm not gonna lie...the stuff is kinda stinky...but it's not terrible bad.

1st REAL coat at full strength...

After it dried...RED

 

I actually did 3 coats at full strenght...I figured if 2 was good, then 3 was better, lol.  Hopefully that is true with RedGard.  I just didn't feel like the coating was as thick as it should be.  I applied the full strength coats with a 3/4" nap roller.  While all this was drying I decided it was time to cut the whole in the old dresser for the sink.

 

That looks just right!  I left a pretty good edge to support the sink bowl...didn't want to take any chances.  Now I've just got to fix where the old finish is all gummed up where the old mirror was.  Mabye later  :)

Another Vanity!

Ok...so remember this cabinet?  I saw it when I went shopping to find an old dresser to turn into the vanity for the hall bath.  Well...we went to pick that up and I decided I really just needed to have this one too! :)  I was thinking this one might be good for the vanity in the basement bathroom.

Soooo...we drug it up to the new house and I dug out an old cast iron sink that I just happened to have on hand from one of my Dad's friends. (Thanks Floyd!!) and can you even believe this???

 The sink fits on top of that cabinet PERFECTLY!!  Well....ok....maybe not entirely perfectly...we did have to trim a few boards in the top of the cabinet to make room for the actual sink bowl.  But come on...that sink fits RIGHT on top of there!!  CRAZY!  It was meant to be for sure!  I decided that i still want it to be painted...but right now it's got a ZILLION coats of paint on it!  It would be best if I stripped all of the old paint off and started new again.  So...you guessed it....out I went with stripper in hand.  Check this out....

It's such a good feeling when you start stripping a piece of furniture and the paint comes off this easily!!  Not much is better than bubbling paint, lol!

I think there were 5 or 6 different coats of paint!  I'm still not done, but will have to finish it another day.  I just couldn't get all of that stuff off of there!! (and I ran out of mineral spirits!!)  I can't wait to see this finished though....I hope it looks as good in real life as it already looks in my head!! 

Oh...and before I go....I've been searching high and low for a kitchen sink....we thought we were getting a big single bowl white sink from Lowes....until I actually touched it....GROSS!  It was like plastic.  Absolutely terrible.  So I've been looking everywhere...and doing LOTS of online searching.  Well...I found a Whitehaus Fireclay Single Bowl Farmhouse Sink this last week on ebay....and it was CHEAP!  Well...today I won the bid!  I got a $700 sink for about $180!  We've still got to pay freight shipping to get it here...but from my calculations that's only going to be like $80!  Oh...and it's only coming from Kansas City, MO...so it's only about 4.5 hours away!  I can't wait till it gets here.....and I hope it arrives safe!

A Beautiful Day!

Wow...can't believe how nice the weather was today!  I decided I'd better go try and buy that dresser that I want to use as a vanity in our hallway bath.  Yesterday we worked on plumbing all day, so we're getting to a point where we really need to know EXACTLY what's going in each room.  Good news...it was still there...remember it?

I think that'll be so cute!

While I was there they also had this...love it...I'll probably end up refinishing it...but maybe I'll leave it chippy for awhile.  Since both were from the same seller I made a deal and got both for $350!! Yeah!

Saw this too....might have to turn that into the vanity in the basement bathroom!

Found this sink too...it's an old pegleg pedestal (I forgot the leg at the antique store though)

Bought it to try and do something like this...

I love how the sink sits on top of the cabinet.

Got this cart too...from the same seller as the sink...$50 for both!  I wanted one of these to put on the pantry side of the laundry room at the end of the cabinets.

It would go right there to the left of the base cabinets.  Cute!

A very productive day of shopping I would say.....and IT'S ABOUT TIME!!  :)