Cabinet Re-Purposing Project

berry · Post by **berry** » Mon May 22, 2017 9:26 am

Here's a project that I just completed as part of our basement remodeling. My bride purchased this cabinet at a second hand store and asked me to re-purpose it as a bathroom vanity. The sink is was a free second hand unit I found on CL. And while not original I thought my "U" shaped drawer came out well. I added a skirt and raised it 2" and made wood drawer slides and drawer stop. It's a painted cabinet and that's the color it came in. I added 6 coats of poly to the top.

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RobertTaylor · Post by **RobertTaylor** » Mon May 22, 2017 9:31 am

nice job, well done

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:31 am

Very nice work! As you said the top drawer came out really neat. Also the skirt.

reible · Post by **reible** » Mon May 22, 2017 1:05 pm

That does look nice!

Any chance we could see more of the drawer? I'd like to see how you handled the back.

Thanks,

Ed

berry · Post by **berry** » Mon May 22, 2017 1:55 pm

reible wrote:That does look nice!

Any chance we could see more of the drawer? I'd like to see how you handled the back.

Thanks,

Ed

Here ya go Ed. One pic before I started and one after completion. Hope it answers your question(s).

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Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Mon May 22, 2017 4:54 pm

I see an opening at the bottom. Have you given any thought how you will clean under it?
I.guess you could seal the bottom with a board painted blank and fastened on the inside of the
Bottom front.

berry · Post by **berry** » Mon May 22, 2017 5:26 pm

Ed in Tampa wrote:I see an opening at the bottom. Have you given any thought how you will clean under it?
I.guess you could seal the bottom with a board painted blank and fastened on the inside of the
Bottom front.

I added a skirts on the front and both sides, painted black, to raise the whole unit 2". Essentially, they are flush with the floor. The side skirt is indented about 1.5" from the cabinet side and the front about 3", a nice toe kick. I don't think cleaning will be an issue.

nuhobby · Post by **nuhobby** » Mon May 22, 2017 7:10 pm

Beautiful job, great up-cycling!

Chris

john · Post by **john** » Mon May 22, 2017 7:45 pm

Nice Job!

John

rjent · Post by **rjent** » Mon May 22, 2017 7:53 pm

That really turned out nice. Thanks for posting

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