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This is kinda neat

hubcap | Posted in Photo Gallery on June 25, 2009 03:26am

Wife and I wanted a new vanity for one of our bathrooms

I posted a pic of this cabinet a while back

anyway

new base under the old cabinet made out of leftovers and scrap

old dough bowl for a basin

re-use the faucet

half price hunk of granite for the top

looks pretty good

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  1. MikeHennessy | Jun 25, 2009 04:34pm | #1

    That IS cool. Looks like somethin' from an old Spanish castle.

    Waste of a perfectly good dough bowl, tho'. ;-)

    Mike Hennessy
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Everything fits, until you put glue on it.

  2. Carole4 | Jun 25, 2009 05:34pm | #2

    Now that is unique! I want a copper sink for one of our bathrooms. Just can't afford it!

    1. jesse | Jun 25, 2009 08:18pm | #3

      You can score any number of copper sinks on Ebay cheap...

      1. Carole4 | Jun 25, 2009 08:30pm | #4

        I don't do e-bay, but I will look into it. Thanks. We can get hammered copper sinks in Mexico, but it's kind of dicey going there now.

        1. drapson | Jun 25, 2009 10:51pm | #6

          Hi C, Don't you think our resident coppersmith could/would make you a one of a kind sink?Bet he would give you a heck of a deal also!Ask him, the networking part of this site is being underutilized. Be well; have fun....dan

          1. Carole4 | Jun 26, 2009 12:41am | #11

            Never thought of that! Thanks.

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          McDesign | Jun 25, 2009 11:13pm | #8

          <  We can get hammered copper sinks in Mexico, but it's kind of dicey going there now.>

          I got hammered in Mexico once . . .

           

          Forrest

          1. Carole4 | Jun 26, 2009 12:38am | #9

            LOL...So did I! We were staying on the beach at Rocky Point. Didn't have to drive!

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          BillHartmann | Jun 26, 2009 04:15am | #12

          "We can get hammered copper sinks in Mexico, but it's kind of dicey going there now."As long as they did not put slaughtered pigs in it you should be OK (G, D, & R).
          William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid - Shoe

          1. Carole4 | Jun 26, 2009 09:17pm | #14

            Bad, Bill, bad...

    2. MikeHennessy | Jun 25, 2009 09:56pm | #5

      I got a nice undermount copper sink at Lowes a while back. It was pretty cheap.Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PAEverything fits, until you put glue on it.

      1. Carole4 | Jun 26, 2009 12:39am | #10

        I've never looked there. Husband is the one who goes to Lowe's. I'll have to check it out. Thanks.

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    McDesign | Jun 25, 2009 11:12pm | #7

    Gorgeous!

    Forrest

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      hubcap | Jun 26, 2009 04:19am | #13

      thanks forrest

      as you know, cobbling something together that looks nice and functions well is bittersweet

      because now the woman has expectations...

       

      i am screwedNo Tag

  4. mike4244 | Jun 27, 2009 02:07am | #15

    Looks great, I also like the look of the crackle finish on the wainscoting.

    mike

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    Mongo | Jun 29, 2009 05:01pm | #16

    That's pretty cool, lots of visual texture for the eyeballs to digest.

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      hubcap | Jul 08, 2009 04:17pm | #17

      as predicted she was so tickled with the vanity more work was called inglass block wallNo Tag

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        hubcap | Jul 29, 2009 05:57pm | #18

        added an old library door on a barn door track to close off the bedroom beyondNo Tag

        1. webted | Jul 29, 2009 09:53pm | #19

          Very clever!

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            hubcap | Jul 29, 2009 10:08pm | #20

            I confess it was my wife's idea.
            She stayed somewhere and the interior doors in her suite were hung that way.it was my idea to use the hardware from a local farm supply ($50)instead of the schmaltzy shipped in from California ($500) stuffNo Tag

        2. Pelipeth | Jul 30, 2009 03:12am | #21

          I too have gone with that approach, had to deal with an old exterior wall. Johnson Hardware makes a not so (big) system, track, you might
          consider the next time, IMO. #2610 Series wall mount open pocket door.
          1-800 837-5664. Nice product, quality where it counts.

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            hubcap | Jul 30, 2009 03:42am | #22

            thanksgood infoNo Tag

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