Half bath remodel

Ever since we moved in to this house 6+ years ago, the half bathroom by the garage door has bugged me.  There was a tiny bathroom vanity that you had to go in and close the door to use the faucet to wash hands, etc.  Also the baseboard was 3-4 inches tall and it was sculpted.  Who ever put the baseboard in did not do mitre cuts on the corners, just blunt 90 degree cuts and then filled the cracks with a ton of caulk.  So between Thanksgiving and Christmas, we tore out the stuff in the half bathroom and the remodel was on.

A few years ago I bought some 2" thick oak to use for the counter top in this bathroom.  I ripped it in to 2 1/4" thick strips and starting gluing 3 strips together at a time, clamped them, and then sanded them after they were all dry.

Then I glued up 2 of the 3 strip sections and kept building until I got the counter top wide enough for the vanity.

The counter top is 39 inches long and about 25 inches wide at this point.

After we got the vanity out of the bathroom, I needed to scrap all the caulk they had used on the baseboards and around the cabinet.  Had a minor injury that included a trip to the clinic on New Year's Day, but that story is for another day.

Found a sink we wanted to go in the bathroom.  I had found several vessel sinks on line that I liked, but Scott needed to see it in person.  Found this gem at Standard Supply.  It is sandstone, but it looks like wood.  You just have to touch it to realize it is not wood, but it sure looks like it.

The bathroom with the vanity out and new paint on the wall.  Left some of the old pink showing just for posterity.  The whole house used to be this color, at one point.  The builder of the house had everything pink.  The previous owner to us had painted the brown over the pink, but every once in a while, we still find pink.  Our bathtub, toilet and sink were this color when we moved in!!!

I worked really hard to keep the oak strips all even during the glue up process, but there were still some ridges in the wood.  Took the countertop to a cabinet shop in Provo to run over their big bed sander.  After about 15 runs through the sander, it was smooth and even on both sides.

Counter top trimmed, sanded and a few coats of oil. 

This past Saturday worked on getting the vanity together.  The water pipes come up from the floor in the bathroom, so I had to build the vanity to go around the pipes.

 That old story of measure twice, cut once.  I should have paid attention!!!  I had to cut out the bottom for the pipes, then I worked on some support for the bottom as it goes around the pipe, so I did these nice wood pieces.  Finally took it in to the house to dry fit and BOOM!!  I had put the vanity together with the bottom backwards.  The bottom should have been flipped over.

So I had to take everything apart, cut a new bottom, chip out the old bottom and redo it.  Got it put bath together and dry fit again and now it fits.  Ran out of time on Saturday to do any more, but we are well on our way with the vanity.