Bathroom vanity conversion.

The reveal, take two.

Okay, so after some minor, and annoying, problems with basic math, we have installed the drawer fronts, and pulls, and we have a fully functioning mac-daddy bathroom vanity hack.

To review, we started with this, a builder-basic MDF vanity, topped with an after-market granite top.

The goal? To get that $&@*@ Ikea stool off the floor, while still enabling the small person to access the sink. We do, after all, value cleanliness. The Anna White tutorial provided the inspiration, but we took it a different place. We built a shallow box to slide into the cabinet area (making this easy to "undo" btw, if you are in a rental).

Inside the box we put drawer slides. The bottom slides were capable of holding 50+ lbs.

 Then we put in some homemade drawers, the bottom of which has a lid, making it a handy step.

Oh, and I painted it too, for detail on that process see here. 

Anyone need an Ikea step stool, main talent: always being in the way? It's yours, free. Just come by and pick it up off the lawn below the window I chucked it out of.

 (I'm sharing this project over at Thrifty Decor Chick's party, too, come on over!)

Comments

[JWH]

Yay!

Although don't actually chuck the stool - I still use it for tubbies.

[Steve Lillybeck]

I think the stool in the droor is a great way to save space, good thinking!

[Holiday]

Thanks Steve! It's a small room, so not having a stool always in the way helps a lot!

[jojo]

It looked so nice painted white, the gray and those drawer pulls make it look more contractor grade. I thought the white was the after pic at first!

[Holiday]

Jojo - if you saw the white in person, you'd see that it was the shiny white melamine - it's not real wood! I was open to staying white - but it wasn't possible to match the melamine finish on the drawers with the new bits. The whole thing had to be painted. We do what we can...

[Carina Menendez]

Wow! The IKEA-inspired step stool is a smart idea since the kids can reach the sink without using any stool that may cause accidents. That also reduces clutter in the bathroom because you don’t have a stool to move about. It makes the bathroom neat and organized. It also saves space!

[Melissa @ HOUSEography]

So cool! I have been thinking about this for years - might be perfect in our kids' bathroom!!

[Granite Countertops]

Great transformation. I want to implement this idea into the guest bathroom! Thanks for posting!

[Sinks]

the way of making bathroom this way for children simply look amazing to me and surely i love to have bathroom like this