Vintage Style Bathroom One Room Challenge Week 5 ⋆ Annilee Waterman Design Studio

This week I’m working on my furniture pieces. I bought both of them a while back, with the plan to use them in this bathroom.

I purposefully searched for a buffet with some damage, as I wanted to turn it into my vanity. I love it for the style, and the size is perfect. It’s a little taller than a regular bathroom vanity, at 38″ but I like it that way. I’m using the original wood top, with several coats of Marine Poly to waterproof it. The sink is a classic ceramic drop in, and the faucet is a vintage style chrome gooseneck with cross bar handles.

The wardrobe will be for storage, you know, all the stuff families need to keep in the bathroom. When I bought it, the seller had it outside in their driveway, and it was a super windy day. So… even though I gave it the sniff test, I didn’t realize it was absolutely drenched in cigarette smoke until I was driving home with it. It was really bad y’all. It took weeks of scrubbing with vinegar and baking soda and airing out to put a dent in the stench.

For both pieces, I cleaned them thoroughly, and then used Howard’s Restore-A-Finish. I can’t say enough good things about that product, it cleans up the original finish beautifully.

Then, for the vanity, I cut the hole for the sink using a jig saw, and a hole for the pipes using a hole-saw bit on my drill.

The 2 drawers will be shortened to fit in front of the sink and drain pipe.