Dan Friedrichs
05-12-2009, 7:13 PM
A few months back, I asked for some design advice on a bathroom vanity I was planning to build (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=109087) - taking those suggestions into account, I built the bathroom vanity shown below.
This certainly isn't fine woodworking, but it seems to fit well with the rest of the suite. Just a few observations I made while building it:
- Inset doors are hard :)
- I used the Blum Tandem with integrated Blumotion slides. They're very nice, but I'm not sure they're worth the expense. I really just wanted the soft-close feature, so they're probably overkill on a bathroom vanity, but the soft-close doesn't impress me as much as I thought it would - now, instead of the door "clunking" when it hits the end of the slide, it "clunks" when it initially hits the gas cylinder. It's definitely an improvement, I'm just not sure it's worth the expense...
- I used Silencia soft-close euro-style hinges on the doors. They are nice, easy to adjust, and dead quiet (you couldn't slam them if you tried). I would definitely use these again.
- I had a hard time getting the paint to lay the way I wanted - even with lots of thinning and an expensive brush, I was getting brush marks. I'm almost embarassed to say this, but I ended up using my $9.99 HF spray gun, and the finish looks great - no "texture", just flat black.
I also built the frame for the mirror above the sink. Nothing complicated there, just a frame with an inset bead (which you probably can't see in the pictures...).
Thanks to "The Creek" for the help! I'm glad to get one more project checked off the list...
This certainly isn't fine woodworking, but it seems to fit well with the rest of the suite. Just a few observations I made while building it:
- Inset doors are hard :)
- I used the Blum Tandem with integrated Blumotion slides. They're very nice, but I'm not sure they're worth the expense. I really just wanted the soft-close feature, so they're probably overkill on a bathroom vanity, but the soft-close doesn't impress me as much as I thought it would - now, instead of the door "clunking" when it hits the end of the slide, it "clunks" when it initially hits the gas cylinder. It's definitely an improvement, I'm just not sure it's worth the expense...
- I used Silencia soft-close euro-style hinges on the doors. They are nice, easy to adjust, and dead quiet (you couldn't slam them if you tried). I would definitely use these again.
- I had a hard time getting the paint to lay the way I wanted - even with lots of thinning and an expensive brush, I was getting brush marks. I'm almost embarassed to say this, but I ended up using my $9.99 HF spray gun, and the finish looks great - no "texture", just flat black.
I also built the frame for the mirror above the sink. Nothing complicated there, just a frame with an inset bead (which you probably can't see in the pictures...).
Thanks to "The Creek" for the help! I'm glad to get one more project checked off the list...