Are you sick of being stuck with your outdated bathroom vanity, but you don’t want to pay workers to come replace it?
Same…
That’s why I am going to walk you through how I updated my bathroom vanity to get the fluted look for only $63! Don’t worry, I will make a post about how I did the rest of the bathroom updates soon (yes, including the marble countertop)! You can get a sneak peak of the other parts of the bathroom that I will be posting about in this YouTube video.
As you can see in the image below, it was NOT a cute bathroom. I absolutely HATED it. But I also refused to pay someone to make it prettier… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Luckily, I was able to find a solution that I am very happy with—including the price!
The crazy thing is that a similar vanity to my end product can cost $1,790.50…. So $63 isn’t too shabby.
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Materials
Paint Supplies
- Paint brush or pro-grade paint brushes
- Painter’s drop cloth or plastic adhesive drop film
- Portable medium spray shelter
- Paint sprayer
- Frog tape or painter’s tape
- Miracle wipes for paint cleanup
- Foam paint roller kit or microfiber paint roller
- Paint tray or Amazon paint roller kit
Tools
- saw or Miter Box Saw – if you don’t have a saw and just want a small one
Either
- pneumatic brad nailer
- air compressor – you don’t need this if you got a cordless nailer
- 1/4″ NPT air compressor tool kit with hose and accessories – you don’t need this if you got a cordless nailer
or
STEPS
- Measure bathroom vanity
- Cut wooden dowels
- Nail dowels to the vanity
- Paint the vanity
1. Measure Bathroom Vanity
- First, measure your bathroom vanity or bathroom cabinet. Mine was about 37″ W x 26″ H
- I decided to put about 1/2″ between them since the dowels are 1/2″ wide. Therefore, I needed about 37 dowels. Depending on the height of your vanity, you can either get the 36″ (pack of 20 for $33.99) or the 48″ dowels (pack of 25 for $46.99) (at least those were the prices when I wrote this post)
2. Cut Wooden Dowels
- When I was cutting the dowels, I had to take into account the small space above my bathroom cabinet doors. That area was about 6 inches and the height of the door was about 20 inches (see image below). So I needed 6″ long dowels x 37 and 20″ long dowels x 37
- Then I sanded the edges to get a smooth, straight edge
3. Nail Dowels to the Bathroom Vanity
- Then you want to line up the dowels and get an idea for how you want to space them out on your bathroom vanity / bathroom cabinet. Depending on the space you want to put between the dowels, find a “spacer,” or something that you can use to put between the dowels when you are nailing it so you can get it to be the same distance apart
- Then fill where you nailed the dowels with wood filler & sand it down so that it’s smooth
4. Paint the Vanity
- When it was time to paint the vanity, I used chalk paint. I was worried using regular paint on the fluted part would cause imperfections where you can see the paint strokes and I don’t have that issue with chalk paint.
- However, I am sure you could use regular paint as well.
- I covered it with 2 clear satin coats
And that’s it!
Again, I will be posting follow-up articles on how I did the rest of the bathroom and combine them all into a summary article! But here is the YouTube video for a sneak peak! Of course, don’t forget to subscribe to my channel!
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