I read somewhere about taking a dresser and dropping a sink into it.
My husband thinks I'm nuts to think about this for the spare bathroom. We have an old wood dresser with a mirror that was his when he was a child that I would like to do this to.
My question is - has anyone ever done this? Was it difficult and what do I need to be wary of? This would be for my son's bathroom downstairs so I am concerned about splashing water all over, but thought if I varathaned the top it woudl be ok.
What do you think?
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for sure jainey...good point. i should have mentioned they would use a clear silocone adhesive around the edge of the glass to prevent water seepage,
Peter Falico did this on "Home To Go" once, and it looked wonderful! He made it look very easy :-)
if you did get glass for the top of the dresser, make sure you do something to prevent leaks or moisture of any kind getting between the top of the dresser and the glass. I have a set of bedroom furniture which has glass on all the dresser tops. At one time, I had the vanity stored in a basement (not ideal I know, but you do what you have to do in situations) Anyhow, overtime, moisture did get inbetween the glass and top of the dresser and I now have very large white marks, which is a shame, since I really like the old finish and if I get this piece refinished, it won't quite match the rest of the set.
another idea to address the potential water damage to the furniture top is to have a piece of glass (tempered) cut to fit the dimension of the surface top. they can cut a hole to accomodate the sink drop in as well no porblem. this way you don't have to worry about messing about with icky sealers for the top and the maintainence sealers would require.
you would still see the wood grain through the glass and windex is the only thing you would need to keep it clean.
:D
just remember you'll have to do some creative carpentry to accomodate the sink and associated pipes if it's a dresser with drawers...
can probably take the upper drawer fronts off the drawers and mount them into the openings - the bottom drawer(s) can still be used as is
if the dresser is fairly wide, I've seen where they rebuild the upper drawers to still have two compartments (on the left and right, with nothing in the middle so they still work around the sink)
also probably a good idea to anchor the dresser to the wall with a few screws, in case it gets bumped, to avoid pulling out a water line and the mess that can follow
however seen it done and always looks beautiful...i say go for it and good luck
smiles
janetc
It's been quite a while since I visited those pages too, but mugsygirl's post reminded me I'd seen that exact project here.
kipper
I don't recall ever visiting those workshops before and found some info I can use. Good that you mentioned them.
I have seen this done in magazines and it looks so good, as it is so different. I would use a marine quality varnish/varathane on the top as that should be more suitable with splashing water. Have fun ... :)
I've never personally done this but a friend of mine has and it looks gorgeous. It really adds personality to the bathroom and is something different that no everyone has. I'm not sure if they had to do anything specil as far as protection of the wood, but I'm sure if you check out the site that was previously posted it will answer those questions - good luck.
and I believe there are instructions on how to do it on the Workshop section on the homepage of this site. Look under Building.. and it's the article titled "Modern Dresser Conversion"
Hope this helps,
kipper