I always try and find a way to make every vanity I build special and unique to the owner... but I outdid myself a bit on the vanity I built for Dana and Patrick. They were in the middle of remodeling their early 1800's Vermont farmhouse when they found me on Pinterest. When I went on site to take measurements and discuss the details of the vanity for their small powder room I casually asked if they had any wood that was original to this historical home which could be repurposed for the project. Their eyes lit up and they escorted me to the stable at the rear which was original to the property in the early 1800's. In this barn we found two hearty beams, 6 inches thick, that would suit perfectly... I brought the wood back to the workshop and began dimensioning it down to what I would need... no small task on lumber that was loaded with hand cut nails through and through! In working the wood, it became clear that it was old growth lumber I was dealing with... by my estimation and ring counts, the tree it was from was at minimum 150 years old when it was cut, which would date the lumber to the mid 1600's! Our founding fathers great great grandparents weren't even infants yet! So there's that.... combined with the fact that we are repurposing material from the original structure to put to daily use inside the home... very very cool, unique, and exciting to the point where I didn't mind that I chipped up a few sets of spendy planer blades on the project. For hardware I used a set of Dakota cup pulls from Restoration Hardware. The vessel sink is an oversize porcelain basin, which looked great with their modernized farmhouse aesthetic.
They decided that they wanted a matching mirror for the vanity as well as full length 5' hallway mirror built from the same lumber so that was of course my pleasure to craft as well.
Really love the way this project turned out!
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