Buffet turned into bathroom vanity | DIY

I turned an old buffet into my bathroom vanity! See how it went.

Turning an antique piece of furniture like a buffet, or sideboard, into a bathroom vanity has been something I have always wanted to do since starting in the furniture business. To be honest, I never thought I would!

I was so grateful to have worked with VIGO industries on this project! They sponsored my project, by giving me a sink and faucet combo!

I decided to come up with a mood board for what I wanted my bathroom long term to look like.

So let’s see how this went!

I took the vanity, and originally I wanted to re stain the whole thing. But that didn’t end up happening when I realized that some parts were veneer and some parts were real wood. I ended up keeping the main drawer and the top solid wood.

I primed the frame and the doors with BIN SHELLAC primer – something I use on every piece I refinish.

I chose Copley grey by Benjamin moore, from their advance line for my colour.

I stained the top with varathane flagstone after I wood conditioned! This is like a cream grey stain. I did 3 coats to get the shade I wanted.

After I applied a top coat with epoxy to make sure the surface was going to last. Than I decided where I wanted my sink to go.

The old vanity had to come out, to place the new one in.

Once we got the new one in place, my husband and I had to adapt the new one I re finished to fit the plumbing. We also had to reinforce the drawer after cutting a notch in it for the pipe. This actually ended up being easier than I thought it was going to be

I am very happy with how my VIGO SINK turned out! Having a buffet turn into a vanity was a frugal way of updating our bathroom.