When we bought our little house upstate the bathroom was scary. Not dirty scary, but just that not-designed kind of scary. I really wanted to make the bathroom a relaxing space- everything out of the way and hidden.
This is an #WIP shot of the bathroom. Grey slate on the walls, black slate on the floor, the shower pan, and backing.
Since our ceilings are lower we built up a box in the ceiling for the rain shower head to give more height.
You can also see my favorite feature of the bathroom on the right- SpaceShitter3000. It's the Blu Bathworks Halo toilet. #love
I went down a few pinterest and houzz rabbit holes looking for fixtures, sinks, vanities etc and realized that I didn't like anything. My obvious solution is to make it. I think this project might have really sent Jacob over the edge-
sketching up some ideas...
I was originally obsessed with ramp sinks and I wanted one in concrete- I had seen one in a showroom and lusted after it so bad. It was something stupid like 5k so I gave up on that. Finally I settled on wood- I found a photo of a wooden sink and I really liked it. I figured since my dad builds boats, and boats are made of wood and float in the water, why not make a sink out of wood and use the same epoxy to seal it up.
Just as I came up with this idea, our friend came across some reclaimed wood. The water tower on top of his building was replaced, and the wood was going to be thrown away. It was beautiful with the patina of 50 years on top of a NYC building. Grey and weathered just enough, but still solid on the inside.
Love my dad lots. and lots. and lots. and lots. He has also always helped me with my crazy projects since I was a little kid. I think he thought this one was a little crazy, but he's cool and gets me so he went along for the ride. We plained down the wood so we could glue it all together to form a block that I could carve out. The grey surface of the wood came off for the most part, but the wood underneath was still very cool- just messy enough to have character.
proof of concept
Next step was proof of concept- I mocked up some 2x4s and started routing. I busted out my geometry skills and graphed out the shape I wanted the sink to be, then stair stepped my way down with the router in 1/16" increments. Once I was confident in my technique I moved onto the real thing.
After creating the basic shape, I started sanding using an orbital sander. I had to fill a few imperfections in the wood and then build the drawer to hold tooth brushes, and toothpaste. None of that will be on the counter....
totally proud of my drawer
Here she is after 3 coats of epoxy. This photo flares very red- she's not that red IRL. Installation is next. STAY TUNED!