Trying to wrap the bathroom project

I'm getting to the end of this upstairs bathroom remodel posts! All that's left is to deal with the flooring and get a cabinet from Lowe's before we bring in the plumber. So here's how that went down.

We went to Lowe's to buy a cabinet for $160. We were debating the flooring options - Kelley wanted a printed tile, I wanted to use some tile that was long & rectangular with a wood grain. But I did have plenty of problems with the subfloor - it is not level, or stable, plywood not concrete backer board, do I try and cut out some of it to lay backer board or just???? ah fuck it. Lowe's web site is really pushing the waterproof engineered flooring. It's floating and snaps together, and will lay over everything. Of course, Kelley was dead set against it. So we go pick up a vanity to avoid the decision.

With the vanity in the cart, Lowe's employees start bringing out serious clearance stuff. We put back the vanity. The engineered flooring was around $50/box for the cheap stuff. We found 2 boxes of Cali Bamboo waterproof engineered flooring (normally $80/box) marked clearance for $20 each! I got my engineered floor for only $40. Then we found a sink on the clearance row. Custom built for $208, then returned and marked down for only $30. We picked up a bunch of $5-10 light fixtures as well and walked out of there with flooring and a sink and a bunch of other stuff for only $115 total. instead of a $160 cabinet.

And I get another project out of it, I get to build a cabinet to go under that sink!

Better pick up some baseboard & quarter round molding while I'm there to finish the job.

Cleared out all of that old tile floor, now let's lay some bamboo

That's better! Cali Bamboo flooring is waterproof and beautiful

Under the shelves

even works around the toilet

Now with the baseboard and quarter round installed I can put the finished shelves in place! So glad this part of the project is done. These cypress shelves turned out to be beautiful. Really a much better look than I was expecting.

Now with more baseboard - and an open space in there for the cabinet

Both shelves and baseboard

Now that's a big closet!

So now I get to build the cabinet. The sink is big and chunky, and a very strange size. No way you could find a commercial cabinet to fit that or anything off the shelf that would look good. I wanted something big and chunky to match the thickness of the sink and the big chunky shelves. And we're still pretty out of cash, so let's keep it as cheap as possible. I started with 2 construction grade 2x6's, a 1x4 for the door, a sheet of luan underlayment, and some hinges and a magnetic catch. Maybe $60 for the whole cabinet.

My plan is to cut the pieces out and use pocket screws to join everything together. Sand it as smooth as I can get it, then paint everything white. Make faces and fill in the frames with the luan.

ready for pocket screws

Panel layout

something looks fishy here

Can you see what's wrong?

Pocket screws were on the outside!! I fixed it, and attached the nailers to join the frames together

Basic cabinet design is pulled together

Plywood strips on the back will attach the cabinet to the wall

Added luan panels inside

and made a door using the same technique

Cool! Looks like a cabinet

 So now the flooring is down, all the molding is up, and the cabinet is built. Time for some finishing.