Vanity

[PEG688]

Vanity vanity all for vanity, opps ya can't start with thread drift can ya  
















Simple shaker door / flat pnl door slab draw fronts with 18/ " radius , poplar paint garde exterior.

1/2" Euro ply draw boxes , with full extention KV slides .

odd size 51 1/2" dbl sink left and R . of draws .

What ye think of the B&W  photo's ?? I sort like the look , not sure it shows the details but here there arn't many details .

[glenn kangiser]

Cool BW PEG - reminds me of our old TV.

Nice vanity but much too precise for me, my chainsaw and nailgun. :-/

[John_C]

Very nice PEG.   I don't think the B&W pics do this cabinet justice.  

[Sassy]

Yes, very, very nice & I like the color pics the best so you can see the color of the wood & grain.  

[PEG688]

Thanks , it's just poplar so it gets painted the grain and color don't matter . poplars nice to work with  but the color is very wild some of that dark stuff is purple  but most is a pasty sort of dull yellow .

But it is like I said a great paint grade wood.  



Theres a better photo in color , but theres not really much color to it.

[Ernest T. Bass]

Wow, I think that's the nicest piece of woodwork I've seen made with poplar. I've heard of it being used for floors, but everybody says that it's really hard to work with once it's dry because of how hard it gets... Did you have any problems with it?

What do you plan to use for the top? We're looking into alternative countertops for the cabinets in our soon-to-be kitchen. It seems that precast concrete counters are getting pretty popular, look great when done right and are fairly inexpensive, depending on the sealer you use. Not sure if we're sold on it quite yet, though.. Still exploring our options.

[PEG688]

I've used Poplar many times , never heard of it being used for flooring , it machines or hand works very nicely .

This vanity gets a Granite top IIRC the people who are getting it will install both the cab . and the counter top.

I've never been involved with concrete countertops but I've read some articles about them . You will need to beef up your cab's to recieve them / carry the weight. They also take some forming up onsite and some cure time once poured so that may factor into your decision making process.

The  photo'd I've seen of cocrete tops have not impressed me , nor the maint. / sealing process either for that matter.

I think concrete makes fine driveway / sidewalk but I'm not sure about countertop :-/ , YYMV.

[MountainDon]

Love those full extension drawer slides. Only way to make a drawer truly useful. They make'em in some tough sizes too. I used a 200# pair for the genset on my RV.

Picture #5; perfect four corner match. Way nice!

Poplar takes paint better'n a lot of woods for sure. I refinished an old poplar topped table once with sprayed on high gloss enamel. Looked smooth as formica.

But I had trouble catching your drift, PEG    :-/  

[PEG688]

 Looked smooth as formica.

Good brand there Mtn. D .

[MountainDon]

Even tho' the wood grain is going to disappear beneath a coat or two of paint it's nice to see the grain pattern flow across those upper panels and drawer front.  

[PEG688]

Even tho' the wood grain is going to disappear beneath a coat or two of paint it's nice to see the grain pattern flow across those upper panels and drawer front.  

Yes , yes it is , I sleep well at night , generally

[MountainDon]

You should. Did yer best, and it shows.

But even when it's finished to show off the grain I sometimes wonder if "average joe" notices. But it still feels good when you know it yourself.

[PEG688]

You should. Did yer best, and it shows.

But even when it's finished to show off the grain I sometimes wonder if "average joe" notices. But it still feels good when you know it yourself.

Ya it's like I've said about deck rails and how I match the vertical or most vertical grain all facing the same way , preferably out where it shows , and as I have said people don't sometime "see" what they are looking at but the "sea: a "calm" easy look . They're eye sort of tells them something is going on and they like it  BUT what that someting "is" they arn't sure.

In my cabinetmaker life we generally tryed , IF we could get long enought boards" to match the grain on the top draw fronts all the way around , he'd used "natural breaks " IE ref , stove , dishwasher as places to make a grain change , Generally that can make it happen so the grain is matched in a "normal " kitchen.

And my motto is  " When in doubt , point it out!"    

[Jens]

Very nice work PEG.  I did a staircase using a poplar rail, and once it was polyed, it looked awesome with all of the different colored grain.

[Amanda_931]

Two (or more) different species of things called poplar.

We've got the tulip poplar, a tree that grows about as fast as loblolly pine, and whose wood is green when first cut.  Screaming pain to nail into when dry.  Our live trees got hit really hard by the "Easter Snap"/"Dogwood Winter" we had over Easter.

Liriodendron tulipifera

The other one is Populus--including aspens and cottonwoods and the European poplars.  Also, for the most part fast growing.  And more likely to be found out West.

[MountainDon]

Two (or more) different species of things ..... Populus--including aspens and cottonwoods and the European poplars.  Also, for the most part fast growing.  And more likely to be found out West.

That's the one.

[Ernest T. Bass]

Ooooh, thanks for the pic of the staircase, hobbiest! I'm planning out our enclosed staircase, and wasn't sure of the best way to frame it in. (I really should get a good book on staircases...) Anyway, that makes a lot of sense. Set the end stringer back 4 inches, and you can get away with only using 3 stringers on 16'' centers, and still end up with the required 3' wide staircase. Gives you a nice place to put your studs.... I like it.

[Sassy]

Those are some very nice stairs, Hobbyist!  Some really talented people on this forum.  

[Jens]

Pegs so vain, he probably thinks this post is about him, hes so-o va-ain...sorry, saw the title and couldn't resist.  Still a great looking vanity.

[bayview]

   I like the European style hinges you have used.  Nice flush doors and drawers.  The full length drawer slides are nice.  But I bet expensive.

   Your place is way to clean and organized!   


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