How to Build a Bathroom Vanity | This Old House
Norm Abram shows Kevin O’Connor how he’s turning a chest of drawers into a powder room vanity. Then Kevin meets Richard Trethewey to see the sink and faucet set for the vanity.
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In the temporary garage workshop, Norm Abram shows Kevin O’Connor how he’s turning a chest of drawers into a sink base for the new Lexington house powder room. Afterward, Kevin recaps the vanity project and meets Richard Trethewey to see the sink and faucet set.
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You could have saved the top drawer space.
My problem is my condo is about 40 something years old. The original bathroom vanities had a counter top size that isn't made anymore so therefore the closest one available at the big box stores encroaches into the toilet area.
Repeat break off part of another show. Nothing new.
When Norm says "let's see how it comes together" means it will come together right the first time. Anyone else who says that means you will have to redo something 5 times before its ok haha
You are so vain, you probably think this dresser is about you
This must be one of the most mismatched bathrooms ever. Black wallpaper and an old makeshift vanity with green paint…
Bet that this house is owned by boomers. No one born after 1970 would in their right mind go for this aesthetic
This is great the wife and I are right in the middle of doing our bathroom and we had just talked about doing this exact same thing thank you for the video this will help tremendously !!!
If everyone's taste was the same…it would be such a boring world!
1:02 who else thought kevin was going to throw it after hearing it wasn't getting used.
No thank you.
A complete waste of resources.
I'd fire that designer on the spot for putting those colors together.
I love watching Norm building. I miss his old show New Yankee Workshop from back in the day.
Looks good to me
I put a small vanity in my 1960's Condo bathroom that had NO DRAWERS! But the lavatory drain ran out the right side…oops! I raised the top drawer and dropped the false front…the drain went between the drawers! But it worked!
Bring back the New Yankee Workshop!
How norm does this is wonderful he is the best . All the guys are great don’t know how they will ever be replaced.
Norm is the bomb…period…
Why couldn't they do two drawers, one on either side, for the top drawer as well?
Very nice!! And It’s good to see Norm.
@9:28 how did rich fit under there
In wonder if those pipes will carry full city water pressure?
How did Richard fit under that drawer without removing it? Lol
finally had kevin do some work.
I hope the 89 year old who picked out this vanity and the plumbing fixtures is satisfied with the finished product.
Why does this F-Ing guy have a tool belt on.
I can’t watch when he is in the video.
the color green does not go with the wallpaper in my opinion. I don't think the black wallpaper will be a big selling point at resale time.
Why didn't they just remove the lower drawer to install the plumbing?
I would have also used magnets to hold the fake front in place so that it could be removed easily.
But then, I'm not a professional!
BE GOOD, KEVIN!!! GODDAMNIT!!!
Norms my daddy!!!
Norm is like Yoda and Kevin is like "Alien #1 who holds drawer"
I hope I never have to work on their Plumbing
love this show very much, and admire every crew member and their craftsmanship; but in this video was a bit disappointed that they wasted a top drawer? was there a structural problem? seems there was enough space made the same a adjustments as they did with lower drawer and have more functional piece with additional storage…
I would’ve made the drawers on the top drawer so it’s not a fixed drawer but still left space for the sink
That is one hideous bathroom
Yeah don't take the drawer out that wouldn't make for a good shot 9:07
Why oh why didn't he divide the top drawer? He should have made two new sides and have two smaller drawers attach to the top front
Major procedural question: if the top drawer front gets attached via internal screws so that the plumbers can access the underside… how are they supposed to reattach it after the sink is installed? Going up from the bottom drawer opening?
I can not believe he did not turn the top drawer into 1 false drawer and 2 drawers on the sides. That is such a waste of potential storage space.
I love the craftsmanship that went into making this. However, unless you are prepared to do the work yourself this is probably a $7,000 sink made out of an old dresser
Richard does his best work on his back. Plumbing is the world's oldest profession.
Norm! Kevin, you could have fully pulled out the lower drawer to help Richard out there…
I used to have a small PC circular saw just like the one Norm used. I don't even know what happened to it, that's how long ago it was. Good to see Norm hangs on to his old tools.
I might be a arm chair carpenter , but I'm thinking why not a undermount rectangular sink to fit within the top and rebuild the upper draw just like the lower to accommodate the sink and plumbing.
So, why didn't they do the same split on the top drawer as was done on the bottom drawer? Waste of space.
I like to know the homeowner wanted the room like that. But it is just too much to be in one room.
When we bought our house in 1976 the bathroom had an old vanity that held the sink. It looked great but it lacked drawers.
You guys did a nice job.
So much wasted space on the sides of that top front drawer, could have easily cut that up and made use of the sides, really poor execution. I expect better from TOH
i gotta say looks great but the handles should match the spout first thing i would notice
I disagree on the top drawer. It could easily be adapted with a cutout in the center. Just like he did with the bottom.
Very interesting vanity cabinet, i love it. Nice to see Norm Abrams again. I really enjoy This Old House
Bring back New Yankee Workshop!
Would have done the same to the top drawer as the bottom drawer.
I love Norm helping to customize this, gives me nostalgia of watching the New Yankee Workshop as a kid (I'm 31).
1:41 as if an undermount sink is not gross… i bet no one cleans the underside of those ridges of an undermount sink properly and overtime it gets so gross that no one dares to stick their hand in the sink anymore. I prefer the overmount ones.
That bathroom looks like a horror movie scene.
I don't think that there's a master carpenter like Norm, this man is amezing i want him around very long time, God BLESS him, he's God' carpenter.
Only came to see complaints about Richard not saying full city water pressure.
BATHROOM IS FUNKY!
Some Porter Cable tools. Slumming it today.
This old house decided to step their game up after, how to paint stripes
The bathroom with the black wallpaper, is the homeowner a mortician that enjoys working at home?
I refuse to service that faucet or snake that drain in the future. Smh
Why would anyone chose a faucet with 2 handles?
Wow. That old timey map/black wallpaper turned that powder room into a cave. But, that's what the homeowners wanted, so… Also, in real life, converting that old dresser into a bathroom vanity would be pretty pricey. It did turn out nice, though.
That bathroom looks horrible.
Always put silicone underneath those self rimming bowls
I have an Ikea sink/vanity. It's particle board and started showing water damage within the first year. Not only that, but the contractor who put it in butchered the lower drawer to accommodate the drain, rather than move the drain or at least do what Norm did and box out a space for the pipe – they just cut a chunk out of the drawer back. I would love to get some teak and rebuild the vanity, but I'm looking to sell and most people would probably gut renovate the bathroom, as the tub needs replacing.
That bathroom is crazy ugly
i think norm is the only person that uses their kapex without dust collection every episode he uses any festool he never hooks up the collection except on sanders lol
Norm!
Well, the end product looks great!