Tall Hickory Vanity

[ZeesWoodShop]

Just finished up this 36 inch tall vanity for a customer here in town. His wife is 6'3 at least (she is taller than me) and wanted a tall bathroom vanity. They liked it so much they put a deposit on a second one today.

The door panels are MDF core hickory ply the carcass is 3/4 birch. Finished the inside with general finish milk paint and the out side is 6 coats of general finish pre-cat urethane. 


Hickory Cabinet-20130218-123251 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr


hickory cab door open-20130218-123324 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr


IMAG1576 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

 

[peter halle]

I like the hickory and like the design and the height.  Honestly I wish that the grain in the panels were rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise in a more traditional manner.

Peter

 

[mastercabman]

Like Peter,I do like the design but i'm not a fan of hickory.
I also think that the panels should have the grain going  up/down instead of side to side.
It looks like the panels(on the front) has the same patern but a little off center from one to another and i don't think i like that too much.

Other than that,.......NICE WORK!

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

Thanks, I rotated the grain horizontal to make it look different. The customer wanted something that looked like it did not come from big box. I did mix up the doors woops had planned on them being reversed side to side. The customer was thrilled and wants another one just like it for there other bath.

 

[stvrowe]

Nice work.  I like the look of hickory but don't care too much for working with it.  I do like the drawer in the bottom of the vanity as it looks like it doubles the storage as opposed to just the standard doors.

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

Thanks, I really do not like how brittle it is, seems like it chips and splits when ever you look at it wrong

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

The slightly smaller twin is in progress.

I am curious what grade of ply are other people are using for face frame cabinets? I had been using C-3 for paint grade stuff but the last lot was total crap so I switched to B-2.  


IMAG1638 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr


IMAG1637 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

Its twin is finally done and ready for pickup. 


IMAG1653 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

 

[tiralie]

Finished the inside with general finish milk paint and the out side is 6 coats of general finish pre-cat urethane.   

I like the contrast between the Hickory and the milk paint.
Was that a request by the client, the milk paint I mean.
Tim

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

Thanks

They did not request it, I started doing that to all my cabinets to help set me apart.  It ads an extra $5 to the materials on a 36" base but seems like customers really like it. Keeps it from being dark under the sink.

 

[3PedalMINI]

Nice!

I could have swore i saw this on youtube, and your shop looks "familiar" are you "Darlington Farm" ? If you are I really enjoy your videos  [smile]

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

Yes, I am Darlingtonfarm.

Thanks

 

[tiralie]

They did not request it, I started doing that to all my cabinets to help set me apart.  It ads an extra $5 to the materials on a 36" base but seems like customers really like it. Keeps it from being dark under the sink.

But how does it wear? Because it's so flat, doesn't pick up a lot of dirt and marks etc.
Tim

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

I top coat it with Pre-Cat Urethane. It seems to ware pretty well. Have some test panels that I have beat up and still look good.