Vintage Dresser Vanity
We were planning on totally redoing our bathroom someday, but when I fell in love with this photo on Pinterest, I wanted to start this project early! We visited a gentleman who lives down the road and redoes furniture to see if he had any dressers for this project. Well, lo and behold he did- it was meant to be!
Continue scrolling for our dresser-to-vanity tutorial.
Here is the photo I fell in love with!
Supplies for this project:
- dresser
- vessel or drop in sink
- vessel or regular faucet
- stain stripper
- stain or paint of choice
- polyurethane
- jig saw
This dresser was stripped of its original stain and restained with Minwax's "Early American".
Cut out a hole for where your sink will sit. I had bought a vessel sink from Home Depot which came with a template to trace for the size of hole to make.
This top drawer was taken apart and just the front was secured back on to make room for the drain and plumbing right below the sink.
This is the dresser stripped, stained, and ready for some polyurethane.
I did 2 coats with this polyurethane. Make sure to do the inside of the drawers too!
Each coat dried for at least 24 hours.
The cuts you'll need to make will be different depending on your plumbing situation. Our pipes came out of the floor, but some might come out of the wall.
This is the back of the dresser looking from the front with the drawers taken out.
This is the middle drawer with cuts made to fit the plumbing.
Also pictured are the wood pieces that were cut out from the whole dresser which I'll make new sides with to go around the cuts.
This is the bottom drawer with a bit of the back cut out to fit the plumbing.
Enjoy your old but new vanity!
*Disclaimer: My dad is a plumber and helped me with all the plumbing! I'm not sure on any specifics regarding the plumbing installation.
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~Lauren 
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Looks amazing.
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I have a vanity without any drawers in the middle and plan on doing something similar. As the area will be exposed to water, my plan also incorporate export resin on the top to prevent the wood from possible damage.
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So happy that you posted this! I have been planning to do this in my upstairs bathroom. I have to confess I still love some of these old oak pieces. I have been unable to part with my Sellers cabinet or icebox.
Anyway - I wanted to ask if you could possibly post the height, depth and width measurements of your piece to give some idea of the proportions. How does the height of the piece work for you? Did you need to make it taller or shorter? Many thanks for any insight you can provide. You are a true inspiration!
What is the height of the dresser from the floor to the top and the height of the vessel?
We did this about 5 years ago. Using an old desk that bought for $10 at Goodwill! Love yours too!