DIY - Building A Custom Bathroom Cabinet

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This was such a cool project! I love that we were able to reuse some cabinets that we took out of the Master Bath. This was totally a custom cabinet we created!

Before we jump right in to the cabinet build. We had to address a MAJOR problem... Okay, I'm slightly exaggerating...

It was the floor...

When we first built this guest bathroom, we weren't 100% sure about what kind of floors we wanted. It was the first room we did here at the Little Brick House. You can check it out. Guest Bathroom Before & After Reveal

So we picked out a grayish floor and went with that. Then years later, we finished the flooring in the house with a different color. Here's that post, We Finally Have New Floors. We didn't change out the bathroom then, because it was too much to do at the time.

We'd been putting it off for awhile now, feeling like it was a huge job because we had to remove the vanity from the bathroom. No more putting it off! It was time to make it match! Surprisingly, it really wasn't all that difficult, we disconnected the plumbing and put sliders under the legs and literally slid it out of the bathroom! Yay!!

I think it took me all of 20 minutes to rip up the old floor! Why did we wait so long!

What really worked out amazing, was that we were able to seamlessly attach it to the hallway flooring, so we didn't have to have a transition piece! The floors were a breeze and we had the vanity and toilet reinstalled in no time, plus a new rug for the new floors! (well, you can see here that the cabinet was already built when I took this picture, oh well! The rug is too cute not to mention!)

Okay, now onto the Custom Cabinet! Do you remember when we fixed our DIY Mistakes in the master bathroom? We removed 2 - 12"cabinets from my vanity area. We weren't sure what to do with them, but we kept them.

Well, we used them to build this custom cabinet in the guest bathroom! My #1 requirement for this cabinet, was that it floated. I know it's silly, but I wanted to be able to slide my scale underneath the cabinet. It's really the best spot for it.

There was only 1 stud in the area... so we added blocks and doubled up on the screws. We also added some drywall anchors to the back. The reason we added the blocks, is because it needs to have a gap on the side, so that the cabinet doors opened properly. Plus it will just look better.

I trimmed out the cabinet at the bottom, then we attached to the wall. (You can see how the scale will fit underneath it.)

Next, we built a mini shelf unit. It will sit right on top of the lower cabinet. It's a pretty simple build. We measured where we wanted the upper cabinet and measured the distance between, to the lower cabinet. That's how tall we wanted our shelf unit to be and then divided the distance to have equal shelves. We used a 1x12 primed piece of wood to build the shelf unit.

First we glued and nailed it together, then came back to add screws to secure the shelves better. We always pre-drill and countersink them first. Countersink drill bit   Love this Ryobi Nailgun

The shelf unit is attached from the lower cabinet, then we'll attach it from the upper cabinet as well. It's also set back to allow room for trim around it.

Now it's time to add the upper cabinet. There is the perfect amount of space to build it to the ceiling and add crown molding.

To make this cabinet look seamless like it's all one unit. We cut a piece of underlayment to size. Then primed and painted it the cabinet color.

It went pretty fast from here, and I probably didn't take enough photos... We added the side piece, filled the gap on the side wall, added crown trim and all trim around the shelf unit. Whew!

Caulked all the seams and painted at least 3 coats of cabinet paint. Then added the cabinet doors back on and it looks like it was always there. And I love that the scale can just slide out of the way. Black Cabinet Hardware

Here's the front view. I just love it! It has more than enough storage.

Here's a little sneak peek of the next project... scallop boxes! I still have one more to make.

Blessings,
Lori