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Project by JonJ posted 1975 days ago 1714 views 5 times favorited 15 comments Add to Favorites Watch

When we built our house, we found an old clawfoot tub for the bathroom. We wanted something to kind of match for the sink, but didn’t want to pay big $ for a reproduction. My wife’s brother bought a farm that had an old house on the property. In one of the back rooms, there was a wall mount sink that had been used as a workbench and had about 3/4” of various colors of dried paint and mud caked on top. I stripped it down and painted both it and the tub with chroma base white and clear coat. Not wanting to just hang the sink off the wall with all of it’s undersides showing, I used leftover oak flooring to build a cabinet with icebox hardware. I copied the claw feet of the tub as best I could. The hardest part for me was the curved wraparound uprights. Not wanting to waste a bunch of oak by turning down a solid piece, I glued up a hollow pine octagon, turned it to the required radius, quarted it, the covered it with oak veneer. I don’t guess they ever actually made an undersink cabinet like this, but it combines two looks I love- the icebox and clawfoot, and kinda sorta looks like something you might have seen in an early 20th century home?

-- Jon




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TreeBones

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#1 posted 1975 days ago

Very nice. Great innovation for your needs. I love the recycled materials.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.info

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Karson

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#2 posted 1975 days ago

Great carving. I like the icebox idea for a bath vanity. It looks great.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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JasonH

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#3 posted 1975 days ago

I also love the icebox look! Well done!

-- Living on the square...

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Marge

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#4 posted 1975 days ago

Nice design, elements came together nicely.

-- Marge, Colorado

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blackcherry

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#5 posted 1975 days ago

That a exceptional find and put to a great use… great creative Blkcherry

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cajunpen

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#6 posted 1975 days ago

I like it – you have used your imagination and talents to create a spectacular piece of furniture.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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rikkor

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#7 posted 1975 days ago

That is so cool! Great job carving the claw-foot, too.

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MsDebbieP

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#8 posted 1975 days ago

holy moly.. from the doors to the feet.. amazing.
I am once again reminded of my “kitchen to be”.. some day – some day.. icebox doors everywhere…

beautiful.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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TomFran

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#9 posted 1975 days ago

Very pretty piece! Great work.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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relic

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#10 posted 1975 days ago

I think your brother in law is going to want his sink back. Thats a beautiful piece JonJ.

-- Andy Stark

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Blake

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#11 posted 1972 days ago

Beautiful details. The hardware is exquisite. Nice choice.

-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us

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mot

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#12 posted 1971 days ago

That is really tremendous detail. What a great piece!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Dan'um Style

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#13 posted 1971 days ago

good looking sink … best I’ve seen. claw feet are sweet.

-- keeping myself entertained

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Arnold

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#14 posted 1665 days ago

nice

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Will Mego

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#15 posted 803 days ago

yes, fantastic piece, brilliant hardware choice, outstanding effect, really top shelf.

-- "That which has in itself the greatest use, possesses the greatest beauty." - http://www.willmego.com/

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