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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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posted 697 days ago
Very nice. Great innovation for your needs. I love the recycled materials.
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Karson
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posted 697 days ago
Great carving. I like the icebox idea for a bath vanity. It looks great.
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JasonH
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posted 697 days ago
I also love the icebox look! Well done!
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Marge
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posted 697 days ago
Nice design, elements came together nicely.
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blackcherry
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posted 697 days ago
That a exceptional find and put to a great use… great creative Blkcherry
cajunpen
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posted 697 days ago
I like it – you have used your imagination and talents to create a spectacular piece of furniture.
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rikkor
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posted 697 days ago
That is so cool! Great job carving the claw-foot, too.
MsDebbieP
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posted 697 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.
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TomFran
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posted 696 days ago
Very pretty piece! Great work.
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relic
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posted 696 days ago
I think your brother in law is going to want his sink back. Thats a beautiful piece JonJ.
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Blake
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posted 693 days ago
Beautiful details. The hardware is exquisite. Nice choice.
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mot
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posted 693 days ago
That is really tremendous detail. What a great piece!
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DAN
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posted 693 days ago
good looking sink … best I’ve seen. claw feet are sweet.
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Arnold
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posted 387 days ago
nice