Do-It-Yourself Styling Project For Contemporary Bathroom Furniture
Bathroom vanities and cabinets are perhaps the fastest, easiest and most satisfying bathroom remodeling projects that homeowners could indulge in. Always put in mind that the materials utilized for your vanities and cabinets, especially those that are made from wood, are subject to damages due to their consistent exposure to water and chemicals coming from the bath products that you and your family often use. One good means to prevent damages from occurring on your vanities and cabinets is to immediately repair them in case they are having hardware problems. However, if no damages are needed to be attended to and you only want to have modern bathroom cabinets and vanities without necessarily purchasing, you can simply refurbish your old bathroom furniture to update its style.
For your modern bathroom furniture project you would need the following tools: household cleaner, wash cloth, water, fine grit sandpaper, paint scrape, screwdriver, paintbrush or foam rollers, sponge, water-based primer and paint, and new handles. To get things rolling, you would have to think of a theme for your vanities and cabinets; make sure that your choice is appropriate for the current interior design of your bathroom to maintain design continuity. Your design choice would affect the color scheme that you would use for your project.
Collect all the things inside and outside of your contemporary bathroom vanities and cabinets, and set them aside for the remainder of the project. Next, with the use of screwdrivers remove all the doors and drawers of your furnishings, and if you have the intention to change their handles also unscrew these parts from your hardware; doing this would make it easier for you to clean and paint these pieces. Then, wash these parts of your furnishings with household cleaner diluted in water and wash cloth. Make sure to clean the surfaces and inside parts of your vanities and cabinets.
Once the pieces of your contemporary bathroom vanities and cabinets have all dried up, remove their previous coat by sanding them with fine grit sandpaper. If you don’t have fine grit sandpaper available, you could also use paint scraper as an alternative. The rough surface produced by sanding would allow the paint to hold properly on the hardware, and would also prevent bubbles from forming on the surface of your fixtures. Sanding would also remove unnecessary bumps on the surface, which usually affect the aesthetics of furnishings.
After sanding, remove the dust residue from the surface of the doors and drawers of your contemporary bathroom vanities and cabinets using a damp sponge, and then set the hardware aside to dry. For the painting process, the first thing that you should do is to paint the pieces with a thin coat of water-based primer. Once the primer dries up, apply the actual color you have chosen for your furnishings using a paintbrush, or for a more vintage look you could also combine terracotta latex paint and glaze of any color.
Before installing the new handles of the drawers and doors of your bathroom furnishings, make sure that the paint have dried up to avoid smudges. After doing this, reassemble the pieces on their respective places, and give them a quick wipe to remove dust particles. Now, you can make use of your homemade modern bathroom furniture pieces. With the aid of these quick and easy refurbishing guide, it won’t be necessary to purchase new bathroom furnishings to update the look of your bath space.
Achieving modern bathroom furniture is as easy as repainting or changing its old handles. If you want to have contemporary bathroom vanities or modern bathroom cabinets without the need to purchase new pieces, all you have to do is to refurbish your old vanities and cabinets. This is an easy and cost-efficient DIY project that you could do during weekends.
- Wyatt Fisk
