Finally finished my custom bathroom vanity

"The cobbler's children have no shoes" equivalent in the woodworking world is "a woodworker's wife must look at and use unfinished furniture before he finally gets around to finishing." But here I am, champion among men, having finally finished the custom built and designed bathroom for the master suite addition my wife designed.

It really is a beautiful piece. And it's mathematically about as perfect as a project can be - exactly everything is centered on exactly everything else that my wife wanted to be centered on something. My brain hasn't hurt this much since taking calculus. And it's solid as a rock - I'm probably hiding in there in case of a tornado. I live in Massachusetts - our tornados are infrequent and small.

But the absolute best feature of this vanity is the semi-hidden toilet paper storage area next to the toilet. Now the extra TP doesn't take up any floor space, you don't have to look at it in a basket or on a shelf, and it holds enough that you almost never run out.

There are a few things that I'd probably do differently next time - the biggest one being the finish, which came out good, but not great. Maple doesn't stain well, and I didn't appreciate just how true that was when building smaller projects. But getting an even coat on a nearly 4-foot tall door is a tall order for someone like me.

I'd also probably build the main vanity in three pieces instead of one. Assembling a 70+ inch box like that was a challenge for a solo, and it's not perfectly square, which caused some hiccups in the drawer installation phase. Nothing that couldn't be fixed, but I would have made my life a lot easier if I'd done three boxes instead of one.

On the plus side, this was also my first time using an independent toe kick, and I an NEVER going back. Leveling one long toe kick is so much easier than fighting to get a cabinet level. I'm a believer, and no one is going to change my mind.

This bathroom vanity is the centerpiece and focal point in a bathroom full of showstoppers, and it's one of the pieces that I'm most proud to use every day.

Check out the full build video on the NineRings WoodCraft YouTube Channel.