We got our guest bathroom in working order (though it’s not completely finished) just in time for Stephen’s parents to spend the weekend with us. For the first time in longer than we’d like to admit, this vanity has all its doors and drawers in place, new hardware, a clean countertop, and a new faucet!
That snippet of color you see in the mirror is the Armas-inspired artwork I painted a few months ago.
Here’s a closer look at the newly painted vanity. The handles and hinges are both inexpensive brushed nickel selections from Home Depot. We counted up all the doors and drawers in our house when we painted our kitchen cabinets a couple years back and bought all the hardware at once. All we had to do was grab 6 handles from the garage and pop them on! We’d misplaced the drawer runners and were short 4 hinges though, so we still had to take a quick trip to the hardware store.
We replaced the old ugly faucet with this shiny new Moen one from our Habitat for Humanity ReStore…
The only problem? After installing and fiddling with the faucet for at least half an hour, THIS is the most water we can get to come out of it when it’s turned all the way on! We’re hoping some Googling will help us solve the mystery of the low-flow faucet.
Aside from the faucet issues, we’re happy to say the bottom half of our vanity nook is complete! Now we just have to address everything from the countertop up and this room will be done.
What do you think of our gray vanity + hardware combination now? Any advice on how to increase the flow from that faucet without buying a new one?
I don’t know anything about fixing the water flow, but I’m loving your updated vanity! The cabinet color is so pretty with the white countertop. =) The art piece you painted looks great in that room.
the vanity looks awesome!
so when we moved into our house, we had to clean out all the aerators in the faucet because the house had been empty for long and the water flow was horrible. as soon as the aerators were cleaned out )it was gross, by the way!!!!) they were good to go! i don’t lnow if that has anything to do with yours since yours is new, but just a thought!
Hey Meredith, i LOVE that green color of the vanity! What color is that, i’d love to use that in our guest bathroom!
Hey Alaina,
I hate to say it, but I don’t have an exact match on the cabinet color. It was a semi-gloss tan-ish paint we had mixed for our master bath and then we changed our minds and had it retinted to as close to Valspar’s Mountain Smoke as possible. It’s really a dark-ish gray and it’s the same color as we painted our master bath and closet stripes, if that helps!
http://welcometoheardmont.com/2011/03/master-bath-phase-5-the-big-reveal/
http://welcometoheardmont.com/2011/02/master-closet-phase-5-the-big-reveal/
Looks good! I am sure if I searched your blog I will find what color grey the vanity (and master bathroom) is, but could you let me know so I don’t have to go searchin’? Thanks!
P.S. I really enjoy reading your blog
And what happened to Friday Five this past weekend?
Meridith,
I really like your painting in the bathroom. The hardware looks great too. I’m mentioning your guest room closet curtains in my post on Wed. I’ve been thinking about them when I look at my plain curtains. I hope you get your flow trouble figured out before your in-laws come.
I would try cleaning the faucet. You can screw off the very end – not sure what it’s called(filter/screen?) – where the water comes out. There should be at least two pieces, some faucets have three. Take those apart & scrub them well with a toothbrush. If there’s build up in them, soak them overnight in white vinegar, scrub again & see if that helps.
You also could try replacing just those parts & see if that helps.