We are getting closer!

Making one's own bathroom vanity is an ambitious project, especially when it's your first time and you don't really know how!  But we are about 75% done.  We went with a bit of the island style, so it can be a little rough around the edges and still work!

We have completed the structure.  Now it is on to the final finishes.  We plan to skip trowel the cabinet walls with dry wall compound and then paint it the same color as the walls.  We completed the cabinet doors a few weeks ago.  They are framed in African mahogany (great job Scott!) with bamboo stick inserts.  Finding the bamboo on this island was a real test of creative shopping!!! I am glad to say I finally found the bamboo, I just which I would have bought more! Anyhow,we are quite happy with the results!  And hopefully the completed vanity will look as good!

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A Minor Milestone Completed Today

We finally got a bed frame and some furniture for the guest bedroom! Yeah!  Island style...

I hope to soon be working on two acrylic art pieces for this room.  The subject matter a Hawaiian man net fishing that I photographed in Kona. You will have to use your imagination for now!!! Aloha!

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Faux Crown Molding a Success

We finally finished the faux crown molding in the guest bedroom and it looks great!

We used less expensive chair molding and placed a rail on the ceiling and on the walls, leaving space between the two.  We placed the rail lower on the wall then the ceiling.  Finally we painted the rails and the space between them white.  The final appearance is faux crown molding!  

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