The Wavy Wonky Thing Over The Kitchen Sink

This post shall be known as TWWTOTKS, or the longest post title ever. I thought it was fitting, since I've recently had the longest blogging radio silence ever. My apologies.

But, back to TWWTOTKS. I fixed it! It was just a little too country for me. I'm more rustic, industrial, glam than country.

So here is how it all went down:

TWWTOTKS. No explanation needed.

Someone back in the day put a lot of craftsmanship into this and while I appreciate the work, its just not my style. 

First step was to hold up 2 pieces of wood to make sure the width would cover the side wonkyness. These are the exact trim pieces I'm using to add the shaker detail to the cabinet doors so there would be some consistency from top to bottom.

Next step was to measure the wood for the length I needed.

And then I brought in the in the big guns. Hello, nail gun and air compressor. Long time, no see? I wood glued these guys down as well for extra durability.

With both sides up, I step back to make sure they looked nice and even.

Fast forward a week later and we are done painting the LAST row of the upper cabinetry. This included the wood side pieces I added.

See that green thing being help up over the light? That is my "fauxman shade." Its a fake roman shade  and is literally fabric taped to a piece of wood and then folded, iron tapped and sewn together. Young House Love has a great tutorial here, I modified my folds a little bit to suit my needs.

See a piece of wood wrapped with fabric and clamped to the last bit of wavy wonkyness. I then measured, leveled,  drilled and....

Boom! It is square! And Modern! TWWTOTKS is gone! I am honestly a little shocked that this idea of mine worked, but it did.

Now if we can just get some cabinet doors back on, we will be ready to rock!


More updates soon!
Love,
Betsy

Kitchen Details

So the marble is in, and the cabinet painting is on, and I've got a few new details {including the kitchen sink} to share.

            

We had to have William come back out and patch some of the drywall, but MLW handled most of the instal of the new faucet. We own a bridge faucet!!!!! I'm overwhelmingly excited. I found it on Amazon for around $130 including the sprayer. Insane. The sink just needed a little scrubbing from where the old faucet was and it was ready to go.

I had debated about a brass faucet, but in the end decided I wanted to keep the mixed metal theme going. We have a lot of brass accents in the hardware and lighting, so the stainless faucet keeps everything even.

A photo to give you a little scale of the sink compared to the overhead light.

So far I'm l o v i n g it. MLW's only complaint is that the sprayer head is heavy, but I like the added weight.

I found some brass side accents that fancy up {is that a term?} the sink necessities. A brass towel holder from Wayfair, a soap dispenser from Anthro and a sponge holder from Target.

Do you see that subway tile peeking out in the background? I bought a few tiles from Lowes just to start getting an idea for pattern and to confirm that is what we wanted to do.

We have also painted the lower boxes and drawers, but I'm having to hold off on construction of the doors. My Papa Bear is out of town and I need his assistance for some of the longer cuts necessary to finish theses off.

I am absolutely in love with how the marble and the slate blue play off each other. Its perfect.

1 more round of door making, painting the last section of the uppers and we are ready to start tiling! One challenge at a time...

xoxo,
Betsy

Art

Some art I own, and some art I'm dying to get...

1. Britt Bass | 2. Teil Duncan | 3. Animal Print Shop | 4. Animal Print Shop | 5. School House Electric | 6. Michelle Morin | 7. Lulie Wallace | 8. Goodship Textiles


Also Happy 50th blog post! 

'Till next time,
Betsy