First up was assessing the plumbing situation. There is a powder room on the other side of the wall so I knew I had water and a drain in the wall.

Opened it up and found out pipes were copper and drain was further away than I thought. Had to try and squeeze the drain in because we were planning on a 24" sink base cabinet, but ultimately decided to go with 30" just for sale of symmetry.

I have only sweat on one cooler fitting on the last so this was a chance to get a little bit more skilled in that area.

While working on it, I gouged one of the pipes and decided to cut it out, which added to the excitement. If I were to redo this, I would have run the new drain further over to the left for better under cabinet line up, but oh well.

First up was assessing the plumbing situation. There is a powder room on the other side of the wall so I knew I had water and a drain in the wall.

Opened it up and found out pipes were copper and drain was further away than I thought. Had to try and squeeze the drain in because we were planning on a 24" sink base cabinet, but ultimately decided to go with 30" just for sale of symmetry.

I have only sweat on one cooler fitting on the last so this was a chance to get a little bit more skilled in that area.

While working on it, I gouged one of the pipes and decided to cut it out, which added to the excitement. If I were to redo this, I would have run the new drain further over to the left for better under cabinet line up, but oh well.

We were back and forth on what we wanted to use as far as cabinets go. We were thinking really hard about repurposing an old dresser, but the awkward size and depth was really limiting our options and then I would have to do a lot of mods to make it sink ready. Next, I was going to build something, but while I was exploring cabinet options, a guy said he would make a custom cabinet for $800 and it would be ready in two days. Well hell, you can't beat that. With the cost of materials, this probably only cost me $400-$500 and saved me several days of work. Cabinet is 61" wide and 18" deep, 30" sink base and 30" three drawer section with faces that match our existing kitchen. Painting it green which is the color we are going to do the rest of our kitchen lowers in in a couple of months.

Hit it with Sherwin Williams shellac primer and Sherwin williams trim enamel in evergreens on the exterior and went with a cheaper combo of primer and paint on the interior, but same color.

Removed the old countertop this morning and I am done with the first coat of paint on the whole thing so went ahead and installed it in place this morning.

Lookin' good. You're proving to your wife that you're basically ready to re-do your kitchen.

T&Ps to your budget.

Got it mounted. Sink is 12x10x9 deep. Perfect for rinsing out the coffee pot and ninja creami bowl. This was previously a desk and had a rounded front edge and we opted to keep it to increase counter space since this area is only 9" deep. This causes the lip to encroach a bit on the top drawer but only a couple inches and it doesn't really bother me as a trade off.



Still have some touch up paint to do tomorrow and I out the doors on upside down like a dummy but I will deal with that tomorrow. Hard to see the color but it's a fantastic green.

My wife doesn't like me enough to have one done of me.

So, an improvement is what you are saying.