Look! Ikea Hack Bathroom Counter

This ranks high on our list of successful Ikeahacks--maybe because it was featured in Living Etc. and styled beautifully? Or maybe because we happened to buy that exact kitchen island at Ikea and it's pretty cool to see it in a new way? Regardless, we're loving this mix of high and low to create a very effective bathroom solution.

The wood base is painted with a few coats of white, and the boxes on the lower shelf were actually pine boxes painted in a matching white bought at a crafts store. Ikea doesn't make this exact kitchen island anymore, but they do have a kitchen cart that is similar called Förhöja.

[ Photo from Living Etc. ]

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It looks like the Norden occaisional table ($199US) painted white:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60045393

posted by ilovebutter on September 9th 2008 at 7:21am
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It would work in a front hall, too. The bottom shelf could be for boots, with perhaps a newspaper/magazine recycling basket as well.

posted by feathers on September 9th 2008 at 7:21am
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I really like that for the bathroom. I don't care for the standard sink/vanity with the dark space underneath. I like the towels rolled on the shelf.

Front hall with a mirror above. Nice.

posted by mdtown531 on September 9th 2008 at 7:37am
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What is that tile? It's so beautiful.

posted by Cassis on September 9th 2008 at 8:12am
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Cassis the tile looks like it could be Anne Saks but for less here is a source I have used- http://mosaic-tiles.cooltiles.com/cgi-bin/cooltiles.pl?cat=Glass-Tiles&colors=Cream

ilovebutter thanks for posting that bench from Ikea I am looking for something for my hallway that might be the right piece painted white, I like the mirror idea too.

posted by LoriSF on September 9th 2008 at 8:30am
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So the pipes go through the drawers, which don't open? Is there more info?

posted by Palmetto on September 9th 2008 at 8:35am
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I have the same pipe question as above.

posted by gana banana on September 9th 2008 at 9:39am
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probably they cut out a slot through the bottom and back of the drawer, to allow the drawer to slip past the waste plumbing.

some other companies manufacture sink vanities that have drawers; durvit for example makes one with a sideless & backless drawer, to solve the same problem.

http://www.duravit.com/products/categories/furniture/2nd-floor/vanity-unit-floor-standing--6456_0149_104157_useo6q3rx7.html

posted by sniplet on September 9th 2008 at 9:50am
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i just love the colors- i think neutrals and pearl in the bathroom is so calming. makes me think of the beach- wanna dive right in

posted by Oneformybaby on September 9th 2008 at 9:54am
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cassis - i think that tile is actually from an Italian company called SICIS

www.sicis.com - and I believe it's in their "iridium" line.

posted by atlantadesigner on September 9th 2008 at 6:57pm
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everything about this i like.

posted by houseno8 on September 9th 2008 at 10:19pm
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that tile is exquisite, and makes the room...

Since it is a UK magazine source, I would hazard a guess that the tile might be from Fired Earth, which has a glass mosaic line which is similarly irregular and hand-cut.

http://www.firedearthshop.com/epages/FEShop.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/FEShop/Products/IGMSANDSTONE

http://www.firedearthshop.com/epages/FEShop.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/FEShop/Products/IGMPEARL

Would be nice to know for sure though.

posted by mschatelaine on September 9th 2008 at 11:54pm
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Thank you, Lori, atlantadesigner, and monika.

posted by Cassis on September 12th 2008 at 9:45am
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