Comments on: Conquer Your Vanity

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:36:55 +0000

Actually, you can use latex over oil, just not oil over latex. I didn’t do either, though! Spray paint is oil-based.

By: Carole

Carole — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:27:13 +0000

This is great. One minor quibble, though: I believe that you can’t use latex paint over oil paint (or the other way around) but you can use latex paint over oil PRIMER.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:30:29 +0000

Since I knew that change had to be pretty temporary (I put the bar back when I moved), I actually just filled it with a little spackle and left it alone. There were little old drill holes all over the tile already, actually…It wasn’t perfect, but it was inconspicuous enough not to bother me and left the holes intact for when it came time to put the towel rod back up.

By: hp

hp — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:44:29 +0000

This is fantastic. I have the same problem with my towel rack in my tiny San Francisco bathroom. But when you removed it from the tiles it was drilled into, didn’t it leave a huge gaping hole in the tile? What did you do about this?

By: Jae

Jae — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:31:15 +0000

Such a smart idea. It looks great.

By: Star (thekillingcurse)

Star (thekillingcurse) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:11:40 +0000

I do not think your landlord is going to complain one bit! If anything you raised the rental price for whoever moves in after you and hopefully inspired the owner to make some small purchases. You could mention the sink is on it’s last leg and you can replace it if they would be willing to take the price off the rent for the month.

*I know I’m late to the party and you may have already taken care of this.

By: sarah

sarah — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:17:49 +0000

I think this is fantastic!! I think my landlords wouldn’t even realize what had happened because they have so many units. I can’t imagine they would be bothered by an improvement like this! Not a good reason to withhold a deposit! The console looks so much better like a breath of fresh air versus a stagnant pool of waste!

By: Keegan

Keegan — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:06:26 +0000

Hey Daniel-

A great alternative for wood filler that is even stronger and gives a better finish to paint on is the fiberglass filler they use on repairing cars. You can get it at LOWES or any hardware store. It’s a mixture, so there is some work involved, but gives a better surface to paint. Using wet sandpaper to sand also will give you the smoothest finish possible. These were some tips I picked up when I had my design studio next to a furniture repair studio. Try it out sometime.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:44:40 +0000

My living room, usually! Or for this project, mostly the fire escape. Things definitely get messy, but that comes with the territory of living in a shoebox I guess.

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:13:48 +0000

Just stumbled upon your blog and LOVE it. Question for you from a fellow small space dweller: where in your home do you do projects like these -sawing and spray painting – without damaging surfaces?