Cover Your Builder Grade Utility Sink With TikTok's Stunning Laundry Room DIY
Having a laundry room complete with a builder grade utility sink for rinsing extra-tough messes is a privilege coveted by many. However, a utility sink is likely not the best-looking part of any room. If you like to keep even the more utilitarian areas of your home looking polished, finding a way to make your utility sink blend in can present quite a challenge to your designing and decorating skills.
Fortunately, the creative DIY pipeline TikTok has once again come through with a hack to solve a common problem in a way that is both aesthetically pleasing and inexpensive. A creator known as @Livingwithley has posted a video depicting a transformation of a utility sink using a DIY removable faux vanity. Interested in covering your own sink? You'll need two or three sheets of plywood (depending on whether your sink is in a corner), paint, a saw, wood glue, wood filler, screws, and a drill.
How to assemble a DIY faux vanity sink cover
To assemble your DIY removable faux vanity, use your saw to cut your plywood sheets down to fit each side of your utility sink. If your sink is against two walls, you'll only need two sides; if it is only against one wall, you'll need three sides. Be sure to include overlap in the corners when measuring your sides. Apply wood glue to the edges of each side where they will attach to the neighboring side, and then use screws and your drill to attach them. Next, cut a piece of plywood to fit the top of the vanity and cut out a hole to fit the sink.
Once the base of your faux vanity is assembled, use your remaining plywood to cut out faux drawer and/or door faces and attach them to the front of the base with wood glue and screws. Cover your screw holes using wood filler and then paint your piece. You can customize your faux vanity by attaching your choice of chic drawer or cabinet pulls and using high-gloss paint or peel-and-stick paper for the "counter" surrounding the sink. You can purchase a PracticalWs marble-patterned roll of PVC paper for $5.99 on Amazon.