How to Build a Bathroom Vanity | FREE PLANS
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- Step by step, I break it down and show you how to build a modern bathroom vanity. If you have a basic wood shop you can build this.
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I've updated the plans with a couple corrected dimension. You can redownload the plans from my website here.
www.bearmountainbuilds.com/product-page/bathroom-vanity-build-plans
Perfect timing, I literally just found your video while looking for alternatives to the overpriced MDF junk at the box stores.
I downloaded your plans and see that it was designed to be 3" taller than "normal". Is there an easy way to convert this back to standard counter height? I'm assuming I would simply deduct 3" from the following parts:
Side Panels
Dividers
Back, front, sides, front center, and verticals of bottom drawers
Side and internal verticals of face frame
Verticals for doors
Height of the second from bottom horizontal drawer frame
Finally, it seems as though the heights for the drawer slides is a bit arbitrary as long as appropriate steps are taken to line them up properly on the drawers, is that right?
Soooo….Im in the middle of cutting my plywood sheets from your plans and realized there’s one measurement missing! It’s for the hinged door centers. 5 1/8th by ? I feel like I should be able to figure this out, but….. I’m struggling.
Hi, thank you for the updated plan. I have completed the vanity (not painted yet) it looks awesome.
I have one big issue I am not sure how to resolve. I used the door hinges you recommended from the link. however, my doors stick out too far out they are not on the same plane as the rest of the drawers or the fake drawer. I have maxed out all the adjustments. I just can't get the door flush with frame.
Any ideas? I zoomed into your build video and they are flush with the frame. Your hinge on the video may be different than the one on the link.... Perhaps the manufacture has changed that model...!!??
Any help or recommendation is much appreciated and welcomed.
I just remodeled the master bathroom and bought a 60 inch vanity of good but not great quality - $2,000.
I will renovate the main bathroom with a 72 inch vanity next year. I planned to build it myself and save money and get very good quality. This video is just what I needed. Thanks
Don't know what is your background in carpentry but this is without doubt the best vanity build and the best video I have seen.
Outstanding job
Thank you for making this video! You have a great pace. I’m getting ready to build a vanity and this helped. I also downloaded your plans. Quick question: the hinges you used for the doors aren’t on your materials list. Can you tell me which ones you used? Specifically I’m looking for the overlay measurement. Thanks!
Thanks for the super thanks and I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Here is the link tot he hinges I used amzn.to/3wExJpB
Appreciate that you offer plans for free on your website and only ask us to subscribe to your channel. Done!!
Great video, straight to the point. I downloaded the PDF, and it looks great.
Q1) How do you fit all the required panels for 3/4 Inch into one 4x8' sheet? I am assuming a 1/8" kerf width.
5 cuts result in a loss of 0.0625"; I keep coming up short for all possible arrangments.
My most optimal arrangement is (4+4+5.25+20.5+34+28=95.75) + 0.625 loss = 96.375
Obviously, I can compensate for the shortage of 0.375. However, I am wondering if I am missing something!?
I appreciate your response.
Ignore the plans. All the dimensions given are wrong. I built it and had to redo all the drawers and the doors
I updated the plans yesterday with some modified dimensions. You can download the latest version on my website
@@BearMountainBuildsHi, thank you for the updated plan. I have completed the vanity (not painted yet) it looks awesome.
I have one big issue I am not sure how to resolve. I used the door hinges you recommended from the link. however, my doors stick out too far out they are not on the same plane as the rest of the drawers or the fake drawer. I have maxed out all the adjustments. I just can't get the door flush with frame.
Any ideas? I zoomed into your build video and they are flush with the frame. Your hinge on the video may be different than the one on the link.... Perhaps the manufacture has changed that model...!!??
Any help or recommendation is much appreciated and welcomed.
Really, really good presentation. Much thanks for the excellence!
This is the best cabinet making video I have seen! While dovetails have their place, I love the simplified drawer technique. I would suggest less music as it gets monotonous, but that is just a personal thing with me. Keep up the great work!
Hola! 🖐Really, really nice build. You make it look like you have built hundreds of these. I'm still building the momentum to get going on converting my garage into my workshop and I can't wait to build cabinets for it. This video will be a reference for me definitely. Take care and have a good one, Adios!👊
Absolutely love the video! One question. If the depth of the vanity is to be 20.5", don't the bulkheads need to be 19.75" with the face frame accounting for the remaining .75"?
OMG! This has helped so much! I feel like I can do it too. You're the best! Please keep going. You're a great teacher and videographer. :)
Hey Jack. I'm building this vanity next weekend. I'm curious about two things. One, what was the reason for making the drawer back 1/2" shorter? Couldn't you groove it the same was as the other three sides, and insert the bottom before screwing the back on? So it's all locked in, no glue required. Two, what do you think about pre-drilling pocket holes along the front edge of the sides and dividers, so the face frame can be screwed on from behind with pocket screws instead of having to fill a bunch of brad nail holes?
Good questions!
1. Making the back of the drawer 1/2" shorter allows for you to change out the drawer bottoms in the future if they get damaged over time instead of having to replace the entire door.
2. Using pocket screws to hold the face frame on would definitely work as long as you don't care if you see the pocket holes when you open the drawers.
How many 90 degree clamps would you recommend a guy own if he was going to build a fair amount of cabinets for his house?
I live my life by “the more clamps you own the easier life is”, but I have 2 sets of 90 degree clamps so a total of 4. I’d say that’s all a guy really needs but another set never hurts
N+1 is the answer lol.
Great tutorial! I have built the carcass and most of the face frame, but I don’t see on the plans or in the video what the measurements are for the spacing between the drawer horizontal pieces of the face frame. Can you post those measurements?
I updated the plans and they should have the dimensions
Based on your drawing you show the stiles at 21 3/4 of an inch and the rails at 5 1/8 my calculations are the stiles at 19 7/8 and rails at 4 7/8 for the doors with a 1/16th of a gap all the way around please review and correct me if i may have miscalculated.
How could I adapt this fantastic design to put in an undermount sink and what's the max width size of sink I could put in
Comes down to the dimensions of your under mount sink. You just need to make sure the dividers don't interfere with the sink bowl. You may need to shift the position of the dividers slightly to fit an undermount sink. This would impact the width of the drawers and front doors
@@BearMountainBuilds Yes that makes so much sense looking at your great downloadable plans I can now see how I would need to adjust the dividers and drawers. Look forward to having a go
I'm embarking on building this vanity, shortening it by 3" to standard height. I've noticed you provide dimensions for everything except the height of the door front centers. I see they are 5 1/8" wide, but how tall are they on your original build?
I've just update the plans yesterday with a few corrected dimensions and added the door trim height dimension. Go ahead and redownload them to get all of the dimensions
Correct me if i'm wrong. I don't believe the cuts for the 3/4'' plywood 4x8 all fit on a single sheet.
You're right. I've updated the plans to add the second sheet of 3/4"
I just noticed that you have the grain going front to back on the bottom and sides as opposed to horizontal on the bottom and vertical on the sides. Does that matter? Maybe is that for using less on the plywood sheet? Thanks, just wondering.
It allowed me to use less plywood. Once you paint the vanity the grain disappears
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what are your drawer opening heights? what did yu cut your spacers too?
All the dimensions are in my free plans. You can find a link to it in the video description
How long are the spacers that you cut to get the dividers in the right spot? I’m building according to your plans and don’t want to mess this part up!!
What was the total cost for the build, that would be interesting.
Including the top it was a little over $400
I noticed in you had to cover up your drawer slides when you painted. If you had to do it over, would you wait to install the drawer slides after you painted?
I would probably still install the the sliders first. It’s not a big deal either way. The main reason I did them first was to avoid having to clamp on my painted surfaces. Sometimes it takes paint serval days or weeks to fully cure and I didn’t want to pull chunks off from my clamps
@@BearMountainBuilds that makes a ton of sense! Hadn’t thought of clamping to a painted surface
why make a slide in drawer bottom, but then glue it in so it can't be replaced if damaged?🤔
What length brad nails?
At this point I don't remember. Probably 1-1/4" because that's what I use for most things
What is the spacing between dividers and side pices
I think it’s 13” but it’s detailed on the plans
what type of work station is that? did u build it?
I have a video for every workbench I built and use in my shop
Do you have 1/2 gap on the sides of the drawers
Yep
How big are your spacers for the first row drawers?
I am very, very new to wood working. Can you please tell me what is the measurement from the inside of the side walls to the verticle stretchers? I see in comments 2 months ago you updated the plans, but am having a hard time figuring it out. Thanks.
It was either 13” or 13.5” I don’t remember which you download the up to date plans and it will tell you
Something not right with drawer or door measurements. Middle front center on page 6 is what caught my eye. Then when comparing stiles to the drawer sizes, it just did not add up correctly. So not sure what's is correct. The drawers, the stiles, the door centers? Could you please take a look and verify all drawer measurements? We all know how expensive wood is. This is the first time building a cabinet, so I am just going to build the caucus for now since that is all cut and ready to go.
Measurements are definitely off on these plans. Unfortunately, I didn’t discover it until I had everything cut and was putting it together. The drawer heights when added together come up to 29 3/8 with only 29 1/2 available for drawer fronts. No way to even space the drawer fronts. Door is 21 3/4 tall. The bottom 2 drawers are suppose to line up with the top of the door when added together. However the bottom 2 drawers are 24 1/2 tall when add in 1/4 inch space. So they are 2 1/2 inches taller than door. Plans are screwed up and cost me a lot of wasted money.
The measurements are wrong for the dividers. It says 28”, but that’s too short
I just reviewed my full model and the 28" dimension is correct
This is similar to a (48") vanity I just paid $1600 for.
Can't seem to locate the plans.
The plans are taking longer to put together hopefully should be done soon
Plans are uploaded!
Why not build the face with just a few cuts of wood instead of having all those little pieces all screwed together didn't make a lot of sense to me and the drawer slides should have been at the bottom I feel like
Building the face frame out out multiple small pieces allows for precise sizes. You can put the drawer bottoms on the actual bottom but you'll see the edge of the plywood plus a slot is stronger.
I like to get the plans but why they need so much information even the fhone number it’s for free why to much information sorry I give one star just because of all that information unnecessarily 😢
It’s the only way I can have them on my site. I don’t do anything with the info. You can even put in fake info
step 1. buy thousands of dollars worth of equipment
I was actually happy that he was doing this with modest equipment 😂 sure you might need a few of the specialty jigs and the t track work table was nice but otherwise most videos are using big machinery. If you're into wood working he pretty much used the basics
I finally just finished this and it came out great. The instructions and details were great. ( and I am a beginner.)
Good one. Did you paint it yourself too?
This was by far the best video I found on how to build a vanity. I just finished renovating a small half bath that would never fit a standard sized vanity. I adapted your plans to build a 37”x16” vanity with two doors and two drawers.
As an amateur woodworker I found it a lot easier to attach the stretchers and toe kicks to the sides first, and then attach the base. The toe kicks and stretchers allowed me to square everything up perfectly at the start. I also found it easier to mount the drawer slides, then attach the sides of the drawers to the slides, then I could get a pretty exact measurement for the drawer box front/back (found that idea on an Ana White video).
I also found it easier to build and dry-fit the face frame in place once I had the vanity in its final place. I had no margin for error on the size of the face frame because I had a wall on both sides. I then built the doors and drawer fronts after the face frame was in place.
Thanks for the awesome video!
Great video and plans. Question the plans say 3- 1x2x8 poplar, is this supposed to be enough for the face frame and drawer fronts? Only seams to be enough for the face frame. Thx
I’ve seen quite literally a dozen similar videos to this one but you stand out for a masterful use of spacer blocks throughout the build, well done!!!
Unfortunately following these plans will cause you to waste quite a bit of money. The measurements are way off in the doors and drawer fronts.
I didn’t discover it until I had everything cut and was putting it together a few minutes ago. The drawer heights when added together come up to 29 3/8 with only 29 1/2 available for drawer fronts. No way to even space the drawer fronts. Door is 21 3/4 tall. The bottom 2 drawers are suppose to line up with the top of the door when added together. However the bottom 2 drawers are 24 1/2 tall when add in 1/4 inch space. So they are 2 1/2 inches taller than door. Plans are screwed up and cost me a lot of wasted money.
Yes, you are correct -- the vertical pieces of the drawer fronts are all off. I ended up shaving a heavy 16th off of the top and bottom of each drawer fronts' horizontal pieces and the fake drawer front as well. Then I had to rebuild the two cabinet doors so that the top edge lined up with the top edge of the middle drawers. Next time I'll double-check all dimensions before cutting lol.
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Wow, very detailed. I’m 39 yrs. old, loved wood shop in Middle school. I’ve finally acquired all the necessary tools to build this vanity. Just need to clean my garage, practice safety procedures and start building. Liked and subscribed. Thank you.
Good luck on your project, and have fun.
I’ll be building another bathroom vanity and this video has me rethinking my plans as I think I over build mine as I got away from using pocket holes awhile ago for moe labor intensive methods but I wont get away from making my drawers using dovetails…nothing beats opened a drawer to see tight dovetail joinery on them. Nice job and I just bought that Homeright sprayer, it is an AMAZING sprayer for price!
I've went and got all of the material today! Going to start building in a couple minutes, I have to have it done in a week while working a 40 hour week, so I hope all goes well. Thanks for the video and plans!
Good luck 👍🏼 you got this!
How did it go?
Nice build. Background music was a little off putting to fully enjoy watching the video.
Not sure if Carcus will catch on but nice build for sure. and the pocket holes were by the Kreg of a different company? I like the extended version you have.
I would have liked to stay till the end but the music sucks , it’ killed the fun . Good luck but I won’t be a subscriber. Next
now if I was shortening the carcasss by 6 inches what adjustments would I make to the drawers so this fits a 43 inch top?
How do you get free plans for cabinet
Hi ...this is the best video about making a cabinet. so professional, step by step, clean and exellent , exellent job. congratulations. i've just suscribe .
I have watched a lot of carpenter's video, but of all that l have watched you the best you take your time to explain each and every detail thank you watching from Africa Zambia
Important correction: The dimensions of the drawer fronts are too tall. Here's a simple test that proves it. The vertical height of the cabinet door is 21 3/4". The bottom and middle drawer fronts (+1/4" gap between drawers) should equal 21 3/4" but they don't. 9 7/8" + 12 7/8" + 1/4" = 23".
I've just updated the plans yesterday with a few corrected dimensions and added the door trim height dimension. Go ahead and redownload them to get all of the dimensions
Subscribed! I was curious, in your plans for this build you mentioned using lots of 1 1/2” length pocket screws. The plywood you use is 3/4” thick and less. Would 1 1/4” length pocket screws be even better? Apologies, I am 100% new to this and am trying to learn as much as I can through your videos. Checking online it mentions 3/4” plywood would be best matched with 1 1/4” length pocket screws so was curious why you included the 1 1/2” length pocket screws in your build.
If anyone knows please share! TY for making such an easy to follow video and the blueprints so accessible, it’s really motivated me!
Yeah it's 1-1/4'' pocket screws to be used with 3/4 thick material
Thanks for the video and free plans - I used them to build my first vanity. I ran into one discrepancy with the math, however.
The drawer fronts are too tall for the face frame.
If you build the drawer fronts as indicated on Page 7 with the vertical heights of 6 7/8, 9 7/8 and 12 7/8, they add up to a total vertical height of 29 5/8, with no allowance for gaps between the drawer fronts.
The problem is that the face frame is only 29 1/2 inches tall between the top and bottom horizontal parts of the face frame.
So even without gaps between the drawer fronts, there’s not enough vertical height to fit the drawer fronts on the face frame.
Maybe I’m missing something but I don’t think so.
Anybody else run into this issue?
I updated the plans yesterday with some modified dimensions. You can download the latest version on my website
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Me with no saw at all 😪
Waooo amazing work!!! I really appreciate you time. I try to building this... Thanks for the plans🙏
Thanks for the blueprints but why just few measurements are 20.75 🙄🙄🙄
Gotta fit the vanity top
Drink everytime he says "carcass" 🤣
I am not finding the materials list for this vanity, can you help me locate it. I am following along and making mine from scratch..HELP
I have the plans linked in the video description
I don't think you're supposed to glue the entire frame of a tongue-and-groove door; expansion, you know.
I haven't had any issues with it
Mate, briliant vid! Keep it up. From Australia 🦘🦘🌏🌏
If this is a beginners vanity please show us your advanced vanity
The advanced version sings and dances too
it would look really good if you put a handle on the fake drawer to make the vanity whole. Yea, you might pull on it for the first few weeks but it goes away. That way it "takes away" the look that it has a fake drawer.
Or make it one of those tilting drawers to store small stuff.
@@tomford6136 Great Idea!!!
I disagree. I can't stand the fake handle thing. If anything maybe I would have styled that face a little differently like adding a solid panel in the middle to set it apart. There's nothing I dislike more with cabinets than "fake" drawers. It's silly, annoying, and doesn't add anything to the look of the cabinet.
When it is finally finished, you should make a video showing the door opening and the inside.
You can check out the final bathroom renovation video on my channel
The plans and video are great. Thank you so much and I also subscribed. I am to the point of making the face frame. There are no measurements to show where to set the horizontal pieces. The top spacing looks to be about 4 or 5 inches, but I have no idea of the specific distances between the horizontal pieces. Can you provide those distances, please? Thank you so much.
You’re right those dimensions are missing, good catch. The top opening dimension is 5” the middle is 7.75” and the bottom is 10.75”. I’ll get the plans updated. Thanks!
Hi! On page 6 of the plan, the “ doors” have a width of 5 1/8” but I can’t see the length tho, maybe I’m missing something
I may be wrong, but I believe it's 18.25".
We know the door verticals are 21.75" and the door horizontals are 2" and the bottom fits 0.25 into the top and bottom horizontals. So we can subtract 1.75 x2 (one for each horizontal) to get what we'll need to fit inside.
Great video but music is distracting
In case you didn't notice and to avoid any future issues I seen you stop mid-cut and the saw pulled away from your straight edge @ 1:27 ... keep up the great work! BTW, I have these little WoodPeckers squares but am not sure mine have those little holes in them and I certainly don't have those clamps. I use Festool Domino DF500 which helps hold things aligned when gluing/clamping and went this way after seeing how out of alignment pocket screws pulled panels ... it looks like your method really holds it in position quite well! :)
I don't get why you blare loud music all through this video. Do you always do this?
I've got the noise balance figured out now
Was there a clear coat ?
website isn’t working for me. how do i view plans?
See if this link works
www.bearmountainbuilds.com/plans-store/p/bathroom-vanity
Stupid loud music. Why???
Thanks for the free plans! I’ve been following them and have a question. Do you happen to remember the measurement for the spacers you used to locate the divider panels?
Did you ever get an answer to this? I cant find that either.
I think that measurement got left off the original plans. I’ve updated them now. I believe it was 13.5” but would probably be worth the check
Quick question for you, what software did you use to draft the plans. I have your plans for this build and you did a beautiful job. I just need to tweak some dimensions for my space and would like to use the software you did. Thank you! Cheers from Chicago. 👊🏻
I make the physical plans in Adobe illustrator. The model is from Sketch up
@@BearMountainBuilds awesome thank you for the quick response.
Very high end vanity! I would love to have that in my bathroom. I love the blue too. I’m painting my vanities because they were built very well and would never replace them with the cheap vanities out there. I’m going with various shades of blue also.
Did I miss the spacing for the dividers somewhere?
I think I say it’s 13-1/2” but it should be in the plans
what kind of plywood could I choose? can you give me some advices? if cheaper it is better,thanks a lot!
I used 3/4 sande plywood
thanks,I may chose the poplar core plywood!@@BearMountainBuilds
How long did it take you to make this vanity? Looking to use your plans to make a vanity for my kids bathroom. Thx
It took me about a month and a half to build this, but filming just about doubles the time it takes to build stuff
@@BearMountainBuilds How about in labor hours just to build?
Am I missing something? Your list says you just need one 3/4 inch piece of plywood but the cut list requires two
I hate MDF board
"for beginners" and then proceeds to show all the tools and work benches one doesn't have
For beginner woodworkers who have the tools.
For beginners in basics.
2x4s, plywood and saw horse. Boom there’s a workbench, assembly table. Even a temp outfeed table. Work with what you have!
I'd like to know what kind of plywood you used.
I used Sande plywood, but you can also use cabinet grade as well
Great video, great plans, I’m going to keep this idea in my back pocket for now. 2024 prices including hinges, handles, paint and top is just under $700. Not too shabby.
Excellent...thanks! Please ditch the annoying music. Not needed.
That is some awesome level of skill you got there bro. I really enjoyed watching the process. Thanks for sharing this video! You just earned a new sub.
to fast for me, no explanation at all of your measurements
Turn on the C AND show it down to 0.75 speed of you like. Download the plan. Every thing you need is there. This is a great project plan and a great video.
love your videos. Please kill the music. I would much rather listen to the sweet sounds of your woodworking.. I dare say most of us who watch woodworking videos feel the same way
Thank you so much for the great video and plans. They were a great help in building this. I just completed it and it came out great.
From what I’m seeing you used plywood for it all?
I used poplar for the door fronts
What is the kreg bit settings? How deep did you drill them out because I’m having troubles with that part currently lol
New sub, here. Your video production and quality is top notch!
Thanks for the great content.
Am I missing the section of the plans where you give the measurements for the face frame/drawer spacing? Awesome video and I’m excited to get started.
Great Job you make it look so easy.
Great video. Out of all my subscription, I have to say this has been the best earned subscription due to the quality of your explanation and mastery of this craft. Great video sir. You have earned a sub from me. Thank you for such a great video.
Wow, nice, I'm not a carpenter. Just seeing how it made, I thinking of purchasing one from the store for my kid's bathroom but the quality waste good want it to last as long as it can.
Keep up the great job.
So many great techniques for us beginners here, well explained and demo'd. The ban of my wood working is squaring boxes and will look at those box squares immediately. Thank You!
Subscribed and will use your plans, great video!
Good background song in this video. Do you know the name?
Bro this was awesome