Which vintage cabinets for my laundry room/office?
The house: 1920 worker's cottage, lovingly DIY restored.
The room addition: 192 sf of laundry room/office/powder room, done with period tastefulness in mind, but not high dollar.
The need: cabinets for over the desk and over the washer/dryer. They need to be stained wood because there will be a couple other pieces in the room that are wood. Trim is all white, matching the rest of the house.
So, I've browsed around CL and ebay online listings trying to find cabinets that might work, and I'm thinking a couple of hoosier cabinet uppers would fit the bill. But I've got to find 2 that reasonably coordinate. I've winnowed the field down to a few combinations and would appreciate your input. If I'm completely going in the wrong direction, that feedback is fine too.
So, first, here are my two favorites:
#1: This one is 48" wide, and Mr. Weedy thinks I could hack the base into a desk and then we'd hang the upper portion on the wall above. $400
#2: This one is 40" wide. Love love love the amber glass and the cool side-opening tambour. Potential for laundry area.
But I'm not sure if these would coordinate being in the same room. So here are a few other finalists that could potentially pair with one or the other.
I should add that the laundry area is an alcove 74" wide, and the desk area is 76" from corner to door casing, and on the opposite wall from the laundry, 16' away. So I'm somewhat worried about a cabinet being too small for the space.
Any and all advice welcome.
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7 years agoI agree with the suggestions to use them as it. I'm not sure what the 'hack' would be to turn the base of the first one into a desk, as it's meant to be a work surface and the enamel top would be higher than a desk, and where would your legs go as you sit at the desk, if you don't plan to use the desk for anything but storage?
I tried to find pics of one being used as a desk, and found a couple, but they show the chair right up against the cabinet with no room for knees. I think you'd be uncomfortable working/reaching.
This is mine, that I worked for months on, removing the white paint that someone had put on it. It had been used in a small camp as the kitchen storage. I even used dental instruments trying to get the paint of the wood grain. I can't see hacking one of these antiques, either. OLD pic when I was trying to decide where to place it.
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