Make Your Own Vessel Sink Bowl

The sink itself needs to have a water filter but to do this you need to make a hole.

Make your own vessel sink bowl.

Jan 6 2013 another view of copper vessel sink originally uploaded by gimbler taking a break from re arranging furniture and thinking back to a fu. Ginger used a resin bowl to make her vessel sink. Attach the sink drain check your cuts by placing the bowl and drain assembly on the counter to make sure everything lines up. Remove the bowl make another pilot hole and use the steel hole saw to cut the drain hole out of the vanity.

Bowls used as sinks or vessel sinks as they are known in the interior design trade are a hot trend in home design and can add a stylish and contemporary twist to traditional bathroom basins. Center the bowl on the countertop and mark its location as well as the drain hole location. An ikea hacker turned a 15 blanda blank salad bowl into a vessel sink. The pipe will come up from the pedestal and fit inside the hole in the bowl.

To make the vessel sink we used a serving bowl a chrome pipe kit similar to this and sink drain. Choose a masonry drill bit that is slightly larger than the diameter of the pipe. Buy a serving bowl that you can fit your hands in you will look silly taking bowls off store shelves and sticking your hands in them just like i did for several months. Drill a hole in the base of the bowl.

If you decide to install a bowl as a sink there are a few important factors to keep in mind before installation.