Guest Post: Claire's Coverup

I just love having company over! Yesterday Kara and today Claire Watkins, a professional interior decorator and blog author of High Gloss Blue is here to share a simple little no sew coverup for those of us with vintage wall mounted sinks. The floor is yours, Claire.

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Hi! My name is Claire and that was my sink.

The Before: Drab-U-Lous.

Visible hair taming tools, yucky pipes and tired tiles that if you squint really hard could hypothetically recall Bisazza.

Ok, maybe not.

The After: A Little More Fab-U-Lous.

No sewing skills needed. Scratch that. No skills at all needed. So I'll take you through the super duper easy steps in case you have a yucky sink like mine and are relegated to the depths of inaction by the mere fact that you are a renter, Bleh (i.e. you can't replace your nasty sink, so you have to find a way to live with it)!

I started with an IKEA panel (the ubiquitous VIVAN) that I had leftover from another project and cut out the amount I needed to wrap the sink. Usually, I like curtains and skirts to slightly touch the floor, but since the bathroom floor gets wet, I cut the fabric a tad bit shorter than floor length. Don't worry about this too much because you will be able to move your skirt or down a little when you attach it to the underside of your sink.

Using some fabric leftover from when I made my living room drapes, I created some trim to finish the edge of my sink skirt.

Making sure the elements relate from room to room in my little apartment helps me give the overall space a sense of unity and will add just a little jazz.

Using an iron and some Stitch Witchery, I made sure to create a clean hem by folding over all the sides and tacking them down.

Next, I folded the trim piece in half, hot dog bun style around my white skirt (see the finished edge of the original panel also acts as the finished edge of the sink's skirt). Using more Stitch Witchery I adhered the trim to the skirt on both sides.

Using heavy magnets, I stuck my skirt to the inside of my metal sink. Per the suggestion of Real Simple magazine, I tried using strong Velcro first, but the sink collects moisture and within a few minutes, the Velcro's adhesion failed. Magnets win!

Big, big thanks to Mrs. Limestone for having me today and thank y'all so much for reading! Most days you can find me in Atlanta where I author a blog called, High Gloss Blue. I am an interior designer by education and a dilettante professional by definition (I opened my own company, Claire Watkins Interior Design, just this year). I love dogs, chocolate, good jeans, white marble, sunshine and Saarinen.

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