Part one of my toilet paper roll holder saga started in our half bathroom. If you haven't checked it out yet, you can read about it here...
Even before I started it, I knew I was going to make an even bigger one for the master bathroom. I wanted to add a small, tilt out trash can and another cubby to hold phones and/or other small things. I also wanted to add a shelf at the top for larger electronics like a kindle or an iPad. It's a small room that just needs better organization.
In order to make a plan, I had to see what was behind the wall so I took the existing holder out and found that there were studs only 7" apart. That wasn't what I wanted to find but I figured I would just have to build it within those parameters so I just widened the hole and cut straight down.
I have a hard time drawing plans. I do my best but it just doesn't fully make sense in my head until I start to build. So, I started building. It made sense to start at the bottom, with the trash can.
From there, I measured and designed the cubby and toilet paper roll holder based on what I made previously.
Next, I had to put the top part into the wall to see what it looked like and figure out what I needed to do next.
I decided to add some panel pieces to the bottom, which was going to be the inside of the trash can. Now that it was in the wall, it was time to figure out trim. The problem was that I had built everything a bit too deep for the space so I had to add trim to the sides to make it flush so that I could add trim to the front.
I was really liking the way it was looking. Next up was trim to cover the front of the framing.
Like I've said before, the beauty is in the trim work. I'm getting better at it with each project. Top and bottom went on first. Before the side pieces went on, the roll holder pieces needed to be installed.
Once all of the trim work was installed, I placed the tilt-out trash can in it's space and decided that I needed to make the front of it bigger so that it would match up with the rest of the trim. Without changing it, it would just look out of place.
As it turns out, four of the trim pieces, fastened together, made a trash can front of the perfect size.
I can't fasten the trash can into place yet because I'm planning on changing the baseboard with a piece that will butt up against the bottom, giving me a nice place to attach hinges. I kind of like the look of the wood right now so I'm going to give myself some time before I stain it or paint it. Unfortunately, I didn't have any more finishing nails so I used regular nails with larger heads. I had planned on using my nail set to push them in further, then filling the holes and then painting over it.
Once I finished the piece, I decided a shelf at the top for devices would be too much so I installed it on the other side of the room. I love how simple it looks!
Now where's my nail set?
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