Sitting in the Corner...

Ever since we ripped out the second bathroom stack (and the closet that contained it) I've been looking to remedy the mess it made in the corner of the Family Room.  I liked that it opened up that corner- and was surprised that those couple of inches made such a difference!

My biggest issue is that the white PVC pipes (drains) come down lower than the ceiling level in the very corner.  I didn't want to box it all in again, and it would look really funky to have an asymmetrical piece of plaster coming down to cover it up.

After the stack & cabinet were removed

Before the stack & little "closet" were removed

I tried to ignore the mess for a while, since we had the bathroom renovation to focus on... but now the pressure is on to get it looking at least a little better before the holidays start rolling around!

I moved my secretary desk in front of it catty-corner  and it brought on the perfect solution...
A corner cabinet, that hopefully will compliment the existing built-ins that are on the other side of the room.

Existing built-in cabinets

We scoured Craigslist, ebay, and all sorts of furniture stores for about two months.
I was getting very discouraged with the lack of selection, and the really high prices.

Then last weekend, we quickly stopped by a yard sale (we only had about 30 min. between soccer games and getting to a birthday party).

There it was... right by the side of the road... with a price of only $55!

I was practically jumping up & down!  Mike didn't even haggle... just loaded it right up!

I love it!  The glass door is one sheet of glass that bows out for every pane... I didn't get a close up photo, but will have to do that.  I've never seen anything like it- so unusual!

<--- It's not pushed all the way into the corner here, but see how it hides a multitude of sins?!?

The idea is to have Mike put drywall up from the top of the cabinet to the ceiling, making a little triangle to hide the pipe behind (and give us fairly easy future access, if ever needed).

We're playing with the idea of building a base, to raise it the ~foot to the top of the base molding, which make make it feel more in scale with the high ceilings (the cabinet is over 6 ft tall, but is dwarfed by the height of the room).  But we're not 100% on that idea, so may wait & see.

I hope to make some progress on this over the weekend.
I'll be sure to post photos once everything gets settled into place!