Home: Bathroom Sink Skirt

Recently, my hubby purchased a new sink for our master bathroom. I was very pleased with not only its bargain price, but also its hotel styled design. With its granite top and back splash, there wasn't much to not love about it. However, there was one thing holding it back from perfection: with only an open shelf on the bottom, it left all the plumbing and toiletries on constant display. Ugh.

The only obvious solution was a sink skirt. For most people, this would be a very easy solution. However, I have never been much of a seamstress. After tossing around a few ideas, I finally hit upon a very easy way to create a sink skirt large enough to suit my need. I purchased a linen shower curtain, large decorative upholstery tacks, and a small drill bit for our electric drill. After deciding where I wanted to place the tacks, hubby drilled the holes using the same sized drill bit. This enabled the upholstery tacks to effortlessly slide into place. Then, I trimmed and sewed the curtain to my desired size. With my sink size, I only had to trim away one of the existing shower curtain grommets. After measuring the spacing between the upholstery tacks, I used simple pleats to match the grommet distances with the tacks. It's not perfect, but I am pretty pleased with the results.