: : : Unless you buy new kitchen cabinets, I can't think of anyway that you would be able to disguise the plumbing with any degree of reasonably decent appearance. One could whittle some wood that would cover the stuff, but the sink would still be the old style and there's not too much to do with that. You're probably pretty well tapped for cash after purchasing the house, making new cabinets something for the future. In the meantime, you can clean up the exposed pipes or, if they are really ugly, paint or replace them.
: : Thanks for the quick comeback. I'm talking about an old farm house with wide biard floors. I really don't want to replace the sink (perfectly good)-- I just need space to store things like toilet paper, etc. -- and I find the plumbing under the sink ugly, so was looking ofr a cabinet that would cover that (right now there's an ugly curtain attached by glue to the base of the sink - I figured a custom-made cabinet that fit around the sink would be great. -- Guess not!??

Of course, the old-fashioned solution was to make a gathered skirt out of some attractive, washable material. You could probably even use some prefab cafe curtains - K-Mart's Martha Stewart line has some things that would look good there. The easiest way to attach it would be to stick a line of self-adhesive velcro to the inside (underside) of the sink, and stitch a matching strip of velcro to the top of the skirt/curtains. Then they're easy as pie to rip off and toss in the wash.

• Re: Hiding undersink plumbing Jessamyn 20:03:31 08/09/02(0)