Here's what we had to start with when we got down to work. A couple of supply lines and the bare minimum of a drain pipe. The circular holes are from a previous orientation of this little cabinet, which is on its third try.
The first thing to do was to finish the drain. To this point we'd never worked with PVC and the accompanying cement. We used the trick of dry-fitting all the pieces and marking a line with a Sharpie so that we could keep the correct angles and direction during the gluing. You can see one mark on the upper right side. Presto changeo and here's the finished product. It's certainly a home remodelers kludge but it works.
We took a tip from a pro and attached the faucet and supply lines before lowering the sink onto the cabinet. That saved a lot of aggravation trying to work in a confined space above your head.
With the sink and marble counter in place we cut a piece of oak that we had waterproofed with several coats of Bona Mega (the same product from the stairs). The table saw was invaluable making a nice straight, even cut that we put on the wall side to the left. A couple of spacers under the oak made the whole counter level and four wood screws are holding it part securely in place. Here are a few different views of the final result.
All in a good day's work.
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