Every creation begins with destruction

The plan is to put a new IKEA vanity and sink into the upstairs guest bathroom, as well as a new mirror/cabinet. But to put in the new, you also have to take out the old. Here's the original mirror and pedestal sink (for some reason, we don't like pedestal sinks, plus we clearly need some extra storage in the space for basics (TP rolls, Kleenex boxes, linen, the accessories for the vacuum cleaner which have strangely decided to live there, etc.)

It's all in perfect shape, just kind of blah. I had the usual fight with fixtures that haven't been touched since they were installed, but eventually got this disconnected and free from its hoses, and then pulled away from the wall. Here it is immediately after removal, and then again after popping in the partially assembled vanity to make sure there's enough room for everything (it will be 6 to 8 inches higher up when actually installed).

 

A quick trip to the local hardware store where I had an alarming conversation with an employee who sounded like he was ready to take out the entire store (literally, "other people just, you know, try to totally invalidate you, like, as a person. Your co-workers. Every day. I just can't let that happen to me, you know?"), full of massive confusion about what I was looking for, which got worse when a more senior employee got involved, but anyway, it all ended well and I came back with what I needed (two ½ inch compression caps for the angle valves and two ½ inch to ⅜ inch adapters for the new faucets connection hoses). 

The vanity will be wall mounted (see below for IKEA's idea of what it looks like), the "floating" vanity that is all the rage, but I am going to add some adjustable legs to the front -- I just don't trust there won't be some little kids trying to basically climb on it at some point, and I've watched friends who have them and the sink just gets shaky and tilted over time. I say no. 

Then there's the disposal problem (I know, put it on the curb and LA waste will just pick it up). But in the meantime?