3 Ways to Dress Up a Pedestal Sink in a Retro Bathroom

Pedestal sink are a great feature of a vintage bathroom. You can use fabric and other means to update a pedestal sink, create hidden storage in your bathroom, and simply give a fresh new retro modern look to the bathroom.

Here are 3 ideas for dressing up your pedestal sink in your retro bathroom:

Pedestal Sink Update #1: Retro Fabric

This is a fun no sew project if you need it to be. I always recommend sewing, but of course fabric glue is pretty awesome today, so it will work.

Simple measure how tall your sink is off the floor. Now, measure around it. You want to cut your fabric to this height and width, but add on about 2 inches.

Now, fold all edges over about 1 inch and sew them down. You can also use the fabric glue here. One the top edge you want to sew on a strip of Velcro. Use the other half of the Velcro and glue it into place inside the rim of the postal sink. Now, simply press the retro fabric into place!

This looks great and you can get as involved as you wish.

Pedestal Sink Update #2: Lighting

So, lighting is fun way to dress up the base of a cute petal sink that you want to highlight. Water and electricity do not mix; so if you have kids, do no do this. Simply take a string of Christmas lights or rope light and wrap the base of the pedestal sink.

If you do not want to see wire and you have a really old vintage pedestal sink in the bathroom than you can install them up under the rim of the sink. I like to use duck tape for this since it really sticks well!

This one is fun and easy to remove. You can also use hot glue, which is super easy to remove.

Pedestal Sink Update #3: Combine the two!

So, why not wrap the base of the pedestal sink with the lights, as described in #2. Then in place of retro fabric on top, use something like linen or burlap, which will easily show lights through it. This is a great way to disguise cords, add a warm touch of fabric, and great whole new look for your vintage bathroom in he décor!

Again, electricity and water do not mix, so make sure there are no leaks before adding the lights!