Restoration Hardware, Where’s Our Vanity?

My brother has graciously agreed to be our receiving department for items we are ordering ourselves, but I was trying to keep his hassle factor to a minimum. Restoration Hardware's website said the vanity and sink for the Half Bath typically ships in three to ten days. So I ordered it ten days before we arrived in New Bern. But our vanity didn't arrive until several days after we had returned to New York. Sorry Ted!

Restoration Weather Oak Single Console Washstand; courtesy Restoration Hardware

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