Bathroom Vanity
Bathroom vanities should be the starting point for designing a bathroom. A vanity includes the sink, the counters, the bases, and faucets. It's definitely the focal point to any bathroom as well as a storage place for towels, grooming and hygiene products. The bathroom vanity is the key to designing a successful bathroom.
The movement in new bathroom designs is moving from the traditional to more modern with furniture-style vanities. Manufacturers are making vanities in various styles and patterns, and also various materials. A daringly detailed vanity has a traditional look and hand glazing. Custom-made bathroom vanities or antique vanities give a retro look for the bath. A stone counter top makes it appear even more antique and custom-made.
The furniture-look bathroom vanity is proliferating in every style, price and market. The range incorporates intricately carving and Old World painting. There are also vanities with a streamline look with chrome legs and glass counter tops, resembling desks more than bathroom vanities.
Many designers are giving the vanity owner more storage while incorporating trendy furniture-look pieces. Master bath vanities are designed for maximum storage with shelves of different heights and drawers with various depths. This design seems to give the bathroom a clean, contemporary look with eclectic accents. Many home owners are replacing the linen closet with full-size vanities.
Many couples are choosing the "his and hers" design. This may mean a large vanity with a double sink or it could be two separate furniture-look vanities, each with its own sink. Each vanity would have its own set of drawers and a mirror.
In the first floor bath or in a powder room storage is seldom the issue. Pedestal sinks may be the option here or a smaller furniture-look vanity, where the cabinet is about twenty-five inches wide. Another unique design for the powder room is a bowl sink sitting on a round metal disc on top of a metal base. This style certainly isn't the most traditional, but nonetheless it is still a vanity.