I love the one we recently installed in our daughter's bathroom. It gives lots of additional storage space in a small bath. Hope the link to the photo works.

Here is a link that might be useful: girls bath banjo vanity

My parents had one in their house, and the only real drawback they found--and it was a big one-- was that when the toilet needed some repair, the plumber found that there wasn't enough room for him to poke around and fix what was needed. They had to pull the shelf off the wall to get the work done.

We had a granite banjo top in our master bath remodel in Minnesota. Loved it. It really helped draw the space together visually. We went with a taller vanity, and carefully selected the toilet so that it would fit under the banjo neck, but still it was a little difficult to work on the insides of the toilet.

I checked with the plumber before putting the banjo shelf in and selected a toilet that gave them enough room to work.

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Thank you all so very much for your opinions both pro and con.

And seeing your pics of actual banjos in a home, not a hotel, is priceless. Again, Thank you!

I was trying to put into words what I thought the banjo top would do in our teensy bathroom and
Bob_cville wrote it perfectly:

"It really helped draw the space together visually."

When standing in the bathroom I get the feeling I'm standing in a tall refrigerator shipping carton.
My husband can stand in the middle, stretch out his arms and reach all walls. Tall but small room.

I didn't account for the tile floor and thickness of the lid on the toilet tank so I'll actually have almost 11 inches of space to work on the guts of the toilet should something happen (being it's a brand new Toto I'm hoping 'something' doesn't happen for quite a long time).

There is only room for a 25" wide vanity - tiled top with 1" hang-over on sides and front.
Our reason for considering the Banjo ---By the time we add the 16" round sink (no holes for faucets) and the faucets in the tiled top, that leaves us room for maybe (hopefully) our liquid pump soap container.

In this photo --- Window wall is 3" to the right of the toilet. Shower curb starts immediately behind the door.

Again, thank you all.

hey Lissa - what kind of vanity cabinet is that? looks like what i may be searching for & i can't figure out how to email you directly. thanks :)

lisa

It's made by Ronbow. Website is Ronbow.com. I think it's the Juno model. I paid about $950 for it this past summer.

thanks :)