Help With bathroom for aging in place, have vanity, need advice
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Need Help with Bathroom Vanity
Comments (2)Try a bath showroom near you -- either a kitchen and bath place or plumbing supply place with a showroom. They may offer lines that are semi-custom. For example, I ordered a Kraftmaid vanity from a kitchen and bath showroom and I was able to pick out a combination of base cabinets and drawer stacks to fit my space. You'll have the ability to add fillers if you need another inch or two. And you can pick door style, color, etc. You'll have the ability to work with a designer who can help you pick something that will work for you. The cost for my 84" vanity is less than what I would spend at Restoration Hardware or Pottery Barn and I think the quality is better and I get to tailor to my needs. The place where I am getting my shower fixtures also offers lines such as Bertch that looked good, as well....See MoreBathroom Vanity Lighting - Need advice
Comments (7)When I was researching this topic, I read that top lights created unwanted shadows on your face so side lights were preferable. I have a bathroom w/ top lights and one with side lights and don’t see much of a difference. I placed them the way I did b/c of spacing, no other reason. I also have magnifying lighted makeup mirror on the vanity counter....See MoreHelp! Bathroom advice desperately needed
Comments (48)This bathroom is Late Modernism. The undermounted sink in laminate (which usually fails because of water infiltration into the substrate) is late 70s or 80s at the earliest. (The house may be older). So you have to be careful with regards to using midcentury hardware and such. Most of the hardware shown, boomerangs and sparkles etc. are pre-1960 in origin. This bathroom currently looks like what it is supposed to look like. Although it may be an update for the house, this bathroom looks like it did when it was put in and hasn't been updated so it looks as about authentic as it can get. The countertop looks like there may be some damage and separation of the laminate around the rim of the sink, which is typical to this sort of installation, and the faucet is not right. If it is damage, I would replace the countertop with the 20xx's version of what's there, something white with a white sink, get a faucet that is better suited to the vanity and call it done. I would not waste money tarting it up in some faux retro or half-hearted millennial modernism. If someone hates the bathroom as it is, tarting it up won't be enough, and if someone mostly likes it, tarting it up could ruin it for them....See MoreMaster Bathroom Needs Help! Advice Please...
Comments (30)Thanks MissRed 58! I would not put a wall or enclose the toilet. Just build the shower and have either a full or half wall of tile next to the toilet .Then you can use the same treatment on the shower wall next to the window or use glass on the other 2 sides of the shower. The room will look and feel more spacious and light but you will still have plenty of privacy for the toilet. I understand wanting storage but I think if you put a cabinet with a solid wall next to the window you will lose the light and only view you have in the room. Actually if you do 2 sides of glass and a solid wall of tile next to the toilet it will give you an entire wall to put all of your plumbing with easy access from the toilet side if you have a problem. You could to half tile/half glass wall on the sides of the shower and build the 1 foot wide cabinet on the side of the shower near the window and same on the side near the toilet. But I always worry about leaks with half tile/half glass. Would probably prefer the 2 sided glass and 2 solid tile walls and optimize storage in the vanity. Or build the wall near the toilet thicker and add storage near the toilet if you feel you need. Hope you can follow my jibberish above!!...See MoreJ Corn
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