Design around buffet turned vanity
Need help designing bathroom around this old buffet soon to be vanity. Love the patina teal/copper aging, but what fixtures, tile, flooring?
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PROFilipe Custom Woodwork
5 years agoSteph Mar
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PROBeth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoMost vanities are 22-24" deep, so be aware of the space where that vanity is going. you will also need a custom cut piece to go on top, or a good waterproof finish if leaving the wood.
there are so many great tiles that would go w/that.I'd play up the golden tones in the paint colors. soft gold fixtures, lighting and mirrors, and a cement tile on the flooring. a moroccan inspired Zellige tile of the walls. or go w/the iridescent glass tiles.
CleTiles, FireClay Tile, Walker Zanger, Mercury Mosaics, or check your local tile stores.
FireClay tile:
with this tile I'd do a gold like pictured, or more of a venetian bronze color.
Steph Mar
5 years ago- PRO
Beth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoagain, depends on what else you want in the bathroom. start comprising styles that you like. choose something that you really want, and work around it.
for your top, a solid quartz or a marble in white would look great. I wouldn't use a granite. Even a green or gold onyx would be pretty. start looking at a ton of pictures w/repurposed vanities like you have to get ideas.
these are pre fab countertops, (22") but I like the black marble too (or this might be a black quartz) would be very dramatic with gold, black herringbone floor, and one of those tiles I posted in the soft green for the shower.
shwshw
5 years agoSteph Mar
5 years agoSteph Mar
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI really like these more muted tiles, but I can’t seem to buy them anywhere....
Beth- this tile below might look really nice with the black counter top or the black haringbone floors. Thoughts?
calidesign
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Beth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agosteph , yes, I've seen those arabesque tiles and like them.
https://kenmasontile.com/product/colonial-clay-arabesque-3/
https://www.instagram.com/ken_mason_tile/
doing a soft white quartz top, perhaps a vessel sink/wall mount faucet, would look great.Try Mercury Mosaics or Arto Tile. But, be warned, they aren't cheap.
If you look at FireClay tile, they have many diff glazes and different shapes/sizes you can choose from. they even have a 'Paint your own tile" option.
instead of the arabesque, you could do the scallop or fan shape. And you can pick any color you like
this is called the Ogee Drop
in the shower, something simple,,their subway tile in a soft sage
Paseo shape. you could do a blend of soft colors like the one above
or something like this would also look great (click through their gallery photos to see ideas)
hand painted tiles. you get to choose the colors and the design.
this would also be beautiful above your vanity, on the wall. you could do a copper vessel sink.
terra cotta color floor tiles
ozark glazed brick. you could use these in the shower, or in a herringbone on the floor.
limestone or a basalt flooring.. But I think the patterned floor tile would be perfect for the bath. It's ok to have more than one item that's an eyepiece. You don't have to have everything else look blah in order for the vanity to take center stage.Luxe series. the peacock color is gorgeous.
https://www.instagram.com/fireclaytile/
talk to Lindsey over there and tell her I sent you. she'll send you some free samples 
groveraxle
5 years agoMarleneM
5 years agoI think your lovely vanity would look beautiful with a marble top, marble tile in shower, and then keep other choices simpler so the vanity is the standout. Other suggestions already given are lovely too, it just depends on what direction you want to go in.
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Beth H. :
5 years agoPart 2,,,,In my earlier comment I posted pics of tiles w/a moroccan type of theme.
here are a few other suggestions. instead of getting a quartz countertop, what about copper? you can buy a very thin, malleable sheet of copper in all different patina shades. lay it on top of vanity, cut to fit, and secure w/adhesive.
would look similar to this top
they have beautiful patina shades.
pair it with a copper sink
a vessel type, or below, hammered (but in copper)
or, ceramic (these are all found on Etsy)
diff mosaic tiles and some beautiful knobs. (Anthro)
white quartz cut to fit, white vessel type of sink
or undermount
decor items.
Steph Mar
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Beth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoyes,,the fireclay is amazing.
i made a few changes to your board
no 4" spread faucet. doesn't work w/your style/size vanity. (the bowl sits too high) vessel sink faucet or the wall mount faucet.
The sink I picked is a handmade ceramic from here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/227066049/custom-handmade-pottery-vessel-sink
I like the looks better than the 'hat box style'.
I stuck in some lighter gray porcelain and a cement tile in a terrazzo finish, soft aqua and white.
here's the other board with a few modifications.
vessel faucets in a dark bronze and a copper finish, a glazed ceramic vessel sink w/bits of green glazing (same etsy shop) . upper right is Ming Green marble subway tile and lower left, ming green and white marble. you could use that on the floor, and the ming green above the vanity. Or, use the black tiles on the floor (CleTile, cement in the scallop design) and any of the others behind vanity. you could also do a black or charcoal hex tile, or penny rounds, marble, etc. they even have a black quartz terrazzo-like tile. Tilebar.com carries them.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/508154415/12-to-16-handmade-white-gray-pottery?ref=related-7Steph Mar thanked Beth H. : - PRO
Beth H. :
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Nancy in Mich
5 years agoSteph Mar
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThoughts?
wood-look tile flooring, penny tile shower floor tile, decorative tile for shower walls and bronze fixtures.
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Beth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
it may be a little too gray? order samples and see how that warm gray tone looks w/your vanity. I'd try and bring in tile w/some of that green/blue shade. somewhere. would be better if your floor tile had that tone in it.
I don't really care for wood look tile w/what you have. If you want that color, then look at these 24x24 from tilebar. looks like limestone but it's porcelain
so much better than those wood-look tiles.
other options
groveraxle