"All fixtures fixtures and tile should be white or neutral, not only because they make the room look bigger, but because they are not likely to become dated. Put your color and other decorating in towels, paint and accessories that are easy and cheap to update. Otherwise - remember pink bathrooms? - you are likely to duplicate that stupidity with a different color. The au courant gotta-have trendy color of today is the avocado green and harvest gold of tomorrow." LOL - well THAT philosophy would certainly eliminate a good portion of the stunning bathrooms in this forum. I really could care less that my sea blend glass tile wall in my otherwise all botticino bathroom may someday be someone elses avocado green and gold - I love it and get a little thrill every single time I look at it. If you are more comfortable with neutral - by all means go with it - we all have different taste. I have seen plenty of beautiful neutral bathrooms. I just need to have my color ;-)

When we remodeled our Powder Room pendant lights were our choice. To give an illusion of height to a small space, but also to hide the electrical access box from the original over-the-mirror light, a local glass shop fabricated a mirror which is unframed, rectangular and tall but narrow. Possibly two mirrors, one over the basin, one to the side, would work in your bath. Use some painters masking tape to develop a size you are comfortable with on the wall. Photos of ours are linked from "My Page".

I don't know about build.com. I think that people on this board have used them. Why don't you search and see what you can find out? You can try International Bath and Tile in San Diego. They have a big showroom and their website is plumbtile.com. I used them and got a lot of really good customer service help. There was a particular woman named Terrie that I used. She was extremely knowledgeable. Their prices were great. You get the best of both worlds--good prices, customer service and a place that actually has a showroom. IBT was really reliable. When I had a problem with a few items, I got return authorizations quickly and replacements arrived right away. Even for a little thing like a TP holder set screw!

I don't want to discourage your design aspirations of a vessel sink, just wish to make certain one is correct for your application. We have a vessel in our Powder Room. Practical and stylish there as hand washing is its exclusive usage. In fact, the drain does not have a stopper. Elsewhere we have under-mounted basins to permit shaving, hand, face and hair washing. Powder room counter is 31" high with a 6" vessel atop. Comfortable for everyone. We left our main bathroom counter 30" so it can accommodate children. Master we had custom built at 34" - I'm 5' 4" and felt going 36" might be uncomfortable.