Which layout for a 42” vanity?
Runnermom
3 years ago
I only have room for a 42” vanity in my master bathroom. I’d like to put a 40” medicine cabinet mirror above the vanity.
I’m trying to figure out the sink layout for the vanity, and the mirror layout for the medicine cabinet above it.
(1) Should I get a vanity with the sink centered between two sets of narrower drawers, or the sink off to one side with one wider set of drawers?
(2) If I do an off-centered sink, do I get a mirror divided in half, rather than thirds, as in the picture below?
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PROPatricia Colwell Consulting
3 years agoRunnermom
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (7)Thanks, everyone, number 3 it is! I'm actually going to modify it slightly so that I have more full deco tiles in the open floor space of the room. This is what it will look like: (The face-down bullnose tile show the edges of the vanities.) Kendog... Yes, my husband is v e r y thorough! We have a good tilesetter but he's probably not going to spend the hours moving and placing tiles that we did! I then went back and outlined where I wanted each of my deco tiles. Thanks for the compliments on my tile. It's Materia Forte by Edimax and the color is Bronzea. It's a porcelain tile but the coordinating decos are travertine. The flash is washing out the color of my tile here but you can see the detail of the deco: I love the color of these tiles but they do look a little strange with all of the orange in my room right now! Let the tiling begin!...See MoreWhich bathroom layout?
Comments (9)One of the issues with this room is that it is too big to be a smallish efficient bathroom and too small to be a big bathroom, maybe because of the window and door location You have 7 x 10'6" The post-war "standard" bathroom, which is what many second baths, baths in apartments or condos are, is 5x7. That means you have the floor space for two standard baths with a wall in between, if you could divide the room in half horizontally. So technically it's big. I would not do a freestanding tub with open corners in a kid's bathroom. If you can move the toilet, that's great. I assumed from the first two options you could not since they are in the same place. 27" is technically allowable but in such a big bathroom it doesn't really make sense to have such a pinch point right inside the bathroom door. Also, someone will have to climb into that corner between the vanity and the tub and clean it on a regular basis. It is pretty important to have the actual position of the door and window and their measurements in the drawing. It sounds as if the door can be moved, but the size of the window and its location and Sill Height are important in determining what can possibly go along that wall...See MoreVanity Layout Help
Comments (24)You could get less drawers but larger which I find more efficient. You could choose to have no drawers on the first row, just a plain panel like in the 2nd picture or fake drawer panel....See MoreShould I choose 48 or 42 vanity for a 52 opening
Comments (5)Oh thank you! I mean if I buy the 42” and 10” cabinet, Will I need to buy the vanity top separately? I was planning the buy the whole vanity including the top. But now that I think about it, it may work if I buy 42 and 10 and then the vanity top separately...See MoreRunnermom
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoWould this be a better vanity layout with fewer but larger drawers?
Runnermom
3 years ago
Design Girl
3 years agoRunnermom
3 years agoRunnermom
3 years agoDesign Girl
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI think Patricia meant to center the sink with just a pair of doors beneath. I disagree as it offers no drawer storage at all. I have 2 - 42 inch vanities in my home. One in the powder room that has the sink centered with a pair of doors below and 3 drawers off to the right (like the second picture). The other is in one of the kids bathrooms where I converted an antique dresser to a vanity. That one has a centered sink and 3 drawers below. There are a lot of options. See photos below. All have a centered sink.
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