While you'll see answers anywhere from 36" to 72", the norm is usually between 42" and 52", depending on where your vanity, mirror (or hutch), and electrical switches and outlets fall. You want to make sure that especially the electrical face plates fall either all on, or all off the FIELD tile (It can't have any raised tiles like chair rail or raised pencil liners falling underneath the plates, either).

akl, not really. I bought a frame online that was the same color stain as my vanity. I decided not to use it because the wood pattern repeat was obvious on a large frame. It's been hanging on the wall of my garage ever since. At the time, opinions on GW tended to lean in favor of a framed mirror. I bought into it, esp. since I'd had a builder's grade unbevelled mirror held in place with cheap plastic brackets and thought it was too ugly a design choice for my new bathroom. I'm not anti-frame, but I'm pro big mirrors and light. I think it's a cleaner look. That being said, I'm in no rush to replace the framed mirror I ended up buying. One becomes used to things. :)

Thanks both. mvcanada, we were thinking of buying a vanity/sink combo online so not necessarily able to buy extra material for backsplash and counter shelf, though if we go with a basic white it shouldn't be too hard to match, right? I can't decide if I would prefer a shelf that extends from the sink countertop, or one that is separate and between the sink and mirror. Might depend on which vanity we choose (still looking, as evidenced by my other post). But good point on running whatever we have to meet the large mirror. pamal66, can you clarify your last bit about the metal strip or pencil liner? Is that for the end of the backsplash on the edge of the sink so it doesn't feel like it just ends by accident? We did consider tiling the wall with the sink/toilet but we were feeling like the current half wall of tile was making the room feel smaller, and with the layout, we'd have to tile everything or just the tub (because tiling by the sink/toilet plus the tub but not the last wall where the vent is would just feel unfinished). We haven't decided on wall or floor colors yet, though the fixtures and tub tile will probably be a basic white. We love this floor: And these are some of our vanity inspirations: (this last one with a white top instead) One thought I had about the tile border was that if it doesn't match the tub tile, it could match whatever we put in the shower niche, but that's as far as I've gotten in finding an actual tile!

I would only go as far as the underside of the uppers. Those upper areas are pretty disconnected. You want the eye to follow horizontally along the lowers, not up to the ceiling, which isn't your kitchen's best feature. P.S. Love the artwork!