powder room vanity help

heleneo1974

last year

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Looking for help selecting 36” vanity for my powder room. Style leans transitional. Prefer something that will be timeless. This is the flooring, now I just need to select a vanity.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
So I need more info please . Usually PRs can be a bit of fun but I need to know more about your style. I would not choose that tile for the floor without knowing your style Usually I like the same flooring that is outside the PR for the PR floor since there is not shower or tub not much issue with water . So maybe pics of the LR to show you style might be good.
kandrewspa
last year
I think a white Shaker style door is timeless. My previous house had a white Shaker kitchen that was installed in 1997 and people are still installing white Shaker kitchens. I know I didn't get tired of it and when I remodeled my master bath last year that's what I bought for the vanity. However, if you like natural wood colors there are plenty of those which would go with that floor and they are popular now. Just don't get gray. You can paint the walls something dramatic and interesting if you want, or do wallpaper if you want a more assertive style. If you haven't already, look at the pictures on Houzz of powder rooms and compile an Ideabook so you can refine your style and see how various combinations of elements look.

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It's hard to tell from your photo, but was the previous countertop marble or cultured marble? Do they expect you to reuse the old top? My first thought was the same as Chispa's. Why should you have to be 'settling'? In fact, why should you be doing the legwork anyways? If the previous vanity was a custom-made one, then that's what they should be replacing it with. Is the condo itself liable and not an insurance co? Is this why there are the cost issues? I realize that any 'upgrades' would have to borne by you, but wouldn't that be better than 'settling'? Have been going through this with my son whose kitchen was flooded LAST October... looks like it may finally get finished within the next couple of weeks! Good luck, I personally would hate to lose so much storage, a 51" vanity with two banks of drawers on each side of the sink base can hold a fair amount of stuff!
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Thanks for all the input. I have thought of the difficulty in cleaning around the smaller vanity (and I do not like cleaning bathrooms). A 42" might look better but they are harder to find. I am amazed at how pricey vanities are. If you don't go with plain jane brown oak or white, you might as well take out a loan to get one. Does anyone have any pictures of a vanity not using the whole space in a nook/alcove type of situation? As they say: a picture is worth a thousand words.
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We need something behind the wall mounted faucets. So it will be a block of accent tile. Looking at my samples - the right does seem to have some green. The left is a milky white with a few grey specks. DH likes the left but I think the pattern will be too busy with the counter.
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Thank you all so much!! This is so overwhelming and you all talked me off the ledge. @Jinx the color is called Pewter Green. Thanks for all the pics! I will try some tile with black. @Carrie B Thanks...seems I see it with the black a lot but we really wanted the brushed nickel. I love that advice also! @shirlpp I would need to find the dimensions but it's pretty small. I was thinking of wallpaper! I think I'll choose the tile first, then see about wall paper. @eld6161 Thanks, we've always loved green. Would be fun if it became popular. I will do that Google search.
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heleneo1974
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last year
@kandrewspa I agree with you white shaker is timeless but I am doing that for the kitchen remodel and want something diff
heleneo1974
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last year
Would any of these work? It is a small powder room, but it does have a window. Will a vanity with open space undermeath give the feel of a more open and bigger space? Open to opinions on these color or style selections..which would work best with the tile?
ci_lantro
last year
No, I don't think the open bottom vanities help with a feeling of spaciousness. Opposite really because they are busy looking in small areas. More to dust and harder to clean underneath, too.

In a small room, the effect of vanities with legs (like the first picture) is lost because you don't have a long enough sight line to even notice that detail. But you still get to clean under them.

A wall hung floating vanity would be better for keeping an airy feeling. Bonus--easy cleaning.
acm
last year
Well, I think either white or a pale gray could look lovely with that tile. For that matter, wood or a painted cabinet (blue or sage green) can be beautiful with marble-look tile as well in a transitional space.

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