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Bathroom Vanity Dilemma

last year

Hello fellow Houzz-ers,

My husband and I are trying to trouble shoot the best way to hide/trick-the-eye on our big oops with our Master Bath Vanity. Let me preface two important items: this is a been custom build by my husband (no contractor to yell at) and we will not be back tracking at this point.

The sinks match up with the vanity cabinet. The vanity lights are close to evenly spaced on the tile of the vanity wall. The mirrors that will be hung can not both be in line with the sinks and the vanity lights. Yikes!

I suggested: hang mirrors above sinks (because I don't want to be at the sink and have to shift right or left to see myself) and put up floating shelf/shelves next to each mirror.

My husband suggested: order a custom mirror for the left side with the height staying the same and making it a few inches wider to "close the gap" of space between the mirror and it's outside vanity light (this might be hard to see in this one picture).

We talked about rectangle mirrors but I prefer to oval to fit with the design style and a large horizontal mirror (removing the middle sconce light) but that is not want I invisioned in my design style.

Any addtiional ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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JAN MOYER

last year

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I am going to give you the answer you do not want to hear.

You didn't need the tile

Remove it ( yes, I hear you screaming)

Call a glass company to come and template.

MIRROR the ENTIRE space above the vanity w /a one inch bevel on the mirror, all four sides. They will cut the holes for the lights exactly, and you put the lights back up.

Result? Sensational. No conflicts, See yourself from anywhere you're standing.

Sconces, sink centers.....takes picky,picky planning.

This? Will look great. The hubby boo boo gonzo. The lights sparkling brighter: )

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lisedv
last year
The sconce on the left seems to be lower than the 2 others (not lined-up).

Is this an illusion or is it another hitch in your DIY?
chispa
last year
Sconce is the same height ... just count the tiles and you can see that it is the same
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chispa
last year
The mirror size you show does not fit the space and highlights that everything is off.

Just do 2 larger oval mirrors that fill the space between sconces. Just ignore part of the asymmetry.
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lisedv
last year
I did count the tiles and the sconce in the middle is higher.

I agree with JAN MOYER'S suggestion to tear down the tiles and install a large mirror and make sure this time the outlets for sconces are all well aligned.
wishiwereintheup
last year
I'm sorta with @JAN MOYER on this one. I like the tile, but at the mirror level, have a custom rectangular mirror the entire width with the sconces mounted thru the mirror. The other option would be @chispa's suggestion - two much larger oval mirrors that fill the wall space between the lamps. It's just preference. I think both options would look equally nice.
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JAN MOYER
last year
She hasn't enough room for a framed mirror. Sorry no.

And no round or oval will prevent an off kilter look to the faucets:
acm
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You gotta take down the middle sconce and replace it with two placed close to the mirrors, so that each unit over each sink is symmetrical and looks right (with two sconces properly placed to light the viewer). You can probably fill the hole for the one that was there...
bacino
last year
I would remove all 3 sconcesand return or find them another home. Choose the mirrors you like of appropriate size and center over each sink. Put lights over each mirror.
acm
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decoenthusiaste
last year
I don't see anything in this design that requires oval mirrors to complete a "look." There appears to be more than one mistake here, and the beveled plate mirror with re-jiggered sconces so that two properly flank each basin will take care of all of them and look fabulous!
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JAN MOYER
last year
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The wall has too much going ON. Tile, sconces, ovals, space overkill in between the sinks. You don't even need the bevel on the full area mirror.

Do the whole back, align the sconce error, and be pleasantly SURPRISED.

It's not difficult to get caught up in a bit of design overthink, which is what happened here courtesy of internet images..........and the result becomes one of "UNDER think". The main question being does it work in my space?. All aspects. So? It didn't go as planned. It's a simple and extremely easy fix, drywall is cheap, so is mirror with a template.No more "kludge".....

Kludge is just the "I'll have a little of this, a little of that" and it just became too much meal lol
lisaam
last year
Jan’s suggestion has always been my favorite look.

If you can’t bear to sacrifice the existing tile work i would use larger mirrors centered on the wall and sconces.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
IMO Jan has the answer or you just live with the booboo IMO no other choice . I guess it is your private space so the only one seeing it is you. I will tell you sometimes what seems to be a bad thing in design turns out to be a much better solution.
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Amy Peltier Interior Design & Home
12 months ago
You might look into either adding a mirror like we used in our design included below or adding an extra sconce to make things more even. Please look to this design we have done for a client:
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eld6161
12 months ago

Maybe not what you envisioned, but practical.

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