We have one on our 36" vanity and love it! The faucet is a single hole and the sink is a large undermount (Kohler Ladena 20 7/8") Wonderful to not have extra containers and no goopy soap bar. My only suggestion is to watch what color soap you use. Our sink is white and the if you move your hand away too fast after pushing on the plunger, some of the soap falls into the sink (definitely better than on the counter) but then I was getting purple soap drips in the sink. Now I use clear or white soap and it is not noticable. Definitely worth it, especially for kids.

I had the same problem - needed an 18" pedestal. This is the one I bought - it was the smallest, classic style one I could find. http://www.signaturehardware.com/product737 Vitreous china. Â Overall dimensions 18-1/4" W x 15" D x 34" H. Â Basin dimensions 15-1/8" W x 9" D x 6-3/4" H. Â Mounting bolts height 30-1/2" (on 6" centers). Bolts not included. Â Available with 4" or single hole drilling. Â Spout and faucet holes are 1-1/8" on 4" center basin. Â Spout hole is 1-1/8" on single hole basin. Â Back of basin to drain center 6-1/2". Â Back of basin to center of faucet 2-1/4". Â Faucet not included. Â Available in White or Bisque. Â Ships in 1 - 2 business days. Â Free shipping to the contiguous 48 states. Also, check out Renovators Supply at http://www.rensup.com/Products/Cat-460.htm. They also have corner sinks, if you need to really wedge it out of the way. Good luck.

Hey, it could have been worse. They could have done a red bathtub, blue toilet, and white sink to be really patriotic! Although I am willing to concede you the prize for ugliest bathroom, I am firm in the belief we are still a major contender for Ugliest Kitchen award. Your story of the previous owners reminded me that when we bought our house with plans to completely gut it -- there was literally nothing worth keeping except the oak flooring that had been hidden by urine-stinky, filthy brown shag carpeting -- the little old ladies who had owned the house stopped by and kindly offered to give us the remaining cheap vinyl fake-Mediterranean floor tiles that had been used in the kitchen (they had also glued a few on top of some of the counters), to "finish it off nicely" as they put it. The tiles were a yucky orange and brown, which combined with the upper black cabinets and lower brown cabinets, along with an avocado green portable dishwasher and yellow cast iron sink, was something that really had to be seen to be believed. Needless to say, we mouthed polite words just like you did, and managed to send them on their way without their realizing that we were going to rip out everything they had done, from the fake hunting-lodge dining nook to the randomly placed gold-veined mirrored wall tiles in the bedroom. Nice ladies, but like you said, their taste in decorating was something else.

Oddity, at first I was a bit confused with your plan, and now I'm seeing that it is another way to create a convenient space. We have two homes which are primary residences. MINE is in Alabama, and HIS is in Massachusetts. He won't give up his MA citizenship, I won't give up my AL gal status. But that is not a problem. Well, down here, I just created from 3 closets a 3/4 bath. It does not connect to the old bathroom, which had its tub ripped out, and is now waiting for a bumpout about the size of a bay window, in which we will install a clawfoot slipper tub with British phone faucets. Beadboard, etc. And then there is the house in MA. We created a master bedroom with a walkin closet, and the 3/4 bath will be en suite as well. There is a tiny hallway which is the pivotal space from the living room to access the original full bath (tub w/shower) just opposite the basement door. There is a door from the living room to this tiny hall, allowing someone to turn LEFT and go into the bathroom, or turn RIGHT and go into the basement. So we can have access to this bathroom from our bedroom and new bath, without going through the living room and coming around that way, I'm thinking about creating another doorway from that hall (a door on every side then). If we had guests for the upstairs bedrooms, there is a bath up there. If we had visitors NOT spending the night, they could come through the livingroom door and access the "guest" bath, with tub NOT removed. And, we could close the door to our bedroom from the hall and maintain our privacy. We could also, if there are guests upstairs, LOCK the door from the living room, and keep both the "guest" bath and the ensuite bath as our own. Having two toilets with easy access is a big plus, as well as having a large separate shower, and a tub with shower for our daily use. I do not see a problem with blocking off the basement door access to any guests, unless they would like to do their laundry. But only during the daytime when we'd not be wanting to keep our area private as much. So yes, if you can maintain your privacy and not have someone traipsing into your private bath, it could work. Nobody would have access to our ensuite 3/4 bath. If I were you, I'd find a way to keep a shower to create a 3/4 bath somewhere. It would be totally worth it.