Make-Up Vanity: To sit or stand??
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Comments (5)Thank you so much Stacey, you always seem to find exactly the type of thing I am looking for. Lots of great idea's there that I can use. I have already spent way over what I originally had planned & DH is laughing saying the only part left is the make up area to buy & all the sudden I want to save money. LOL I really haven't been buying the best of anything, except maybe the panasonic whisper fan, but it adds up fast as I am sure you already know. Bathroom is a total gutted mess but starting Monday it should be getting put back together. Keep your fingers crossed everything goes as planned. Ended up having to hire a plumber & contractor is doing most of the rest of the work. Terri...See Morelights over make up vanity
Comments (6)Third vote for side sconces. Much more flattering, which is nice because who wants to see a ghoul when looking in the mirror, and also the lighting is more thorough and even so you can see your makeup better and thus not overdo or underdo it. Also, 32" seems too deep. It's too far to sit from the mirror. Even 24" is too far and I can tell you that because I'm sitting at a 24" desk right now and I just tested the concept by setting a hand mirror I happen to have up at face height against the wall behind my desk... and it is definitely too far away for me to put on makeup well. If I had a vanity that size I would lean well forward to put my makeup on, which gets hard on your back after a while. But you do need to have the mirror against that back wall or at most a couple of inches from it, because it should be a couple of inches behind the lights, or at most level with the lights, in order to get the best lighting. The other possible issue is that in a vanity that deep, either things will get lost at the backs of drawers or the person sitting at it will have to pull the drawers out to their full lengths (so, counting the part of the drawer that remains inside the vanity, they would be sticking out a good 20" when extended to find stuff in the back). It really only needs to be deep enough to sit at comfortably. That probably means roughly 4" to 7" deeper than the length of the thigh of the person who will be sitting there, to leave enough room for her feet and some freedom of movement. (I mean the length of the thigh as measured from the front of her hip when she's sitting down.) You could mock it up to get a better idea, or perhaps go to some stores (furniture stores, antique stores--there are lots of antique vanities around) with a measuring tape to see what feels most comfortable for her. Oh wait. I just re-read your post and saw you wrote 32" t. As in tall. Not deep. Ok... so nevermind! :-)...See MoreName of cabinet that sits on top of vanity?
Comments (4)I believe if you shop where they sell any type of cabinetry- whether big box store or kitchen and bath place- you can make the unit customized to whatever you want. The higher end products will likely have more variation of choices with regard to drawers, etc,., whereas the more basic stuff will be geared to the more common selections. As always, you get what you pay for ;-)...See MoreThe Sub-prime Trump Card: Standing Up To The Banks
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