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Bathroom vanity toe kicks

8 months ago

We are remodeling 3 bathrooms and desire a modern look and feel. We have noticed that we are not seeing toe kicks on bathroom vanities! Is this the trend now? It doesn’t seem practical to have an open space underneath the vanity that requires hard to reach cleaning.

Seeking design advice. Thanks!

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clt3
8 months ago
last modified: 8 months ago
We just completed ours and have toe kicks with LED lights in them.
Susie .
8 months ago
In a smaller space, seeing more floor makes it appear larger. I agree that it makes it more difficult to clean. You can have toe kicks that are placed farther back making it seem like the vanity is more a piece of furniture. Modern bathrooms frequently have wall mounted vanities with no legs. Very easy to clean under. May not offer as much storage as a traditional vanity, though.
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Mine is not quite finished (one of those things the new carpenter is going to finish in the next couple of weeks) but, unlike budge's mine slides on the floor (because of that cute foot on budge's she does not really have toe kicks). Our drawer in it now is the final drawer which came from the factory. The temporary drawer is what needs to be made...it will be the same size, and the toe trim on front goes on the face of it, but it will be heavy plywood so that it can hold weight, flipped upside down and then put on the normal hinges (which hold 100lbs). But now that I've seen budge's...I may have him make me the tray top instead, which I love because we'll lose the drawer function as long as he needs the stool. Ok that was such a bad explaination that I'll take pictures tonight for you. The hefty construction of the drawer box is one issue, but you're going to have to research the glides a bit. Even though ours slides out on the floor, the glides are basically what hold it to the box to work. Basic blume full extention, but I believe the weight limit is 100lbs. Even if you're a scrawney thing...I'd want a pull out stool in an adult area to hold at least 200lbs because you never know who's going to pull it out and step on it. Budge's is fabulous :o) mine's only adding about 4" for the little guy...but it's better than none I guess! I'll photograph the basic set up tonight after the blinds people leave (I'm finally getting shades, and they are also busy hanging my art at the same time LOL)
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In a small bathroom the vanity is a great place for storage. The door and draws hide a lot of things. If you do go with the vanity, then the first thing you can do is make the size of the vent cover smaller. It does not have to be that big. It looks like there is no duct installed under the vanity. The air is just coming out from a hole in the wall or floor and into the vanity base. A big hole was cut to fit a big vent. The vent can be half that size for bathroom of this size. You could also install the vent on the side of vanity by the toilet bowl. This hides it when you are entering the bathroom. The air flow might be a little less but it should be fine for a bathroom.
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