Fluted tile in a shower? That will be a cleaning issue, most people prefer flat, smooth tile. What else is in the room? What color fixtures (toilet, shower, tub, sink, etc.)? Natural light? Wall coverings or painted?

White toilet and white tub. Recessed lighting so no light fixture. Shower hardware I haven’t chosen yet . No windows it’s in the basement. Wall covered in the fluted tile.

Do you have a drawing or simple sketch of the layout of the room? I think size of room can determine a lot about choices for a vanity. For example, in a tighter space, a wall hung vanity can do wonders for making a space feel bigger. Some vanities look great in larger sizes while not so hot in a narrower version.

Have you selected a wall color?

Sounds like this is going to be a tub/ shower combo, yes? Will it have a glass door or curtain? If a curtain, I certainly would not put this tile up. Too high mainenance for something you will hardly see. The tiles are going to be a major PITA to keep clean because of all the surfaces. But, as a guest bath how often do you think it will be used?

Even though it is a guest bath used very infrequently, i am reconsidering to do the flat tile on the shower and floor and the fluted tile on the walls.

It’ll be a tub shower combo with a glass door.
Maybe gold/bronze hardware.

Just unsure about the vanity style. The size of the bathroom is 5x8. I can only fit up to 32 inch vanity.

Any other styling advice to make it feel spa-like?

What kind of storage do you have for this guest bathroom as far as toilet paper, towels, hair dryer. Do you have a closet in here or elsewhere for that or do you need this kind of storage in a vanity?

I like the textured tile - but it’s probably good idea to use it outside the surround for the tub.

It would be helpful to have a drawing of what your bathroom will look like (to scale). People like to have A LOT of information in order to provide the best advice.

I think that using a walnut (or perhaps other species wood) vanity would provide some warmth to the space in order to provide a spa-like feel to the room.

Also, how much natural light does the room have?

Here is the drawing of the bathroom. It says shower there but it’s a shower/tub combo. No natural light in there.

@kendrah I don’t need much storage as I have a small linen closet right outside the bathroom.

Thoughts on this vanity?

I have one guest bathroom that has no natural light and it drives me crazy! I’ve been thinking about having a solar tube added in order to bring in some natural light - but having my roof penetrated makes me nervous 😬 Adding a couple more ceiling lights is probably a better (less expensive idea).

I like the style of that vanity - but it would bug me if the grain of the walnut veneer didn’t match across the front (it is just a bit off in that photo - I assume that if it’s off in the sales photo, it will be off on the actual vanity). It would look nicer if the grain matched across the front. Notice how the walnut grain matches exactly as runs across the different drawers in the photo I’ve added below.

I‘m not sure how much $ that vanity is, but I’ve seen some really pretty IKEA Godmorgon vanities posted on Houzz. They have a few different sizes + large drawers (I think the smallest is around 23” - and largest single size is around 60” - but I’ve also seen people combine different sizes in order to reach the size needed). I know that I’ve seen several with walnut drawer fronts also. I’ve also seen ones with custom countertops with under-mounted sinks - but more expensive than using an IKEA sink that looks a lot like the one on the vanity in your photo.

Mittens cat (user on Houzz) did three bathrooms in a new house using IKEA. She used drawer fronts from Semihandmade for two of them - walnut and mahogany (the third one she just used the drawer fronts that came with the vanity instead of replacing them). I believe that Semihandmade’s walnut and mahogany drawer fronts use real wood veneer vs. laminate or melamine (although, I don’t know if they still make the mahogany ones). Her walnut vanity was 60” wide and the total cost was $770 (the drawer fronts were more than half of that cost).

Here is her mahogany vanity:

Here is her walnut one (she was going to use a walnut veneer on the sides - but after it was installed, she decided to just leave the white):

There are other places that make drawer fronts for IKEA products. Semihandmade has 20% off sales fairly often - I was looking to purchase some custom sized doors/drawer fronts for a media cabinet from them (they let me buy a $500 gift card in order to take advantage of the 20% off after the sale ended - I hadn’t decided which doors/drawer fronts I wanted to buy and the sale was expiring that day).

I’ve never been to IKEA - even though there is one about 15 mins away from my house. However, MANY people on Houzz are fans of certain IKEA products - and this is one of them (the other is their kitchen cabinets - I’ve seen some beautiful IKEA kitchens on here - never would have guessed that they were IKEA!).

They have other vanities also + some people have used their kitchen cabinets to make custom looking vanities. Just thought I’d share the above info with you!

Thank u for all the info! @dani_m08

Malka, thanks for all the details. Your layout and size is the exact same as my primary bathroom. (NYC apartment so it feels spacious to me!)

Yes to a wall hung walnut vanity. Exactly what I had in mind. The one you showed has a nice amount of "counter space" on either size of the sink. Perfect for sitting down glasses, toothbrush, whatever.

Getting a wall hung with two horizontal drawers instead of doors. They are much easier to look into and retrieve items from as you are using them. Think of how you open a silverware drawer to take out a fork but you are taking out mascara or dental floss instead. Depending on the drawer depth, a whole travel kit can be thrown in.

This one from Rejuvination is too narrow for your space but is a good illustration of how useful drawers are:

Have you selected a mirror yet? I suggest a recessed medicine cabinet with a mirrored interior back and inner door. Guests can fit a lot in there too and it is so much easier to see what is where because of the mirrors. It also bounces a ton of light around and makes the room feel magically bigger and brighter when you open it. Kohler makes lots of them in a variety of prices.

Behind my door, and above the 3/4 tile line, I had built in a set of shallow recessed shelves between the studs. With a narrow vanity top, you just want to keep soap on the counter. These shelves give a nice chance to display cotton ball jars or fancy hand lotion. You could also put them over the toilet instead of behind the door. I'm always afraid something will fall in the toilet though. Here are a variety.

I would not be concerned about no natural light, but I would be considerate of your lighting design. Use at least 3000k bulbs and put your switches on dimmers.