When remodeling your bathroom, you’ll definitely want to change the vanity. Maybe it’s old, maybe you want to update it, you need more room or maybe you’re just redoing the entire look of your room and it should all match. These days, you’ve got more options than the traditional drop-in style basin, or sink, to think about. Basins come in a wide variety now – they can be the drop in style that get dropped into a rough cut hole in the counter top, or a bottom mounted style providing a cleaner line. More recently we’ve seen the growing trend of vessel sinks which provide a clean appearance and can even be artistic and definitely start a conversation.
If you’ve got a small bathroom, or you live alone, you’ll probably want to go with a single basin vanity. This style will give you plenty of counter space, even if you were to choose a large basin. You could place the basin anywhere you’d like, though many prefer to center it. You could put it off to one side, keeping all of your bathroom items off to one side of the counter, or you could center it – effectively separating your items. Centering the basin has definite advantages if you share your sink with someone such as a significant other. He (or she) could use one side of the counter, while your things are stored on the other.
A vanity with a double basin is great if you’ve got a large bathroom and you share it with someone else – a roommate or significant other, especially if you’re opposite sexes. Women are always complaining about hair shavings in their sinks, and there’s nothing more irritating when a guy is getting ready to work than having to hunt through a woman’s makeup, perfumes, masques and other things to find the one thing we’re looking for. A double basin allows each person to use their own sink, and to keep their things separate from the other person’s.
Vanity basins provide you with near limitless choices. You can have a single or double basin, you could use a drop in sink, bottom mount style, or vessel sink. When remodeling your bathroom, take into account your personal tastes, who uses them, as well as how they’ll be used. Make sure your choice reflects both personal aesthetics as well as usefulness. A single vessel sink on a small vanity in a tiny bathroom with almost no storage space will be more irritating than pleasing if you’re a woman (or guy) who uses the counter space for a lot of things, and a large vanity with a double basin is overkill if you’re a person who lives alone and barely keeps anything on the counter or shaves and does most of their upkeep while in the shower. photo credit: lippo