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new vanity vs new benchtop in the BRAND NEW bathroom

Judie Gale
last year

We are moving into a new display home. It has a beautiful, NON FUNCTIONABLE bathroom!


1300mm double Villerroy & Boch sink with a flat to wall mirror above & a wall hung cabinet.


There is no bench space, nowhere to put skincare & makeup (except the shelves in the vanity - no drawers).. The vanity is finished in the same laminate used in the walk through robe that is visible from the bathroom.


Thinking to replace the bench with a single sink at one end & replace the mirror with a large shaving cabinet. 2m ceilings so height is not an issue.


It has been suggested that just replacing the vanity might be a better choice but then we have to match to the robe laminate.


Thoughts??



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  • Kate
    last year

    I agree with your changes. Looks like the mirror is stuck on. May be tiles behind maybe not. It’s not a deep vanity so you would need to recess upper cabinet. Can you is the question and you want know till you explore. I would look at a custom made that can mirror to the sink if needed.
    It could be easier to keep sink on left end and add some shelves to wall on right

    Comments (6)

    • Judie Gale
      Original Author
      last year

      Thanks Kate definitely thinking semi inset sink at LH end. then i gain 600- 800mm of bench. the mirror is on a thick , common wall so recess is not i am keen to explore. hoping its fully tiled behind the mirror. custom shaver with an exposed timber shelf at the bottom are my preference. that allows us to add another power point w usb ports inside the cabinet & keep shaver cords wtc hidden

    • davincicalbourne
      last year

      You could do as you suggest (also taking into account depth of medicine cabinet) then add internal wire drawers to make the most of your vanity storage. Another alternative is to replace the vanity with drawers in a colour laminate that you love - no problem then with matching robe cabinetry.

    • Kate
      last year

      Remove the caulking on left hand ensued of vanity against tile and check if tile go behind basin. If they are cut around the bench top it will be more work to retrofit new top.
      Easy to recaulk again if it is all too hard to change out

    • PRO
      Beach Bathrooms
      last year

      My thoughts

      Leave the mirror as is and replace the vanity with an all-drawer vanity, (some vanities have a shallow sliding tray in the top drawer/s )

    • PRO
      Fontaine Industries
      last year

      My thoughts is that if you are going to replace the mirror, maybe just replace the whole vanity as it is not too much more work than only changing the basin and benchtop. A vanity with drawers will give much more storage space. For the mirror cabinet, you might need to consider the width and depth as there's a wall socket on the wall.

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