Wow! It's a beauty! I'm not sure about the quality of the faucets but if you go in realizing that the faucets may not be life time faucets... Hey! It's a great design and appears to be quality.

Makes me wanna go modern...

Thanks, golddust - I know what you mean about the faucets. Maybe I should ask how integrated they are into the design so we can be sure we can replace them if needed.

I would think all faucets could be changed out but in todays world, it can't hurt to ask.

I love the entire line that goes with that vanity. And here I am stuck remodeling a 1912 era Craftsman house (that I love), but in my next life, I'm definitely going to do modern. Heck, mid century modern is already considered antique/collectible so I'll still be hopelessly different/not groovy.

I still haven't learned to love the 80's orange oak... I don't want to come back when that is all the rage again.

It doesn't say that the faucets are chrome-plated brass. You have to assume that they are pot metal (a zinc alloy that eventually disintegrates). "Kiln-dried hardwood" is a throwaway line. It's not the same as saying "hand-selected a-grade solid mahogany" or anything specific.
Casey

Thanks Casey. I am going to call the vendor tomorrow and I will definitely ask about the manufacture of the faucets, though as I noted earlier, I wouldn't mind too much if I had to replace them. The wood, however I am really concerned about. The description says that it is made of oak, but I will certainly ask about the grade and whether it is solid vs. veneer.

Two things I notice. First, it does not say solid hardwood construction, just that is "Kiln-dried selected hardwoods". Meaning it could be particle board with oak veneers. To me, the drawers look like a wood composite with oak veneer and edgebanding. Also "Top is artificial stone (stronger than natural stones), hand polished for unsurpassed smoothness". Artificial stone could be anything from silagranite (which is nice) to that horrible plastic fake marble crap that is so common on vanitys. Artifial stone is not very descriptive of what that product actually is.

OK Thanks. I was already planning to ask about the wood construction but I did not think about the artificial stone so I will ask that too.

Thanks for all the helpful input so far! Anyone else out there have ideas of what I should ask?

Jodidesign,
Before you order from this company, I would check the ratings. I saw some vanities that I liked from here, but then read reviews of the company somewhere, and changed my mind about ordering. Sorry, I don't recall the site(s) where I read the reviews. Try searching first before you order.

Just to close this out I wanted to post the results of my research:
1) The vanity is made of MDF with oak veneer
2) It is nailed and glued together
3) Drawer fronts are wood, bottoms/sides are metal, and they are screwed together
4) The top is made with acrylic manufactured stone
5) The faucets (so they said) are stainless steel with chrome plating (never heard this one before!)
6) I did check ratings and there is an old posting in the furniture forum here on GW with has very mixed ratings on Max Furniture. Among those ratings include people who said they never received their goods, received them damaged and waited excessively long to get replacements, and received what they saw as shoddy build (MDF with veneer as noted above). There were also some posts from people who claimed to love what they had gotten (tho there were posts accusing those people of being plants!).

In any case, thanks to the questions I was told to ask and another helpful GW posting, I was able to gather all of the information I needed to determine that this doesn't meet my standards for a quality vanity. It costs $1700 and is probably not worth anything close to that, though it is well designed appearance-wise and is MUCH cheaper than the alternatives that we are looking at (which I am sure will be much more durable) - we are likely to go with Ronbow's Contempo line now, which will not be a floating vanity but will work well design-wise.

All that said, I do not want to say anything against Max Furniture; they were helpful and honest on the phone and told me everything that I wanted to know in one phone call. When I asked a question the original rep did not know the answer to, she connected me with someone else who did know.

Jodidesign,
Did you consider Duravit? They are not as expensive as you think. I would look at duravit bowls and a cabinet and find a scrap piece of granite from a granite yard. Hansgrohe would be my choice of faucets and I think you can do all these pieces for close to $2000 in the same configuration you are looking at. Also look on ebay or craigslist for someone getting rid of faucets you may like.

Best of luck!

Jodi,
I found that vanity also when I was searching for a contemporary vanity for OUR Zen-like-to-be master bath! My concern that it was SO BIG to be wall hung. I was afraid it would be too heavy, plus I didn't know anything about the manufacturer.

I looked at the Kohler Purist line. Beautiful stuff but very expensive.

We are going with our second choice, which homepro recommended - Duravit. The Fogo line is similar to Kohler's Purist, but more affordable. We are using Toto faucets to compliment the vanity.

Hope this helps! I'll definitely watch for more of your posts as it seems we're moving in similar directions!

teddychicago, I will definitely check out the duravit line as we are about to finalize Ronbow and I really wanted a wall-hung vanity. I have another post about the steam shower which we are trying to decide on very soon. We are going with Danze faucets (similar look to Toto).

I have to find your steam shower post. We nixed ours after weighing the costs and benefits of having a steam shower versus having radiant heat floors. (Wish we could afford both!) The floors won and DH can go take his steam at the gym. HA!

Almost just placed an order for a very nice looking vanity, at a very nice price. Then saw the threads here, and looked in BBB in Texas for Maxfurniture.com. I see that they have had 99 complaints against them in the past 36 months, and BBB gives them a C- rating. Crap, now to start my search again...

Nothing to add regarding the original post but hope to provide assurance to the two posters who are leaning to Ronbow. Just want to say that we recently went through a massive internet search and finally settled on a Ronbow. Ours was a single sink vanity (Zenia in dark wood) -- and we are very happy with the quality. Our contractor commented too that it was a very good quality.

Prior to that, I searched GW and found one favorable post but that was all. Overall Ronbow seems to be new or lesser used. I think in that price range, people are able to get custom wood vanities, though in terms of design, Ronbow comes ahead.

Just wanted to relay my positive feedback on Ronbow!

homey_bird, Ronbow is also what I am leaning towards after seeing a display in a local showroom in the south bay (SF). One interesting thing is that Ronbow seems to be a copy cat of higher end brands (I saw 2 Duravit look-alikes) so, it might fit my budget and requirements!

ashley if you're in the Bay Area then you can order Ronbow online from a company in New Jersey and have it delivered to you directly from the Ronbow warehouse in Newark/Freemont (California). I purchased 2 vanities and a linen tower this way. The shipping cost was less than the sales tax would have been if I'd purchased locally, and the online price was better than anything I found at a dealer.

annkathryn, I love your bathroom and the zen feel you incorporated into it. Thanks a lot for the tip! Please post the details of the company you ordered from in New jersey as I am interested in getting a price quote from them (I got a quote from Sincere Plumbing and the prices are not good enough to make me place my order yet.) Do I need to call this NJ company and ask for the option of direct delivery from Ronbow?

One other tip we learned when shopping for vanities or bath furniture. Simply ask where it is made. We found that the majority of these were made in China which would then cast some doubt on comments like "kiln-dried selected hardwoods". :-) Obviously there are quality differences even between things that come from China, but the European or US made products seemed so much higher quality when we saw them in person. ...adding some support to the statement "you get what you pay for".

i also was interested in a vanity from max, it is so beautiful- 60" bathroom vanity with mirror hutch $1,959.

i am also very hesitant to purchase from them. max furniture goes under more than 10 different names making me very suspicious. they do not tell you the manufacturer.

if anyone knows of a similar type vanity please let me know. thank you all.