Need Vanity Top Advice

9 years ago

We're currently building a 'modern rustic' home in the mountains and I have my eye on Native Trails' Vintners Chardonnay vanity (http://www.nativetrails.net/chardonnay-vanity.html) for the powder room, but I'm not sure which top would look best with it. For simplicity, I'd like to go with an integrated sink. Native Trails offers an antique hammered copper top with an oval basin as well as a dark (slate) or light (pearl) synthetic stone (Palomar) top with rectangular basins. On one hand I feel like the copper top would look best with the medium-tone rustic wood but on the other hand the Palomar top seems more modern.

Your advice will be much appreciated.

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User
9 years ago
Do you have any concerns with the care and natural patina of copper.

It's a beautiful vanity.
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Laura Jenkins
Original Author
9 years ago
I'm not sure about the maintenance but I love the patina, although this particular vanity top already has a dark 'antique' look. I have a hammered copper table but I don't do anything special to take care of it. Are hammered copper sinks a pain to maintain?
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chibimimi
9 years ago
Are hammered copper sinks a pain to maintain?

Yes, maybe!

I had an antique copper kitchen sink. It could only be cleaned with soap and water -- anything more stripped the antiquing and revealed bright copper -- which would eventually darken again, but the overall finish would be uneven. Which is fine, if you like it!

In a bathroom, you might have issues with toothpaste, mouthwash, and other such things causing bright splotches. If you don't mind the "living" aspect of the metal, you should be all right.
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OutsidePlaying
9 years ago
How much daily use would your powder room get? Would visitors be using it regularly for toothpaste, etc or just handwashing?

We have a copper sink (integrated) in our powder room and it still looks like new, but it's only used for handwashing by DH when he uses that room or by guests.
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