Bathroom project re-starting. Question about vanity tower/ceiling

9 years ago

So my bathroom project is starting again. Yeah! There's a lingering question that I need to decide on. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Fur down, or not, above vanity: The vanity is going to have a storage tower in the middle of it. Since the bathroom has 10' ceilings, I need to decide how to treat the extra 2' between the top of the vanity and the ceiling. One option is to fur down the ceiling the same depth of the tower and trim that with panels and crown to "tie" the vanity to the ceiling. The tower will be 9" deep. The other option is to leave the ceiling alone, and just have the tower end at the 8' mark and wrap the crown around the tower and which would tie into the framing for the mirrors. I can see pros and cons for each option. Fur down pro is that we could put 2 small lights in there (there will be 4 sconces in mirrors), and I think it will be nice to tie the vanity to the ceiling, so it's not just hanging out there with 2' of air space above. Con could be that it will look cluttered, or maybe visually to heavy?

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9 years ago

If you want lights in it, the soffit need to be at least the depth of the vanity base to work well. Also, that picture that the soffit is shallower, the tower is quite a bit deeper than 9". Look at the center drawer base being deeper at about 24", and you can extrapolate that the tower is about 18". And the tower is only about an inch deeper than the soffit.

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roarah
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I have areas of 12 ft ceilings in my bathroom so I have two inspiration pics of both options. Another benefit to fur down is no need to dust top of cabinets.

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9 years ago
I am leaning towards doing it. My other question is about the depth of the fur-down. In the picture roarah posted the fur down is deeper than the tower. Initially I thought that the fur down should be the same depth of the tower plus the crown that will be on top of it, but is that not right? I am seeing a lot of photos on HOUZZ where the fur down is deeper than the tower. Our tower will be 9" deep.
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9 years ago
In this one, the fur down is just a couple of inches deeper:

In this one, it's quite a bit deeper.
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9 years ago
And in this one, the fur down is shallower than the tower. Hmmm, maybe the key, visually, is that the fur down just shouldn't be the same. Pretty much all the pictures I'm seeing have it deeper or shallower, but not the same.
roarah
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I like the last picture you posted best or even like in the first picture!
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9 years ago
Thanks! So our vanity is going to bump out in the middle like this picture. The tower will be 9" deep. So maybe make the fur down 7"? So that it is about 2 inches shallower? Is that enough room to put lights into it? The lights are not really necessary because we will have sconces in the mirrors, but it would be nice to have them.
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9 years ago
I wonder how tall the ceilings are in this picture. Since the fur down is shallower, they used a bunch of crown to bring it to the ceiling. Not sure 2 feet of crown build up would work for me, seems like it would be too much.
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9 years ago
We're a house divided on this. If I'm having 4 sconces in the mirrors, then I'm thinking that it is not necessary to have lights above. If that's the case, then it's a cosmetic decision. DH thinks it will be more light and airy without it. Here's one with no fur down and I think it looks nice. The designer said that the ceilings are a little more than 9 feet.
cpartist
9 years ago
I don't like the last one. I like the first one best because it creates its own "niche" for the vanity, so it visually becomes a place where it's a bit cozier because of the lowered ceiling. I would make it the same depth as the vanity cabinets.

Additionally, even if you put lights in the mirrors, I'd still put the lights above. It will give you more even lighting
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9 years ago
Thanks for all the feedback. Currently there is a fur down there that comes down about 24" from the 10' ceiling, and is 12" deep. I think I'll leave it like that because with the 9" deep tower, and the crown that will come up and out a little bit from the top of the tower, the 12" fur down will just be a couple of inches deeper than the tower. So it will be similar to the first picture and the third picture.