I am disabled by a connective tissue disorder. My particular issues are a bit rare, but plemty of people have knee or hip arthritis that could make standing on a tile floor painful over time. I have a custom vanity that I designed to have a place to sit with my knees (or walker seat or wheelchair someday) under the vanity. I now sit on my shower stool to do my hair after I shower. If I wore makeup, I would sit for that, too.

Because I am sitting on a tall stool or my walker seat, I have my counter at 36” counter height. I would not lower the height of the vanity portion to 30”, as was commonly done in the past - especially if you put a drawer under the counter.

With a vanity as long as yours is, and a second one in the room, I see no reason not to make a sitting section. You have room for a 30” sink section, an 18” drawer section, and a 30” sitting section. You could also do a 24” sitting section and 24” drawers. I would put the seating section next tot the sink. I often wet or rinse my handswhile seated and styling hair sometimes requires water to be available.

I have always had a place to sit and do my makeup and hair other than when I was in college or right after college when I was in miniscule apartments.

When the bathrooms weren't large enough to have a seated area for makeup I bought a makeup vanity for in the bedroom.

Why are you worrying on the next person? The one who would probably redo WHATEVER you are doing. No different than you are redoing what someone else chose...............

You remodel with your money, for you. The next with their money, for themselves. No vanity design, good or bad, ever sold a house, or prevented that home from being sold.. The end : )

I like a vanity to be all one level and if you want to sit to do makeup get an adjustable stool insted of dropping the counter . I have never sat to do makeup I am 75 and still wear little so to stand to do it is not a big deal I do agree you do what works for you not for the next imaginary buyer.

Thank you, ladies, especially the advice on remodeling for myself and not others. This is the problem I am having while planning the remodel - trying to decide what future buyers will like, and it is making it difficult. I'm going to do a one-level vanity with no seating.

teleaps, I think that's a good choice. Design for you. In the master bath in this house, there is a tall counter with one oversized sink in the middle, much room on either side for 'stuff'. It's fine with me, I've never sat to apply makeup and if I need a steady hand for something, the counter top is the right height for 'elbows' when standing.

I had a similarly sized vanity that I had designed in our former house. Again, one sink. I opted for the long vanity with just one sink so I could include a built in ventilated clothes hamper.

One flaw in most bathrooms for me…is counters that are too deep or too low…it is nice to be able to lean closely to the mirror easily….without hitting the hip bones on the counter edge….this also leaves a little more open floor space for a roomier feel and a nice big rug…and i only do one thing in the bathroom that requires sitting down…😇

I am strongly in favor of matching flooring in the whole home…if possible….thus my choice of LVP…which is of course a debatable subject ….on this forum…🤷🏼‍♀️…we have one bathroom that has marble tiles….my only regret in 22 years of living in this home…

Years ago I thought it wasn't necessary to sit to get made up. Now I cannot get made up without sitting. Have to have a lighted makeup mirror to see myself and a magnifying mirror for detail work. It's just a must.

I have to use a magnifying lighted mirror as well, but I was thinking about getting the kind that is attached to the wall, like hotels often have. I can't see anymore!!

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get a designer where this home is; they are all extremely busy, because so many people moved there during Covid and began remodeling. Some designers were already booked for the rest of the year, and this was back in February, so I've been going it alone : (

Thank you for your great tips and advice, Jan Moyer!

I remodeled recently with a view to aging in place and debated whether to do a sit down vanity in the master bath or continue using my vintage vanity in the bedroom.

I have always sat down when grooming - I don't understand how anyone can possibly want to stand while styling their hair and doing makeup. I also don't want to lean over a counter to peer into a mirror.

I took out the second sink and replaced it with a lower level sit down section. The doors on either side are also customized with roll outs including rollouts with "holes" to hold brushes and hair tools easily.

I have a lucite bench which tucks under that area which also provides seating in my bathroom aside from the toilet 🤣

As others have posted, it is impossible to predict what a mythical buyer in the future might want. I do think many "seniors" would appreciate the ability to sit as it is much more comfortable. When my parents moved into a retirement condo, my father installed a drop down shelf in the non-eat in kitchen so that he could sit while prepping food. He wasn't disabled but had reached a point where he preferred sitting to standing when possible.