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Help! Master Bath Vanity Layout

3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago

I have a 90 inch vanity in our new master bath (starting from scratch). I want to include 2 mirrors, centered over sinks, 4 sconces (flanking each mirror) and need to fit a window in the middle.
I need help thinking about the size of the window I should choose and size of mirrors etc.

The photo here is what I was considering which is a 20x46 window and 2 20x36” mirrors. Would like to do a wider window if possible but unsure of how cramped it will be. (Not willing to sacrifice sconces)

Ceilings are about 8.5 ft high, vanity will be 36” tall

Any suggestions are welcome, thank you!!




Comments (7)

  • 3 years ago

    If you switch the sconces for pendant lights, you'll be able to widen the window and/or the mirrors -- and you'll still have your lights. Do remember that the four sconces will be "doubled" in the mirror, so you'll want them to be on dimmer switches.


  • 3 years ago

    This is just a math problem. Keep in mind how this window will look from the outside. It should be in proportion to the other windows - at least the ones on that side of the house. You will be able to have a nice drawer section in the middle, but I still like medicine cabinets in addition to drawers. Mirrors and medicine cabinets only come in certain sizes, so choose which ones you want, and the sconces you want before doing the math.


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  • 3 years ago

    I would not be happy with the mirrors show in the photo above! They are too short and placed too high.

  • 3 years ago

    I would not be happy with the mirrors show in the photo above! They are too short and placed too high.

    I also wouldn't be happy with my vanities with no room on the wall side.

  • 3 years ago

    I think it will be easier to decide if you lay out what you ideally want and pretend live with it. This sounds like you haven’t started building yet. Painters tape is my friend. Find a wall in your house now that is larger than the wall in your new bathroom. Use painters tape, lightly applied, to define the two side walls. Block out the size mirrors you want, block out the size sconces, then decide if that window is big enough. To me personally, it looks skimpy, too small. Maybe you could use a piece of fixed glass instead of an operable window? No matter what, in this bathroom you need compromises. I don’t think you can get everything you want in that space. But do the layout to help you decide.

  • 3 years ago

    How wide are your sconces? How wide is the trim around your window? How far from each wall is the center of each sink? As has been said, measure it all out. See if you have the room for all that you want, with ease between each “thing:” wall, sconce, mirror, sconce, window trim/trim, sconce, mirror, sconce, wall. I am assuming this vanity will be in a niche with end walls on either side, no? What size sinks do you plan for your vanity? You might need to shrink the width of the center drawers to get everything that you want on this wall.

  • 3 years ago

    Do a window ABOVE the mirrors going across the whole space. That will bring in the light and allow you to have a better layout of the vanities.