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Help with picking out bathroom vanity

3 years ago

I need a new bathroom vanity for a small bathroom after a house fire wondering if I should do a vanity or a console sink? It's an upstairs bathroom not small but big enough for a 36 inch vanity. Any color ideas ? I don't like any of the hardware that comes with these small vanities and if you can change them ? Also if I change out an old vanity from 25 years ago will I need to do alot of work underneath? The pipes are old too so that concerns me about using a console sink. Does anyone have a Or know about the Kingston brass console sink love to see pics ? Need to meet deadlines so nervous! Any information I appreciate it greatly. Attached are a puc ( not very good one ) don't mind the mess haven't been in house for a year. n the other 2 pics are what I was " thinking " of doing? I could go w polished nikel legs too. Hopefully change out tile too just not yet !

Comments (9)

  • 3 years ago

    Just buy something you like the looks of and wade in,you must start before you can finish. Don't worry about colors you can always change colors after the fact.

  • PRO
    3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    Do you KNOW if the flooring is under your existing vanity? If not? You need new flooring, before any open leg exposed vanity can be selected, let alone installed.

    You need to know, and no........there is no "I'll change tile, just not YET".

    If you want the look you want? You select tile, and do that floor now. Otherwise? You head to a Home Depot, and get a new version of what you own. To the floor.

  • 3 years ago

    I have a console, the Kathryn by Kohler. I love it. It replaced a console sink. I replaced all my flooring and all of the tile on the walls behind the sink, too. All new plumbing. Note that when you purchase a console, you usually need to buy plated pipes for under the sink. Otherwise the galvanized pipes will show and look ugly. Same with supply line handles, etc. AND, the sink has to be glazed on the underside as well as the inside. It DOES show when it hangs down beneath the counter. So…when you start looking at console sinks, be prepared to pay for all the “extras!” Good luck with your project.

  • 3 years ago

    This photo of the Kathryn includes some of the “extras” that I mention, above.

  • 3 years ago

    I agree w everyone on thr floor ! That needs to go so ugly but thought maybe I could change it later but least I'd have the sink ??  Maybe put a nice rug down or I don't know the shower curtain could hide some of it? lol Changing floor isn't happening right now so that was one of my biggest concerns.  What does everyone think of white oak cabinets? i saw pretty ones I could get a smaller version

  • PRO
    3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    That's a 5' x 8 ' bath. There is no more than 40 sq feet of tile in there. You can find a porcelain tile for 5 dollars a square foot. The tub is white. It goes with ANY thing you want.

    Its' 200.00 of tile, the grout, smash it up, make sure sub floor is good and level, and replace the tile.

    Wait on ALL of it for a couple months, and get what you want for the long term. That SHOULD include some storage, unless you are telling us it's a guest bath.

    Was the vanity damaged? Does it smell like smoke? the most serious offender IN that bath is the tile and ( yawn, yet again...) gray walls.Go online , find a bath you DREAM about, and come back.

  • 3 years ago

    In fact, as Jan Moyer says, above…START with the floor! There are GORGEOUS tiles out there that you could build your entire bathroom around. Visit a tile store, not a big box store, and bring your measurements for the bathroom (to the inch.). The staff will help you figure out tile cost, make recommendations for grout color, etc. You have waited this long….do it once and do it right.

  • 3 years ago

    Changing the horrific floor isn't an option right now we aren't really rebuilding  upstairs just replacing things that we're broke n covered under insurance. This wasn't planned  but once in house ill do floor just have so many other things to take care of first I wish they could rip it out n I had more time & we were doing this bc we chose to so I could properly plan out things & get what I like but for now I'm just grateful to get back in ! N ps I plan on doing a wallpaper too but for now " Agreeable gray " it is. ! I would of gone w white but  at the time I didn't know what I was really going for ? My house was a mess & my husband was seriously burned so my thoughts were elsewhere. Thank you for all the  helpful input I truly appreciate it

  • 3 years ago

    Laney….I am SO sorry for your husband’s injuries. Please know that all of us who have offered advice understand where your priorities ARE and should be. Take the time with this bathroom. If it is functional, then leave it alone for now! Wait until you have the time and energy to do it. By the time you do, you will have lots of great ideas for improving it, one step at a time. Create Ideabooks here for your rooms…put images and ideas into them. We can all be rather bossy with our suggestions, but I hope you feel our compassion, too. Hang in there. Spend time with your family and remember…they come first! ❤️