My experience with vessel sinks, especially glass ones, is that they are way more messy to use and require much more cleaning. We often stay at a house that has one and my super tidy spouse spends tons of time cleaning the vessel and the whole vanity or being distressed over how gross it is.

Yes to Jans post all of it . Please DO NOT start another post just all here in comments. I think some people are just messier but an auto faucet might help.

If you go with a vessel sink, you'll have to clean it INSIDE and OUT. No, if you're already annoyed with cleaning, vessel sinks will be even worse. To cut your cleaning time in half, downsize to a single well-done sink.

If your husband is messy you want an undermount sink. You can get a cast iron undermount sink if you want something sturdier than vitreous china.

Vessel sinks are a bad, bad idea. Go to a kitchen/bath store and try one out.

I would never get a vessel sink. We stayed at a hotel once that had them. They’re in the way! In the way of everything when you’re getting ready for your day and I continually bonked my elbows on them. And imagine using a corded appliance, a curling iron or hair dryer, around them. The cord will get wrapped up. Immediately.

Vessel sinks seem to have fallen out of favor. There is usually a reason that happens.

Agree with others, no vessel sink. They are horrible things. Just replace with the type you already have, if you are keeping the same countertop. If you are replacing it, then, you could choose to go with one sink, or two other sinks. I dont agree that undermount are less messy. I actually have seen that be just the opposite. An auto faucet might help, but, it just may not either.

If he is really messy and you wanted something seamless, not porous and refinishable, you could get a Corian top made with integral sinks. They offer several shapes in white that could be bonded to any Corian pattern of your choice, or if you would be willing to have rectangular shapes, you could have the entire thing made out of the patterned Corian.

It's not a natural material, it's plasticky feeling to some people, but it's durable and easily cleaned. You could burn it with a curling iron, which would not happen with stone.

Is your DH tall? My DH is 6'4" and unless he's crouching over, hand washing and tooth brushing are not happening IN the sink. It drives me crazy but he has back issues so I let it go. He gets ready in a separate bathroom.

I've been looking at new counters and keep getting this on my FB feed, perhaps it will be some help for the faucet area. I have not tried it.

Vessel sinks are a bad, bad idea. Go to a kitchen/bath store and try one out.

I always like the idea of "try before you buy".

Vessel sinks seem to have fallen out of favor. There is usually a reason that happens.

Sometimes the reason is that the market wants to promote something newer /more expensive /to keep selling new stuff ... but -- in this case -- it's a matter of poor function.

Get a regular sink and a maid, lol

Automatic faucet with an integrated sink will be the easiest to keep clean. Someone else mentioned Corian, but you can get integrated sinks with quartz or granite,

Some good reading:

https://nativetrailshome.com/vanity-tops-with-integrated-sink/?cn-reloaded=1

https://nativetrailshome.com/vessel-sinks/

The problem ISN'T the sink

It's "slobosis......" with a dab of lack of respect and an equal smattering of laziness.

Put it on the counter, and move on from the hand wringing.

Husband Training Aid.

" I heard that vessel sinks can splash more water! is this true?"

Not in my experience and I'm quite the splasher.

I agree with deegw, the solution may be a taller faucet. The counter height may be a contributing factor too. Newer builds have counter height vanities but vanities in older homes were often much lower, more like table height. If the vanity is low, a simple base can be built under the cabinets to raise it to counter height. A hands free faucet makes sense as far as helping avoid the pools of water that accumulate around the handles but a vessel sink would definitely make it worse.

Actually. the original lower sink height which is still used in some handwashing sinks is to keep your hands pointed Down and your Elbows higher than your Wrists.

You actually get less water dripping if you keep your hands lower. If your wrists are higher than your elbows, water runs down your arms and drips off your elbows onto the counter and floor.

I solved the messy bathroom issue with my ex - he had the master bath and I used the guest bath and never opened the door to the master bath. Same with the master closet. Now he has a different house and I don't have to cringe when I open a door, drawer or closet.

you usually can't just switch to a vessel sink -- because they sit higher, they need a lower cabinet and top.

really, just change to a more durable stone top, whether that's granite or quartz. water spots will just clean off.

As asked earlier..... where is the pic of the current bath? There isn't one: )

Water doesn't hurt a counter top - it's an annoyance to the next user and if left to drip can ruin cabinetry finish in short order.

A grown man who can't show the extremely simple common courtesy of wiping a counter in a three second swipe, needs to grow up.

For Gods sake, I wipe the counter dry in a supermarket ladies room or any restaurant. What is the big deal? There isn't a big deal, and I loathe bathrooms with only a hot air dryer for that very reason.

Twenty dollar solution below - put a note on the MIRROR

I don't think these things are simply a matter of lack of courtesy. Some people can walk into a room and every picture is crooked when they walk out. I have a friend who does not think she is untidy at all. But her entire house looks like a giant walked by and just gave it a little kick...everything is just a little off kilter everything has crumbs in the corner. Everything has fingerprints on it, In the summer everything is a little sticky. She's not a dirty person, she seems to have good personal hygiene. I painted a room in her house and the paint wasn't even dry and she unhooked the dog's retractable leash, it snapped back, made a mark on the wall and then the dog shook. In two weeks her front hall paint looked like mine does after...never. Mine never looks like that.

She doesn't see it, at all. She once showed me a new Christmas decoration she got. She made room for it by shoving a bunch of unopened mail and clutter aside. Once her house was decorated for Halloween and Christmas a the same time.

I never go over there anymore, we only meet in neutral areas. Honestly I am afraid if she walked in my house she would ruin something. But I don't think she does any of it intentionally or because she's rude.

Weaponized incompetence? Continues splashing everywhere, because he/she doesn't have to clean the sink? Maybe?

I solved this by having a facecloth next to each sink in master bath ... no excuse for not wiping up the splashed water every single time! Prevents spotting/staining from our hard water and makes the job easier for the person that actually does the weekly cleaning.

I will agree that some simply don't see it. Some can destroy a room simply by entering. They have no idea of their size/relationship to the space around them. They set things down......anywhere.

So. Were this me? I pick the counter I want, the under mounted sink I want.

The moment it is installed, I fill his side/his sink with whatever annoyance you can find. Rice Krispies, Socks, I don't care - something he has to remove to use his sink.

On top you write on a piece of paper..........

"Honey, did you find this filled sink annoying?"

Annoyed is how I feel when you leave the counter top soaking wet.

Put whatever rags , paper towels , box of paper towels next to the sink.

Wow! Come for info about vessel sinks and get blasted with relationship/awful husband advice. Wonder if she'll come back?

I fill his side/his sink with whatever annoyance you can find. Rice Krispies, Socks, I don't care - something he has to remove to use his sink.

In most situations, this would guarantee that whoever that sink is supposed to belong to, will not use it, and will just your sink, because it's ready to go.

If this was a relationship advice forum, someone would tell her to stop trying to change his behaviour and just get a different sink.

That's the problem. It has nothing to do with what sink, unless you want a laundry tub in your bathroom.

When my sister bought a part-time condo here, one of the criteria was that her husband have his own bedroom and bathroom. He can do whatever he wants in his own bathroom and she cleans it thoroughly once a week and doesn't otherwise go in there from one end of the week to the next. She cleans it once a week because he would clean it never, but she does not have to deal with it on a daily basis, it can all be addressed in one intense weekly session. In their main house they also use two different bathrooms in the house, one connected to the primary bedroom, one not.

See if you can find a replacement drop in sink with a faucet deck. Something with a chunky surround like the Kohler Memoirs (as an example--no idea if it fits your room) will catch a lot of slop.

And we need to lay off your husband. He's not the one who BROKE a sink! 😜