Considerations When Choosing A Vanity For A Compact Bathroom

You have to make plenty of decisions when remodelling a compact bathroom, about the shower, tiling, layout and many other features. One crucial component to focus on is the vanity unit. Choosing the right design will help to maximise space. Here are some considerations.

Floating Styles

The vanity unit is often one of the bulkiest components in a bathroom. While showers are big, they often use glass, which allows you to see past the screens. But vanities visually block off a chunk of the room. If you want to create spaciousness, you could opt for a floating vanity. These designs are mounted to the wall rather than the floor. Because you can see more floor area underneath, the room seems bigger overall. While floating vanities are often used in modern decors, they come in diverse styles to suit traditional, rustic and industrial bathrooms.

Custom Or Premade Model

Another decision you'll need to make about the vanity is whether you want to have it custom-built specifically for your bathroom. Alternatively, you could buy a pre-made vanity. The benefit of a custom design is that it can be configured to make the most of a compact area. For example, you could design it with a shallower depth so it protrudes less from the wall. And you can configure the vanity's width to cover as much or as little wall area as you want. Pre-made vanities come in standard widths and depths that may not work in your bathroom. This may also be the case if the room is extra large, or if it has unusual proportions.

Basin And Tap

The basin and tap also need to work with the proportions of the vanity and room. A wall-mounted tap will save counter space, but whether or not this is workable depends on the wall structure. It's challenging to build plumbing, for example, in a solid brick wall. Other possibilities include setting the tap beside rather than behind the basin, thus allowing you to install a shallower vanity.

The basin can similarly be set up in various ways. You can recess it into the counter or mount it on top. On a shallow vanity, the basin can be semi-recessed so that it has an overhang. That way, you can minimise the size of the storage but still install a decent-sized basin. Ask bathroom remodelling professionals for further ideas about how to get a vanity to work in a compact space.

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