Vanity Units

Vanity Units - A Buyers Guide

What is a Vanity Unit?

A bathroom vanity unit is a piece of furniture that combines the bathroom basin with a useful storage cabinet. These units are specifically designed for life in the bathroom environment a more humid and challenging environment for furniture to endure.

Most bathroom manufacturers will produce their furniture with a waterproof base if it is floor standing (such as Burlington) or with a water-resistant coating and smart, enduring materials (such as VitrA, Crosswater and Villeroy and Boch).

The image above features the popular Villeroy and Boch Subway 2.0 bathroom sink unit

Wall Hung Vanity Units

Wall-mounted sink units have a lovely modern and clean aesthetic, they tend to be more contemporary in style and come in a wide range of styles and finishes. The wall-hung design lifts the unit off the floor, this creates the illusion of space in any bathroom and can be complimented and defined with the addition of LED lighting to illuminate the area adding interest and depth to any bathroom design.

The image above illustrates the lovely illumination on the VitrA Frame furniture shown here in stylish black.

An increasing number of wall hung units now have illumination such as the Villeroy and Boch Legato collection, and other stunning brands such as Crosswater Bathroom furniture and the inventive and exciting VitrA Bathroom Furniture.

Floor Standing Vanity Units

Floor standing sink units tend to be more traditional in style such as those suitable for Victorian Bathrooms. There are more modern designs available often with a sit on vanity basin. Floor-standing units also tend to have doors rather than drawers with internal shelves to make the most of the unit carcass shape. Look for features such as soft closing hinges and illumination options for a luxe feel.

The image above illustrates the elegant, traditional Burlington floor standing unit in stylish grey.

Built-in Bathroom Furniture

Burlington fitted furniture as in the image above is functional and stylish, finished with a Burlington worktop

Built in bathroom furniture is floorstanding and is designed to be fitted in a “run” of units, often with a single piece countertop across the top. This is a lovely way to create a well-coordinated bathroom with plenty of storage space, we offer a selection of fitted furniture collections modern and traditional in style from Roper Rhodes, Burlington and many more brands, contact us for more details on fitted furniture!

Roper Rhodes make a wide range of lovely fitted furniture ranges from modern to traditional and industrial bathroom styles, featured above the Burford.

Traditional Vanity Units

Bathroom units in a traditional style tend to be floor mounted but some contemporary units are wall-mounted for a fresh take on the classical look such as those from Imperial Bathrooms.

Illustrated above is the charming Burlington wall hung curved wall vanity unit

Shaker style doors and traditional wood grains feature, there are also lovely painted finishes with optional gold handles such as the popular VitrA Valarte collection which comes in a wide range of sizes either wall-mounted or floor standing.

The video above illustrates the elegant VitrA Bathroom Furniture Valarte collection which is in a classical, traditional bathroom style.

Vanity Washstands

Washstands are increasingly popular. We offer traditional bathroom washstands from Burlington, Imperial, Victoria + Albert and VitrA. VitrA Bathrooms also produce a modern washstand design as do Britton bathrooms, for that stunning black bathrooms look. You have plenty of size and finish options, from smaller cloakroom washbasin stands to full double sized washstands such as the colossal 1200mm Burlington washstand!

Washstands come in more traditional styles but also beautiful contemporary designs such as the VitrA Plural range illustrated above

Vanity Units for Cloakrooms

The image above shows the clever design of the Crosswater Zion cloakroom unit which is compact in-depth but move the tap to the side.

Cloakroom vanity units are often cleverly designed with compact basins, smart cloakroom unit shapes often move the tap position to the side so as to not lose any handwashing space, these smarter designs can also be used with a standard basin tap rather than a cloakroom mixer (which has a shorter projection).

Vanity Units for Small Bathrooms

Illustrated here is the Villeroy and Boch Avento unit for small bathrooms, with a soft closing drawer and well-proportioned basin

Small sink units are sometimes a little more compact but not to the extent of cloakroom units. These sink units can be wall hung or floor-standing, they tend to be 500mm or under and have a smaller washbasin that is still suitable for washing rather than handwashing only, but makes good use of space, in smaller widths.

Vanity Units for Countertop

Crosswater Infinity is a gorgeous bathroom collection with a huge range of options!

Countertop vanity units are a real eye-catcher in bathroom design. They allow you to showcase a countertop basin, for example, the Crosswater Infinity range can be built to your requirements from the various component parts and finished with one of their stunning worktops. Worktop finishes such as marble and an assortment of wood grains are popular, installed with a coloured bathroom countertop basin for an up to date, elegant bathroom look.

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