Like all the furniture in your home, bathroom furniture serves a purpose. It needs to be functional and should appeal to your decorative taste and style. Bathroom furniture includes, but is not limited to, vanities, cabinets, and towel racks. In higher-end bathrooms, the list includes chaise lounges, arm chairs, and a plasma TV.
Getting Started
Whether it is a vanity, shelves, or cabinets you are looking for, first and foremost, pinpoint your style of decor. This helps to navigate a clear plan for what you want. Next, determine how much you can spend. There are plenty of suppliers on the Internet and in the big-box stores that will carry just what you have in mind. Consult a designer if you aren’t sure where or how to start.
Make an Investment
Understand, too, that there is a difference between cheap and low quality; so while your budget may say “cheap,” don’t cheap on the quality of the pieces you choose. As a high-use, humid environment, the bathroom must contain long-lasting, durable, and moisture resistant furniture. Don’t waste your money by overlooking precautions in material selection.
Vanity Choices
Wood, plastic, or ceramic vanities can serve a budget-conscious remodel, while antique and stone vanities are more expensive. The choices are endless. Vanities can stand alone with an accompanying mirror, stool, or bench, or they can come with cabinetry built in. Vanities can also be freestanding or attached to the wall, depending on your space availability and personal preferences. Your vanity of choice will not only hide unsightly plumbing and give your bathroom a neat, uncluttered look, it also will provide storage space for beauty supplies and toiletries.
Furnishing around the Vanity
Once your choice of vanity has been made, design the rest of your furniture around it. Shelves, towel racks, and even a handy chair or table will fit in well in the bathroom. Accessorize according to your style of decor and color choices. Popular bathroom items include mirrors and towel racks properly placed for convenience. All racks and shelving possibilities have the potential to add storage and organization to your bathroom.
These days, the bathroom is so much more than just a basic necessity; it has become a place to unwind. It is usually the first room you go to in the morning and the last in the evening. That said, furnish the bathroom in ways to make it pleasing, comfortable, and organized.
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Dela Reidel is a freelance writer for CalFinder Remodeling. View more of her articles and find licensed bathroom remodeling contractors.
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Great suggestion. As a Feng Shui consultant, I also like to introduce the color green into a bathroom because of the high water element that is represented with the sink, toilet and bathtub/ shower. I also like to sometimes add a plant on the top of a toilet to replace what many have on the toilet already - candles. Seems to bring the bathroom in harmony.
Comment by Ken Lauher — October 24, 2008 @ 9:57 pm