Vanity sketch

Here is what I hope our vanity will look like with the Ikea box, laminate top, Duravit sink, and wall mounted faucets.

Park Oak vanity

This vanity is from one of Leanarch's other projects, the Park Oak house. I'd like our hacked together Ikea sink/base to look sort of like this.

If I squint just right, maybe. . .

Before my morning espresso. . .

Ikea hack

This is a photo I found on the Dwell forums, and it just may save the day for us. We want to use an Ikea kitchen base cabinet in the master bathroom. The problem is, Ikea's bathroom sink won't fit the kitchen cabinet.
So, instead of a $900 materials and labor cost on cutting granite to accept an undermount sink we could do this: $50 chunk of butcher block wood countertop and a $60 Ikea sink. The wood fits the cabinet, and a hole is cut into it to fit the sink. Problem solved.

Where to get bathroom furniture?

Any suggestions on nice-looking, moderately-priced, modern cabinet/vanity/sink? Ikea is letting us down here, as far as the master bathroom goes. Their stuff's too small. We have a space around 45" wide. Help!

Design Within Reach (of Whom?)

I'm sure that these two products are worlds apart when viewed in person.

DWR vs. IKEA


$760.00

$59.99

More thoughts on fixtures. Railings, too.

Erin says:

We've almost decided to go with Hudson Reed for faucets. JP has been scouring blogs and forums for reviews, and most people seem to think that as long as you get the correct conversion parts, installation is okay. Our problem now is that he wants a more overhead-type "rain" showerhead, and I don't. Since I have long hair, I often skip washing it, and I prefer an angled head. We may go for both -- we have to ask if that's possible, or if it's a budget-buster.

We're also waiting to find our if we can have wall-mounted faucets without a weird sink. You know, those bowls that sit on your counter.

On a different note, I really want to get a dual-level handrail for the stairs, so there's one at adult level and one at kid level. I was looking for a photo online, but I haven't found one yet. Our Ikea has them on their stairs.