| The design of a bathroom reflects the personality of | | | | custom fabricators sell new vanities specifically |
| the person or persons who use it, and adding a | | | | designed to hold a sink and basin taps if requested |
| modern or antique replica vanity unit will make the | | | | Bathroom vanities also come as complete sets, with |
| boldest statement of any feature in the room. | | | | vanity, sink, and mirrors in one package. |
| Hundreds of years ago, before advances in plumbing | | | | An example of a bathroom vanity unit for a |
| and the wide availability of waterproof materials, | | | | contemporary home would be the Bristol Bechenham |
| bathrooms were much like any other room in the | | | | range available online. The unit comes complete with a |
| house; they were adorned with elaborate and lush | | | | vanity unit, a ceramic sink, and a rectangular mirror. |
| fabrics, hand carved furniture, and of course, beautiful | | | | Sets like this one are also available in chic metro |
| vanities. Even in the Victorian Era, the bathroom vanity | | | | designs from Kallista, Duravit, and a host of other |
| was a popular feature in a bathroom, and the French | | | | companies. These units run from under $1000 for a |
| and Europeans never truly parted with their historical | | | | smaller bathroom unit, to well over $6,000 for a special |
| roots with regard to the vanity. | | | | collection from Kallista or Porcher. |
| Today, vanities are used to bring some of the comfort | | | | Finding bathroom vanity units that will last can be done |
| of an elegant room back to the bathroom. Antique | | | | for much less money, however. To start with, buy a |
| vanities are adapted for use in the bathroom, and | | | | sink separately. |