Tiny Bathroom Renovation
There is a bathroom on each floor of our new house. A regular full size on the third, a half on the first and an under the stairs -> powder room on the first floor. It’s tiny. It’s just enough room for a toilet and small sink.
Designing the room is tricky because we want to make the room appear bigger. Who wouldn’t want a larger bathroom? But when the tiny bathroom is just 4×3, you can’t really make it appear that much larger.
We are going to use all the designers tips for making it larger, but I know it’s not going to make a huge difference so I think we should go for the cool factor!
I want to choose a cool sink so when someone is in the bathroom, they think “hey small bathroom, cool sink.”
Lee doesn’t like my cool sink idea.
He wants storage – a plain sink with lots of storage suits him. He’d like a space saver sink something like this, but I think it’s took deep – needs 17 inches from the wall. Lowes & Home Depot have them in stock.
* I was hoping to find a sink with faucet because very small sink owners have complained that standard faucets don’t work as well as they should in these tiny sinks.
I found this beauty, the Porcher Elfe (which I’ve seen in some swanky NYC restaurant bathrooms).
The Porcher Elfe is $217 at Vintage Tub (5″H x 19-1/2″L x 9-1/4″D)
I heart this one too:
Edgewood sink $129 at Cornersinks (also available in bone color) $119 at Rens Up
Jem Collection by Whitehaus– includes towel bar below sink $271 (19 3/4″ x 9 7/8″ x 5 1/4″)
Of course there are Corner sinks..
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This one is $159 at Cornersinks
1930’s Durvit model
English Turn Corner Basin $85 in white or $102 in bisque
And a corner pedestal sink:
$265 at Vintage Tub and Bath (faucet not included)
Overstock is a great website for a variety of small sinks and many include faucets too!
Kraus sink and faucet $209 at Overstock
$219 Vessel sink with Bamboo style faucet at Overstock (the faucet is a bit too trendy for me)
Frosted Bowl sink & faucet $189 at Overstock
I noticed Amazon has small sinks too…
Corner sink $59.50 (no faucet) Amazon
Cheapest small sink:
Crane Squire 12×15 sink at Home Builder Wholesale $42.71
Oh and there is this beautiful one:
It’s from Amin Design, but it’s not available in the US and you would have to wait for delivery.
In order to save space in the bathroom, the Sink/Toilet together design – not for us as guests will be too confused. $99 at Gaim.
Ebay actually has a seller for small bathroom sinks like this:
If you are interested in this type, they are on ebay as well.Historic Houseparts sells small used vintage sinks.
If you have 19″, La Cava has a lot of nice designs. See this one for $1500
In NYC, Gracious Home located at 1992 Broadway and 67th Street has a few small sinks in stock (reasonably priced too) Store hours: Monday – Friday: 9 am- 8:30 pm, Saturday: 9am-9pm, Sunday: 10am-7pm
Hugs,
marlene
Topics: Brooklyn | 3 Comments »
November 11th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Thanks for the article. great work!
March 8th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Good Designable bathroom sink..
May 3rd, 2011 at 6:59 am
Oh very nice, yeah it’s very tiny and sweet. The pictures of it awesome, I also like to have a bathroom like this.