Vanity Design Help

[Scoony]

Building a walnut vanity for my bathroom remodel. I was planing on inset raised panel doors and flat drawers, but at this point, I am not sure. 

The end panels are glued up, but the front and real rails are dry fitted as I ponder where I want to go with the doors/drawers. 

Your input would help me in figuring out what I want to do.




I used poplar and ply on the right as it will be up against a wall.

[jteneyck]

I would think about frame and panel, inset doors, two per hole, and inset slab drawer fronts. 

John

[Bill Holt]

What John said.

[Steve N]

Building a walnut vanity for my bathroom remodel. I was planing on inset raised panel doors and flat drawers, but at this point, I am not sure. 

The end panels are glued up, but the front and real rails are dry fitted as I ponder where I want to go with the doors/drawers. 

Your input would help me in figuring out what I want to do.




I used poplar and ply on the right as it will be up against a wall.

John (Scoony) is the plain side going to be against a wall, or are you looking at 2 looks? I like the raised panel, and the same look on the front, like John suggested 2 doors per opening, and inset drawer fronts. So pic #1 all the way. Went back and added the Scoony, got a lot of Johns in here.

[Cooler]

I would use drawers.  I put two drawers under my sink in the vanity.  It is far more useful and gives you more options on proportions.

The top drawer has to be a horseshoe shape to skirt the sink.  But that is very handy for smaller items like razors and deodorant.  

I don't think I would be happy going forward with any vanity that had doors in place of drawers.  It almost doubles the usable space and with full extension drawers it is much easier to access.

[Scoony]

John (Scoony) is the plain side going to be against a wall, or are you looking at 2 looks? I like the raised panel, and the same look on the front, like John suggested 2 doors per opening, and inset drawer fronts. So pic #1 all the way. Went back and added the Scoony, got a lot of Johns in here.

Right side is up against the wall, thats why I used poplar and ply instead of walnut and raised panels. 

My initial plans were to use inset doors, but started to think that something else might work. Based on what you all are saying, I will stick with the initial plans. 

As for all drawers, I will lose a lot of space based on the location of the plumbing. I am removing a small shower and converting that to storage space with possibly a built-in.

[Ken Vick]

Doors like John T. suggested and inset curly maple or curly cherry drawer fronts.  Ken

[Gary™]

How wide will the (single) sink intrude inside the cabinet? You're probably lose the top center drawer to it and some depth on the lower drawers.

Unless you're doing dual sinks and you can populate all three center drawers. I'll assume that's your plan. So you won't have room for drawers on the left right so I'd go with the inset panel doors there (single wide door on each) opening facing each other. I'd do inset panel drawer fronts to match.

[Stwood_]

How wide will the (single) sink intrude inside the cabinet?    You're probably lose the top center drawer to it and some depth on the lower drawers.  

Unless you're doing dual sinks and you can populate all three center drawers.   I'll assume that's your plan. So you won't have room for drawers on the left right so I'd go with the inset panel doors there (single wide door on each) opening facing each other.  I'd do inset panel drawer fronts to match.

Thats a fairly wide area to go with single doors. I never liked to go over 20" doors.

[Tapper]

I would think about frame and panel, inset doors, two per hole, and inset slab drawer fronts. 

John

Another vote for John's suggestion.

Doug