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The bathroom vanity offers consumers an elegant, functional, and in some cases necessary pedestal for their sink. Some would choose a sink-in-vanity over a freestanding basin because of the storage space the former offers. Depending on the theme of the bathroom, the vanity can also serve as an important design fixture, acting as a focal point in the room and tying other elements together.

The Vitra Pera Bathroom vanity unit and basin is a simple white box, perfect for small, simple lavatories. Likewise, the shelf-based Laufen PRO B is a minimal, economical solution for everyday living.

Those looking for more distinctive vanities would do well to look at the Gelson Rhone and Elbe vanity units. Both long rectangles with rooster-looking taps, the former sits flush on the floor while the latter stands atop elegant chrome legs. Also creative are the Laufen PRO A vanity units, which wrap around and conceal the sink’s pipe without themselves touching the floor. The Laufen PRO A comes in single door and two versions of a double door variety. All have frosted sliding doors that opaquely reveal the cabinet’s contents.

Imperial Bathrooms and Ideal Standard also make truly elegant and truly distinctive vanities. The former’s Westminster Oaky Esteem and obsidian Linea both look like fine furniture, giving the bathroom sink the look of an heirloom. The Ideal Standard Create, in a choice of finishes, looks more like cabinetry or a chest of drawers. In this way, the Create is perfect for seamlessly integrating bedroom and bathroom.

Bathroom remodelers with limited space to work in may be interested in corner basins. Smaller and more compact than other basins, they take up significantly less space than traditional sinks and fit in almost any bathroom space. And consumers need not sacrifice style for utility. Several brands make distinctively designed corner basins.

Roca’s Giralda Corner Unit & Corner Basin utilizes light oak to achieve a clean, Scandinavian look. The rectangular mirror, which is bordered top and bottom by oak, rests above a porcelain basin whose pipe-work is covered by an elegant towel bar and wooden cabinet. Roca also makes the Hall Corner Basin and Angular Corner Basin – simple porcelain basins with chrome taps and pipes – as well as the truly distinctive Senso Corner Basin. Its pipes totally disguised, the Senso basin seems to rest lightly atop a wooden shelving unit, making it a visually interesting design piece as well as a functioning sink.

Other brands make simpler, more basic bathroom basins composed of white porcelain and chrome taps.

Vitra’s Arkitekt floats above the bathroom floor with exposed pipes while their Round Corner Basin sits atop and elegant pedestal column. The Laufen Pro C corner hand basin has clean lines and seems almost impossibly small. It’s perfect for truly limited bathroom spaces. Similarly, the Jika Mio corner bathroom sink basin is incredibly compact.

Of these ultra compact corner basins, perhaps none is more compact than the Bauhaus Ninety corner hand washbasin. Shaped like a right triangle, this sink is, like the Laufen and Jika, perfect for tiny lavatories.

Imperial’s line of hand-crafted stone and marble sink bowls are truly unique bathroom pieces. Connecting you with the history and ancient peoples in Europe and America, these are among the most ancient materials one can use for home design in general and bathroom design in particular. Decadent, smooth, clean, and organic – the Imperial line of hand-crafted stone and marble sink bowls are exciting because of their simplicity, naturalness, and decadence. Each is handcrafted from solid pieces of stone and marble, allowing the unique grain to shine through and accent your one-of-a-kind bathroom with flair and elegance. A range of shapes and a wide range of tones also ensure you’ll find the right piece to capture the mood you prefer for your bathroom, as well as perfectly accent your other fixtures.

The round Agri bowl is ivory with pink accents while the shape and colour of the Denzi suggests nothing so much as fine terracotta pottery. The dark blue, square Attis Midnight pushes the eye toward the dark tones of a midnight ocean while its sister pieces – the Attis Twilight ad Attis Dawn – each move progressively toward white in the colour spectrum. The arresting slate-blue of the Twilight would be a sumptuous accent in an otherwise white bathroom while the ice-blue Dawn suggests the purity of an iceberg. The Seline Midnight, Twilight, and Dawn are very similar in colour to the Attis. Like the Attis, they move progressively from deep blue to ice-white. However, these pieces are shaped as shallow bowls instead of squares.

Bathroom remodelers with limited space may be interested in corner baths. Smaller and more compact than other bath tubs, they take up significantly less space than traditional baths and fit in almost any bathroom space. And consumers need not sacrifice style for utility. Carron, Ideal Standard, and Vitra Optima all offer corner baths that are elegant as well as functional.

Ideal Standard’s Create offset corner bath comes in both left handed and right handed models and is designed with both space and comfort in mind. Ideal Standard also has a line of neatly folding bath screens and over bath screens made especially for the Create corner bath.

Vitra Optima’s Offset Acrylic corner bath comes complete with bath feet, but no tap holes. These are custom drilled as required to accommodate left or right handed taps. Vitra Optima also sells a curved offset bath panel that can be ordered separately from the tub. 

Carron has a much more diverse range of corner baths. Seven models in all, each differs slightly in terms of internal layout. All baths can be ordered left or right handed and come finished with the standard 5mm thickness or in Carronite. The later has a 30 year guarantee.

The Carron Agenda, Dove, and Omega have simple, gently sloping interiors. The Centennial, Monarch, Oriole and Tranquillity all have varying degrees of terraced interiors. Using these corner baths, the bather can choose his/her level of immersion and enjoy the utility of a bath seat while bathing.

Villeroy & Boch is a major German manufacturer of ceramics and household accessories. It actually began in France, in 1748, when namesake François Boch began a pottery company with his three sons. The company eventually moved to Luxembourg where it still operates a factory today. In 1801, the company officially moved its headquarters to Mettlach, Germany, just over the border from Luxembourg. François Boch merged his company with that of a competitor, Nicolas Villeroy, in 1836 to form the company we presently know.

Today, Villeroy & Boch makes all sorts of luxury bathroom accessories and fixtures unrivalled for quality, beauty, and durability. True to their origins as a porcelain manufacturer, Villeroy & Boch make top-of-the-line basins, bidets, bathtubs, toilets, and urinals, but they also make designer furniture, taps and mixtures, and designer radiators. Stylish and functional, Villeroy & Boch bathroom products add an elegant accent to the modern European home, flat, apartment, or country house.

Each product has various style lines, ensuring customers will be able to outfit their bathrooms by drawing on their own unique sensibility. The Aveo line of bathtubs, for example, is marked by organic curves, the Squaro by natural wood and stone elements, and the Bellevue by clean, modern lines. To accent your bathroom fixtures, Villeroy & Boch also manufacture colourful bathroom tiles in a diverse range of patterns and palettes. So whether you’re trying to capture the feel of the Alhambra or the look of the modern European city, Villeroy & Boch offers a range of functional solutions.

Imperial Bathrooms periodically offers limited edition bathroom fixtures. Meant to serve as milestones in the company’s history, they market these limited editions as expressions of individuality and hope consumers will buy them to give their bathrooms a unique design edge.

Imperial limits production of each of these pieces to just 200 worldwide, making them truly rare and among the most exclusive consumer goods on the market. Likely ensuring no one you know will have the same bathroom as you, these limited editions are excellent ways for consumers to assert their individuality. Moreover, each limited edition is handcrafted and stamped with a special “Limited Edition” platinum logo. They also come with certificates of authenticity and can, in some cases, be custom made based on the customer’s individual tastes, ideas, and design needs.

At present, Imperial offers seven limited editions. The Jazz basin and cistern lid are downy white and accented with a textured pattern reminiscent of dried sand.  The Kinetic basin and cistern lid have ribbed patterns, and the Bathroom have a playful, childlike feel. The word “Bathroom” dances across the surfaces of this sink and cistern, making it perfect for a child’s lavatory.

For those looking for decorative patterns, the Zen basin and cistern lid are decorated with delicate blue flowers laid over white porcelain. The Frappe limited edition is similar, save that it’s dressed with yellow wildflowers, as is the Bubble and Pebble basins and cistern lids. The former portrays a busy, almost frenetic, dance of grey-blue bubbles, the latter delicate grey kisses that evoke river stones.

Bisque radiators are elegantly designed to emphasize the clean lines of the modern European bathroom and expertly engineered to steadily heat virtually any towel and any room of the house but provide especial comfort and warmth to the modern domestic bathroom.

Bisque offers over twenty five styles of radiators in thousands of sizes, colours, and finishes so finding one to fit any need, taste, and space won’t ever be a problem. Moreover, Bisque radiators can either be run electrically or via central heating so they can be used in virtually any space.

Bisque has a number of towel radiators, including the waffle-shaped B2; the horizontally-linear, ladder-like Bow Fronted, Deline, Quadrato, and Straight Fronted; the curving, snake-like Cobra-Therm; and the coiling Hot Spring and Mini Hot Spring.

The B2 has precise square proportions and a chrome rail that evokes geometry and fine architecture. The Bow Fronted, Deline, Quadrato, and Straight Fronted all have bars running horizontally across the radiators. The Bow Fronted and Straight Fronted have tightly packed, exposed dowels while the Deline and Quadrato have nested bars.

The Cobra-Therm swishes back and forth in curves of warm, serpentine meanders, making it perfect for warming multiple towels. The Hot Spring and Mini Hot Spring offer the consumer a towering coil of warmth. Both elegant and efficient, the Hot Spring was designed by Priestman Goode for Bisque. The Mini Hot Spring was designed by Paul Priestman for Bisque and stands as a more compact version of the iconic Hot Spring.