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How to choose bathroom furniture and shelves

How to choose bathroom furniture and shelves
Suspended units or floor-standing cabinets as well as countertops, are essential pieces of furniture to ensure maximum functionality in a bathroom. Let’s take a look at how to choose them without making any mistakes.

Bathroom furniture: features of the trendiest units

A cabinet under the washbasin can be very useful to store bath linen and items necessary for daily personal hygiene, such as a hairdryer or a razor. Depending on the type of installation, bathroom furniture can be divided into two categories:
  • floor-standing bathroom cabinets
  • suspended bathroom units
Floor-standing cabinets are intended to occupy floor space and are not usually suitable for small bathrooms as they take up space and make the room seem narrower. However, they fit perfectly into larger bathrooms especially if you want to add a touch of vintage style. An excellent example of classy bathroom interior design is the Waldorf Collection of washbasins, suitable for being built-into suspended units or floor-standing cabinets to create an exclusive vintage look.

Suspended bathroom units instead, are prepared for wall installation: with this solution it is possible to give the room an appearance of lightness without running the risk of creating a sensation of bulkiness, especially in small bathrooms. Interior designers often include suspended units in their projects to furnish modern and contemporary style bathrooms. In this case, the sanitary ware of the Nolita Collection, produced to capture attention and to become the star attraction of the bathroom thanks to its minimal and captivating design, is the perfect solution.

To facilitate cleaning, all bathroom furniture should have doors: open-plan bathrooms, in fact, are more exposed dust because they are open style. Whichever the type of furniture chosen, it is important that there is easy access to the drainage system, more precisely the bottle trap.

Wooden bathroom countertops: top of the range for modern style washbasins

A wooden bathroom countertop is the ideal solution because it offers a support surface for the washbasin especially in modern bathroom interiors. Available in different lengths, countertops allow you to fully customize the bathroom. It is possible to place the washbasin on the surface and still have sufficient space available to store everything you need for daily personal hygiene, such as a toothbrush holder, a soap dish, and a soap dispenser.

If you choose a modern and exclusive washbasin, such as those included in the Wash Basin Collection> by Kerasan, the countertop can hold fittings just behind the washbasin. If the dimensions of the bathroom are large enough, it is possible to choose bigger wooden bathroom countertops, such as those which are 140 or 160 cm long where twin washbasins can be positioned: the exclusive look of a bathroom with two washbasins will not go unnoticed and its extraordinary functionality can meet the needs of large families.

High-quality materials for wooden furniture and bathroom countertops

If installation is dictated by personal taste and the style of furniture in the bathroom, the choice of the material does not leave any alternative: wooden bathroom countertops must always be made of the highest quality material. The room in which they will be placed is undoubtedly one of the areas of the house with the highest level of moisture, and the vapours generated by the use of hot water under the shower or in the bathtub could badly damage bathroom accessories, especially if they are not made of high-quality raw materials and have not been carefully manufactured.