Your bathroom remodel needs a beautiful vanity. Walking the line between timeless and trendy is challenging for every remodel, but finding the perfect vanity for your project is well worth the effort. Bathroom trends certainly rise and fall, though they evolve more slowly because the bathroom basics can limit your options and imagination. You’ve got to have a toilet, sink, shower, and/or tub. Great opportunities for making a statement and setting a curated tone in your bathroom are often best realized in your vanity. It’s a customizable element that can feature unique materials and incorporate larger themes in your new bathroom.
Smardbuild of Naperville, IL knows Chicago bathrooms. Our bathroom remodels create stunning spaces that provide just the right touch to our clients’ everyday lives. Beautiful bathrooms are an investment in yourself and your experience. Use a bathroom remodel to tip the scales toward a positive vibe as you begin and end each day.
Trending Vanity Styles in Chicago
Vanities are master bathroom must-haves. You need them in your powder rooms, guest bathrooms, Jack and Jills, and kids’ bathrooms alike, though you may make different choices for each one. Here are some of our favorite trends to watch for your new bathroom vanity in 2023.
Extra Vanity Isn’t Vain
Though double vanities aren’t exactly a new idea, they’re certainly holding their popularity strong in 2023. However, many clients find that a double vanity doesn’t quite cut it. More space in one place doesn’t address the problem of the lack of prep space in another. Add a vanity next to your shower to create a staging area that doesn’t tie up the main affair. Extra vanities can be a lifesaver in busy bathrooms with multiple people prepping simultaneously. With one bathroom vanity inside the shower area and another just outside the door, you’ve got privacy and options to start and end your day with plenty of elbow room and workspace.
Serene Shades and Calming Neutrals
Bathroom vanity color trends are venturing into a subtle, softer territory and away from stark white and unforgiving black. Calming neutrals like warm beige, blue-gray, or muted green give your most personal space a luxe look and a pop of understated personality. Colors of the year for 2023 include many pinky hues like Sherwin Williams’ Redend Point and Pantone’s Viva Magenta. Think terra cotta, caramel, and all the colors splashed across a sunset. Consider injecting a little warmth into your space with a rosy glow to your new bathroom.
Upcycled Antiques
Consider converting a long-forgotten gem into an everyday workhorse. Many antique dressers, side tables, and buffets find lovely new life as a bathroom vanity. Look for a well-made piece at flea markets and estate sales, or enlist your designer to find good candidates for conversion. Timeless and vintage-inspired bathrooms can borrow a little authentic credibility from the past, even when you imagine something brand-new.
Mixed Materials and Textures
Add contrast to your vanity with mixed materials and textures. Try painted wood and natural stain, opposing orientations, two-toned wood, or contrasting glossy and matte finishes within your vanity to create bespoke flair and intrigue. You can mix your metals too! There’s no need to choose ultra-matchy plumbing, light fixtures, knobs, and pulls, unless that’s your vision. Feel free to take advantage of the vintage-eclectic vibe of the moment and choose complimentary hardware that doesn’t match perfectly.
Custom Storage Solutions
We’re always perplexed when we see a vanity with false cupboards and drawer fronts. Who needs less storage in their bathroom? Take every opportunity to keep the tools you need at your fingertips with built-in outlets, appliance storage, pull-outs, and dividers for ultra-organization. There’s no need for frustrated rummaging when you’ve designed an intentional space for all of your belongings.
Floating Vanities
Floating vanities look perfect in contemporary and modern bathrooms. Their sleek frame is completely supported on the adjacent wall, leaving negative space below the vanity that makes the furniture the focal point. One often-overlooked advantage of floating vanities is the wheelchair accessibility that many provide. Depending on your vanity’s height, it may easily accommodate a wheelchair user’s legs, providing ease and convenience for everyone who uses the space.
Let That Sink in!
Bathroom sink trends for 2023 are more adventurous than ever before. We’re seeing more solid-surface bathroom sinks than ever before. Corian sinks, terrazzo sinks, or other options incorporating a sink and countertop into one sleek surface provide a modern-meets-ancient appeal. We’re also seeing more colorful bathroom sinks than in past designs. You’re no longer relegated to plain porcelain if you don’t want to be.
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