Ok, so if you didn’t get the hint from the title of this post then here is your warning- this post is not going to be pretty.  There are going to be pictures that are even uglier than usual because if we are being honest, this part of the renovation is not even a little bit beautiful.  It’s kind of fun and it’s super exciting, but it is kind of terrible not nice to look at.

This morning, Ronan asked me why I was in a bad mood and I told him that I had been on Pinterest again.  He needed no further explanation.  Instagram and Pinterest and all the other beautiful social media outlets are awesome, but they can be daunting too. Right now, I am feeling like the day when I can take a picture of a room in this house and not wince is a longgggg way off.  I can assure you that no one is going to be pinning the pictures I am about to post.  However, we need your help with a decision and this is the best way to show you what we are working with. So, brace yourself because it’s about to get ugly.

The Situation (I hate that it’s been 10 years and I still can’t say those two words without thinking of Jersey Shore)

We wanted to create a vanity for the master bathroom with a piece of old furniture instead of buying one.  Luckily, there is a Habitat for Humanity Restore right down the road that is almost always full of great stuff.  The same day that I explained to Ronan what type of furniture I was hoping to get for the vanity, we found a piece that was almost exactly what I had wanted.  It seemed like it was meant to be.  We went home to determine whether it would fit correctly in the room and after determining it would, we bought it.  Then we took it home and put it in the future master bathroom.  Technically, it works in the space. We need to put it on the same wall as the toilet and it does leave enough room for this to happen.  However, after seeing it in the room, we aren’t sure if a large, two sink vanity is the best option or whether a smaller, one sink vanity would look better in the space.  Of course, this calls for a vote. In order for you to make a well-informed decision, I feel like you need to see exactly what we are working with and I hope that the information below provides answers to any questions you might have.

Option One- More Sinks/Less Space

I think that for many people master bathrooms and double sinks go hand-in-hand.  The idea of each person having their own little sink is appealing, for sure.  The issue we are facing is that the master bathroom is not huge and double sinks take up a significant amount of space. If we go with this option, it allows enough room in the corner for a toilet, but it might look a little cramped.  This option also means that the vanity will need to be pushed up against the wall in order to make enough room for the toilet on the other side of it, which might not look awesome.

Our finishes won’t be the same as the ones pictured, just use this for an idea of how close together and close to the walls the vanity and toilet will be. 

Option Two- Fewer Sinks/More Space

This is pretty self-explanatory.  This option has a smaller vanity and only one sink, but it allows for a lot more open space in the bathroom.  I’m not totally sure what open space in a bathroom is used for, but I assume everyone has their own thing that they can imagine doing in that space? No need to share those ideas here.

This smaller vanity definitely makes the room feel more open and airy.  

Now, The Ugly

The pictures below give you an idea of exactly how much space we are working with.  The wall that the vanity and toilet will actually be on hasn’t gone up yet, so we put the vanity that we currently have on the wall on the other side of the bathroom that is (obviously) the same size as the future wall.

What you are looking at above (sorry for your eyes) is the piece of furniture that we picked up to use as our vanity.  Obviously, it won’t work just like that.  If we use it, we plan on putting two sinks in it, cutting the legs shorter, and painting it.  See the wall on the left?  That is a wall that I made out of cardboard boxes because I don’t know how to build walls on my own and I wanted to create a clear boundary to show exactly how big the room is going to be.  The space between the “vanity” and the cardboard wall is where the toilet would need to go.

This is pretty much the same picture, except I found a chair that is almost the same width as the tank of a standard toilet so that it puts it all in perspective.  The million dollar question is whether I have way too much time on my hands   what my son was doing while I was finding items that were the approximate size of toilets if that big vanity and “toilet” look okay next to each other on a wall that size or whether it will look much better to have a smaller vanity.

I apologize for the ugly, but the sooner you vote, the sooner we can fix it.  Also, don’t feel like you need to vote for the double vanity just because we already have a piece of furniture to use for that option. We are confident finding a similar, smaller piece of furniture to use for a single vanity would be just as easy and fun.  If we thought that the vanity we had was perfect, this vote wouldn’t be happening. As always, thanks for your opinions and let the voting commence!