Small Bathroom Design Tips: Corner Vanities

You know what you want when you have bathroom renovations, but the size of the room might get in the way. Fitting everything in if you lack space feels impossible.

Before you compromise on the size of your fixtures and fittings or the things you can fit in the room, take a last look at space you aren't using. For example, you can use the corners of the room more actively. Putting in a corner vanity unit is an option. How does this free up space and what else does it give you?

Use Wasted Space to the Max

When you started planning your bathroom layout, you probably used the walls as a measure of what you could fit in. You tried to position a bath and/or shower, toilet, and vanity sink unit along the walls.

This doesn't always work so well in smaller bathrooms. If you're planning around straight walls on their own, then you lose space in the room. 

For example, if you have a vanity unit at the end of a wall, it uses space along its wall and also blocks off some of the adjoining wall. You can't put anything on the beginning of the adjoining wall because the unit takes up the space.

If you fit a corner vanity, then you still use space on both walls, but the unit takes up less room. It fits into the corner and has a smaller footprint on each wall. This reduces wasted space. The sink part of the unit uses the corner space more effectively.

This enables you to free up more space in the room for other fittings. For example, you may have room for a larger bath along a wall. You might be able to fit the shower you want in there too.

Make the Bathroom Easier to Use

Wall space is not the only thing you have to think about when you design a bathroom. You have to work out how the flow of traffic works in the room when everything is fitted and whether you have the space to open and close doors.

If you use corner as well as wall space, then you may have more space to move around the room comfortably. You'll also find that the bathroom is easier to clean if everything isn't cramped tight together.

If you're scratching your head over how to fit everything in your bathroom, ask your bathroom designer for advice. They understand how to build effective bathrooms and will have experience of using non-standard fittings like corner units.