Square or Oval Sinks?
Once you have chosen and installed your new bath, the rest of the bathroom may look as if it could also do with some new fixtures.
If this is the case, your eye will immediately fall on the existing bathroom sink. Ideally, you will want to choose a replacement in the same material as your new bath. This should not be a problem, as sinks come in as wide a range of materials and designs as baths. Whether stone or ceramic, glass or even wood, a reasonably thorough search should uncover exactly what you are looking for.
However, at this point the question of shape may well present itself.
A good rule is to look around your bathroom. Is it contemporary and angular, or rustic and curvaceous?
Square bathroom sinks offer one advantage over oval models; they are almost always set in a vanity unit, allowing for greater surface space. It is here that you arrange the day-to-day items used in the bathroom such as razors and toothbrushes.
They also give the bathroom a cleaner, sharper look. To build on this, you should theme the bathroom accordingly. Towels should be folded and placed on shelves or in a linen box, rather than basket. Colours should be blocked rather than patterned. Even accessories such as soap dishes should be angular.
Perhaps most importantly, choose your taps with care. A curved tap will look out of place in a square sink. A much better idea is to buy chunky taps in chrome or oiled brass.
January 12th, 2010 at 9:38 am
You have some excellent ideas for bathrooms. That has been one of the recurring themes in my own life–looking for a way to make our bathrooms and our kitchen look really glorious, even though those rooms are much too small. One of the glories of the Internet, though, is that there is absolutely no dearth of ideas. Right now I have no idea of what I will ultimately do, but I keep hoping I will come up with something really slick.