Bathroom Cabinet Overview

Remodeling your bathroom is not confined to replacing tiles, sinks, toilets, and tubs. Cabinets are also an important feature of the bathroom and they deserve as much attention in choosing the right ones to enhance your bathroom. The market today has a wide range of bathroom cabinets available, and it can become confusing if you do your shopping unprepared. You might even end up spending so much for something that you will only use for a short period of time. Armed with the right information, you can get the right bathroom cabinet to suit your needs.

First you would have to consider the materials used to make the cabinets. Perhaps the best material you can choose is real wood, since the bathroom will almost always be damp and you will need something that can resist the damage that water may bring. Cabinets constructed from plywood will suffer no lasting damage from being splashed with water. On the other hand, melamine, press board, or flake board cabinets may be more prone to damage when the bathroom is splashed or flooded. These materials absorb water easily and quickly, leading to expansion and destruction of form. The damage can be permanent.

Bathroom cabinets come in different heights. In the past, vanities almost always have the standard height of 30 inches. Nowadays, this height is mainly used in homes with children or people who need to have lower cabinets. The standard height in bathrooms is now at least 34 inches so as to prevent having to lean in so far. Some choose to have it higher, at the same level of kitchen cabinets or countertops.

Taller vanities can give you more space so that you can maximize the storage area of your cabinet. In the past, cabinets have something called a “false front” where it holds the sink. This area of the cabinet is unusable, its space wasted. Higher cabinets will allow you to have extra space at the bottom, where you can put extra drawers for bathroom necessities such as towels and extra bars of soap.

Some cabinets may also have extra storage, with drawers rolling out to the sides of the sink. These drawers are perfect for storing curling irons, hair dryers, or other similar large appliances. They can store extra bottles of shampoo and conditioner. A toilet topper is another excellent cabinet that you may want to consider buying so that you can use all available space for storage.

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