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Where should I place my bathroom vanity? ?

My wife and I are building a new bathroom and my wife wants to place our new vanity against the shower glass wall. I say leave a few inches between the shower and the wood vanity so that air is not trapped causing mold and mildew problems. What are your thoughts?

Answer:

Just from a design stand point . . . the purpose of a glass enclosure is to alleviate the 'cramped' feeling . . . placing a vanity too close to another structure defeats the purpose . . .
I have been involved in a few renovation,and constructions of bathrooms,,and always have been advised and adhered to the theory of placing the vanity on the opposite wall from the shower or bath enclosure..Reason being that not only does a moisture problem Always exist near the shower-bath area,,the migration of the moist heat infiltrates the vanity content if placed on the same wall.. Where that's not possible and you must set it up that way.. You can get vanities that are resin based cabinets,,which ARE expensive,,but are permanent and aren't effected by moisture..But YOU are definitely correct in at least having inches between the vanity and the shower glass..The more you can do the better.. Hope this helps !! SOLOMON
Not only that but if it is wood and moisture gets into that it will swell and rot. You don't say how big your bathroom is going to be. I would look at new constrution homes to see what kind of set up they have before I would do anything.

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