Bathroom Furniture

Bathroom furniture is really two decisions: how it mounts and what it holds. Wall hung units bolt to the wall and float clear of the floor, which makes the room feel bigger and the mopping easier, but they need a solid or properly battened wall to carry the weight. Floor standing units sit on the deck, hide the pipework and are the simpler swap if you are replacing like for like.

Below you will find the full range, sorted into vanity units, fluted designs and storage, with a quick guide to picking the right one underneath.

Most bathroom furniture is a vanity unit. That is a cabinet with a basin on top, hiding the trap, the waste pipe and your cleaning bottles. Past that, the choices come down to how it mounts, what size fits, the finish, and whether you need extra storage on top. Here is how to pick without buying the wrong thing.

Wall hung or floor standing

This is the first call, and it changes the fitting job more than the look does. Wall hung, or floating, units fix to the wall with nothing touching the floor. The room looks bigger because you can see the floor run underneath, and cleaning round it is far easier. The honest trade-off: the wall takes all the weight, so a stud wall usually needs noggins or a proper brace behind the plasterboard before you hang a loaded unit and basin off it. Worth it for the look, but it is a planned-in job, not a five-minute swap. The Blake 800mm Davos Oak wall hung unit and basin at £239 is a good example of the floating, single-drawer look in a warm oak, and it comes with the ceramic basin and chrome handles as standard. Browse the rest in wall mounted vanity units.

Floor standing units sit on the floor, on a plinth or on feet. They carry their own weight, so any wall is fine, and they tend to hide the pipework better, which makes them the easier replacement if you are swapping an old unit out. The Jodie 650mm 2-door unit and ceramic basin at £179 is a straightforward floor standing option in gloss white with black handles and a two-door cupboard underneath. The full set is in floor mounted vanity units.

Size and layout

Measure the gap you have, then take off room for the basin to overhang and for the door or drawers to open. In a cloakroom or a small bathroom, 400mm to 500mm keeps a downstairs loo usable, and the Nell 450mm 1-door unit and basin with brushed brass handles at £189 is the compact version of the job, with one soft-close door and a ceramic basin drilled for a single tap. In a family bathroom, 600mm is the workhorse size, a sensible basin with storage you will actually use below it, which is what the Amy 600mm floor standing two-door unit and basin with black handles at £199 gives you in gloss white, with two soft-close doors and a matt grey option on the same listing.

Drawers or doors is the other layout question. Drawers are tidier day to day, but the waste pipe runs straight through the middle of the cabinet and eats into the drawer space, so you lose some of what you gained. Doors give you one big cupboard and no such fight. Both are in the vanity units range.

Finish, fluted and storage

Painted finishes are the easy match. Gloss white and matt grey keep a room calm and sit happily against most tiling, while anthracite and black read more modern and make the unit the feature rather than the background. If colour is your starting point rather than size, work from shop by colour.

Wood and oak effect brings the warmth back, and it hides water marks and toothpaste better than a gloss white front does. The oak and wood-effect furniture range covers this, and it is what most people mean when they search for wooden vanity units.

Fluted is the ribbed, vertical-grooved front that is everywhere right now. It adds texture and a more expensive look for not much more effort, though the grooves do need a wipe to keep dust out of the channels. The full fluted vanity units range is worth a look if you want the unit to be the talking point.

If the vanity alone will not hold everything, the bathroom storage and accessories range picks up the rest. Handles are worth a thought too: the Blake unit ships with chrome as standard and alternative furniture handles are sold separately, so you can swap the handles without swapping the unit. If you would rather keep to one brand, the Litchfield range is the place to start.

Quick answers

What is wall hung bathroom furniture? Wall hung, also called wall mounted or floating, furniture fixes to the wall with nothing touching the floor. You can see the floor run underneath, which makes the room feel bigger and makes cleaning round the unit much easier. The catch is that the wall carries all the weight, so a stud wall usually needs strengthening behind the plasterboard before you hang a loaded vanity unit and basin off it. On a solid wall it is straightforward.

Wall hung or floor standing bathroom furniture, which is better? Wall hung if you want the floating look and easier cleaning, and your wall can take the weight or be braced. Floor standing if you want the simpler fit, you are swapping like for like, or you would rather the pipework was hidden behind a unit that carries its own weight. Neither wins outright. It comes down to your wall and how much fitting you want to take on.

Do you sell wooden or oak bathroom furniture? Yes. The oak and wood-effect range gives you the warm timber look, and the Blake 800mm in Davos Oak is a wall hung example of it. Wood and oak finishes also hide water marks and toothpaste better than a gloss white front, so they are a sensible choice for a busy family bathroom.

What size vanity unit do I need? Measure the gap and allow room for the basin to overhang and the doors or drawers to open. As a rough guide: 400mm to 500mm for a cloakroom or small bathroom, 600mm for a typical family bathroom where you want real storage, and larger or double units where you have the wall for it. Always check the dimensions on the product page against your space before you buy.

What is fluted bathroom furniture? Fluted means the cabinet front has vertical ribbed grooves rather than a flat face. It is a current design trend that adds texture and a higher-end look. The only practical downside is that the grooves need an occasional wipe so dust does not sit in the channels. See the fluted vanity units range for the full choice.

Do bathroom vanity units come with the basin? The four units linked above all do. The Blake 800mm, the Jodie 650mm and the Nell 450mm each come with a ceramic basin, and the Amy 600mm has an integrated basin. For the tap and waste, check the individual product page before you order.