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Purchasing a Vanity for your Bathroom Online is More Affordable

on July 17, 2009

When you’re designing a theme for your house, and particularly when you’re focusing on your bathroom, you tend to forget one of the most important items: the bathroom vanity. Yet when you think about it, we spend a great deal of time looking at ourselves. From those quick glances in the rearview mirror before we turn off the car, to those sly looks in the windows of the offices we pass, it’s safe to say that even the humblest of people take note of their appearances.

Yet few of us have time to shop for that perfect bathroom vanity in an actual store. From rising gas prices to diminishing hours of leisure during tough economic times, online shopping has become the default method of shopping for those looking to maximize efficiency. And with the huge selection of bathroom vanity sinks available at your fingertips, who can argue? Not only are you able to find the exact fit that you might not otherwise encounter even in a large outlet, but you can comparison shop in a way never before possible while ensuring you get the item you want instead of settling for less. With so many possibilities, you owe it to yourself to make the switch in order to find the bathroom vanity you’ve always wanted delivered to your doorstep.

 
 

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Contemporary Bathroom Vanity Where Art Thou

on May 3, 2009

Ever since we moved into our new digs, I’ve been wanting to find appropriate furnishings that reflect our lifestyles. You see, both my husband and I are working professionals. He owns his own architecture firm and I’m a fashion designer. Although both fields are often considered on the same level in terms of how design-forward they are, we actually both have relatively divergent tastes in what we find aesthetically pleasing. He likes bright module furniture that can be assembled with no screws while I prefer the avant garde kinds with sleek and modern straight edges.

What we both can agree upon is that we need a contemporary bathroom design. Contemporary vanities are just more in tune to what we find attractive. The difficult part is seeing eye to eye on the more specific features of the vanity. I decided that the only way to settle it was to go online to find a store that carries the bathroom vanity that fits us perfectly.

At Premiere Vanities, they have a fantastic selection of all different kinds of bathroom vanities. It was here that I spotted the bathroom vanity of my dreams. It’s a contemporary glass top double bathroom vanity. The square-ish porcelain sink basins sit above the natural stone countertops. All the little touches such as the faucet and legs are made out of a shiny steel. My favorite part, by far, is the tempered glass windows on the cabinets. It’s just so elegant! I showed my husband the bathroom vanity later and to my surprise, he loved it! I think we’ve finally found a common ground.

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Mirror Mirror On The Vanity

on April 23, 2009

Who is the fairest of them all? Everytime I wake up in the morning, I excitedly rise up out of my bed and prance to my bathroom. You can say that I am a “morning person” but the real reason that I love the early hours of the day is the moments I have with my bathroom vanity. 

It may sound strange but my wood vanity and I have a tight codependent relationship. I treat the mirror atop my vanity as a best friend who knows all my deepest and most clandestine secrets. When I go to the bathroom in the morning, I spend at least half an hour in front of my vanity telling her stories of my dreams and fears. She will often respond with a glimmer of her shiny reflective surface. If I ask her about my appearance and whether or not I look presentable, she will reveal the truth by either suddenly magnifying my flaws or brilliantly exhibiting my gloriousness. Sometimes, she will even soothe my tears over a cruel boyfriend by reminding me that I am still young and that I have many more years to go. 

Our relationship isn’t just about me, however. In return for her generous compliments and uplifting pick-me-ups, I take good care of her. Since she is made out of a cherry finished wood, I have to maintain its beautiful sheen pretty regularly. I go over her curved elegant legs with a soft cloth. Then I smooth along the top border of the mirror where she smiles back at me in appreciation. To clean her face, I spray some non-toxic glass cleaner solution on her mirror façade. Once my modern vanity is shiny and gleaming, I know that I have done a good job.

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Lowes Vanities Lose Against Premiere Vanities

on March 16, 2009

I decided to do an experiment over the weekend. The war between commercial hardware stores and their online counterparts has never seemed so tense and bitterly conflicted. As a person who has just discovered online stores after being loyal to Lowes for over ten years, this battle between two different ways to do business was definitely inevitable. Here are some topics that I used to measure them up:

Round 1: Price
I went to Lowes this weekend to check out their bathroom vanities and my first requirement was price. The price tag of most of their bathroom vanities were moderate to cheap. I found a single bathroom vanity for only $200.  At Premiere Vanities, they ran upwards of around  $1,500 dollars. Lowes Wins.

Round 2: Quality
I discovered that the reason the Lowes vanities were so inexpensive is due to the fact that they are shoddily constructed. The hardwood looked outmoded and even in the store, the cabinet doors were flimsy. The drawers didn’t even fit in their slots correctly. Who built and assembled these units? Unattentive toddlers with no hands? What I hated most was the fact that they didn’t carry any double sink vanities! The double bathroom vanities are absolutely necessary in my household so I was dissapointed that they didn’t carry any.

On the other side of the ring, Premiere Vanities has the best selection of double bathroom vanities. They’re also elegant and beautiful to boot. They only use the best kind of wood and most of the ones I looked at are kiln-dried and properly dried. A lot of the antique ones had incredible details and accents. What I really enjoyed were their varieties of contemporary vanities because they are the epitome of sleek and modern. I imagined it fitting well in my home, next to my new jetted shower.  Premiere Vanities Wins.

Round 3: Customer Service
I like that Lowes has a service desk with customer service reps available in the case you have questions about your order. What I don’t like, however, is the fact that because they are a commercial company with many stores throughout the country, they are always busy. At least this seems to be the only reason I can explain their rude service. When I asked a simple question about the quality of the Lowes vanities, the man I spoke to gave me quite an attitude. Conversely, when I spoke to a representative at Premiere Vanities, she was exceedingly nice and helpful. She even shaved off a hundred dollars off the already affordable price! I don’t really think there is a contest in this war at all. Premiere Vanities Wins All.

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Bath Vanities From Another Era

on January 19, 2009

 As a self-professed nostalgia hunter, I like to find antiques that were popular during certain historical periods. In fact, my home is a Victorian-era home built somewhere around the turn of the 20th century. The aspect I love most about my home is that much of the original flair remains. The marble fireplace, the beautiful crown molding, elaborate pediments over the doors–all of it stands as it would when it was first built. I didn’t want to reproduce the look so much as I wanted to preserve it. There are many ways to actually achieve this. The most important one is by buying time-appropriate furniture.

Lately, I have discovered that purchasing antique fixtures is increasingly difficult. Since my husband got laid off from his job, we don’t have much expendable income. Unfortunately, this also means I have less of an incentive to buy the $3,000 authentic antique bathroom vanities that my heart beats so ardently for.

Reluctantly, I decided that perhaps I should cut back on my spending. The other day, as I was surfing the Internet, I stumbled upon a site called “Premiere Vanities”. They sell everything bath vanities. On a whim, I browsed through their traditional and antique bath vanities. I know they’re not authentically antique but boy, do they have the same old-world charm! I guess I never knew that modernly built furniture could have a lot of the same qualities as rustic pieces. The wood is just as rich and the marble is just as luxurious as it would be with any old-fashioned bathroom vanity. Actually, it has all the look and feel of an antique but without the oftentimes dated quality. 

I put in an order for one of their antique white single bath vanities and I expect it to arrive within the next week or so! I can’t be more excited.

 

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