Vegas & Vanities

I recently attended the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas and couldn't get over the miles of fixtures and faucets. My favorite part, as always, is looking at the range of human inventiveness. Here are a couple of my favorite bathroom sink vanities that caught my eye for the range of tastes they speak to — from girlie to tailored — both stand out in a crowd.

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For bathroom vanities, the selection of shape, materials, color, styles, and finishes is enormous (and wonderful!). What you choose will have a dramatic effect on the overall design of your bathroom. After all, it affects your day to day life as you get ready to take on the world in the morning, or wind down from a busy day at night. Why not let your bathroom vanity please your eye and hands as it hides your plumbing and holds your grooming essentials?    

Of course, you can always throw caution to the wind and go the Albert Einstein route:

Beyond Flat, Satin, and Gloss.

When a client comes to me for color consultation, I think in terms of color & sheen — and also special effects. The whiz bang that makes a movie exciting can elevate a room, too. Many paint lines have special effects paint - Ralph Lauren is the first that comes to mind. From metallics to suede, river rock, and the glow of candlelight, Ralph has special effects paints that add dimension and distinction.

Ralph Lauren's Regent Metals.

Ralph Lauren's Regent Metals.

I particularly like metallic paint used in small doses to highlight architectural features. In a contemporary dining room with squared off columns, I had a custom charcoal metallic put on the columns - and the space turned out incredibly. The clients were a little hesitant at the thought, but were thrilled with the result.

If you want to add sparkle to a surface that must stand up to intense wear, there's a commercial grade metallic paint made just for that. Scuffmaster Metallics come in a range of great colors, from regular metals to ethereal blues and floating-on-a-feather spring greens.

Scuffmaster describes them as Pretty. Tough. Paint.  

I describe them as Metallic Sparkle. Marvelous Color. Indestructible Finish.

My Scuffmaster Collection.

I love them for a vanity, cupboard doors, a special piece of furniture, the drawer fronts of a chest of drawers, the bench in a mudroom, or anything in a kids' bathroom or bedroom.  If you put in the work to make it shine, you want it to stay that way - and Scuffmaster Metallics will, no matter what you throw at it.  When durability counts, Scuffmaster will not disappoint. And on top of all that, their water based, low VOC formula makes them environmentally friendly, too. Sometimes when it glitters, it is gold.