subject: Bathroom Ideas: Choosing Glass, Ceramic Or Stone Vessel Sinks [print this page] Preparing for a bathroom remodel involves many choices; flooring, cabinetry, tile, counter surfaces, fixtures, and sinks. Making the right choice is only half the battle. Reduce bathroom remodeling nightmares with a professional installer; especially with more specialized installation techniques such as vessel sinks. The trend toward vessel sinks has manufacturers of bathroom fixtures churning out a plethora of sink choices to suit every budget and design concept.
Ceramic Vessel Sinks
Ceramic sinks can be under mount, top mount, or above mount in the form or a vessel sink. Most ceramic sinks are finished in a simple white or bone china glaze. With an overflow hole generally positioned to the front to enhance the overall clean simple finish. Colored ceramic is making its presence known within the vessel sink product lines currently offered. Ceramic is a great choice for a classic or traditional bath design; reminiscent of the basin from an old style pitcher and basin set, sitting atop a dry sink in a dressing room.
Glass Vessel Sinks
Glass is the easiest choice for personal expression in your bathroom remodeling project. Glass vessel sinks while requiring specialized tools, offer the largest choices in color and shape. You can select from clear, tinted, swirled and marbleized, or hand painted vessels. The color options are limitless. Rectangular, oval, round, deep and shallow styles are all available in a variety of price ranges.
Stone Vessel Sinks
Stone is the original vessel sink, in that it was first used thousands of years ago in the form of troughs and water vessels in ancient Rome. Stone grounds the bathroom, brings the water and earth together, creating a solid and secure element in bath design. Natural stone is available in a much wider selection of colors than one might suspect, although most stone vessel sink manufacturers tend to work in granite, marble and travertine. Custom stone sinks are available for the right price but are often out of the average homeowners budget. Similar to glass and ceramic the stone vessel sink has its own idiosyncrasies for installation, and should only be attempted by a professional experienced in vessel sink installation.
Choosing the right faucet for your vessel sink can be as much fun as choosing the vessel itself; again the installation is quite different from standard installations, requiring specialized tools for creating the fixture holes in the counter top. Vessel sinks are timeless and contemporary; and will surely to make your bathroom remodeling project stand out.
