CASE STUDY
Bespoke Bathroom Vanity Unit in Wimbledon, London
A bespoke vanity in sage green with reeded fronts and a hand-engineered drawer system — designed to deliver full storage where the basin’s plumbing would normally force compromise.
WIMBLEDON, LONDON · VANITY UNIT · 2025
THE PIECE
The Vanity
A freestanding vanity unit in soft sage green, sitting between a Victorian column radiator and a glazed shower screen. Three vertically reeded drawer fronts, hand-finished, with slim brushed-bronze pulls and slender black metal legs that lift the piece off the floor.
The basin sits flush within a white ceramic countertop, paired with a deck-mounted three-piece tap in dark bronze. A short tiled splashback grounds the piece against the wall.
The reeding runs the full height of the piece, including the side panels — so the vanity reads as a single sculptural object from every angle, not just from the front.
IN CONTEXT
A Room of Its Own
Set into a tight ensuite niche between radiator and shower, the vanity had to do the work of a fitted unit without looking like one. Freestanding legs and reeded sides give it the proportions of furniture rather than cabinetry — closer to a French commode than a bathroom fixture.
The sage green reads softly against the white tiled walls and pale floor, picking up cooler notes in the brushed-bronze hardware and warmer ones in the radiator. The piece holds the room together without competing with it.
IN DETAIL
The Drawer System
A closer look at the bespoke drawer engineering that allows full storage around the basin’s plumbing.
Standard vanities sacrifice a drawer to the basin’s plumbing — leaving a dead, drawer-fronted void where storage should be. This piece was built differently.The top drawer is a shallow tray. The middle drawer is U-shaped, designed in two parts that nest around the waste pipe so storage continues either side of the obstruction. The bottom drawer runs the full depth of the carcass.The result is a vanity that delivers the storage capacity of a piece twice its size — without the visual compromise of a dummy drawer front.
Materials & Approach
Finish
Hand-painted in sage green throughout, including the reeded fronts and side panels. Brushed-bronze pulls and tapware. Slender black powder-coated metal legs.
Construction
Three-drawer carcass with a bespoke U-shaped middle drawer designed to nest around the basin’s waste pipe. Soft-close runners throughout. Full-extension drawers.
Setting
Designed to sit freestanding between a period column radiator and a glazed shower screen, with a deck-mounted three-piece tap and a tiled splashback to the rear.
A bespoke vanity engineered for a Wimbledon bathroom.
Designed and made for this South West London home, the vanity combines fluted sage-green fronts, a marble top and full-use drawers shaped precisely around the basin plumbing.
- Location
- Wimbledon, South West London
- Commission
- Bathroom vanity unit
- Completed
- 2025
What our clients say
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Every piece is designed for its space. No two installations are alike.
Storage is an engineering question. So is beauty.
If you have a space where a standard vanity won’t fit — or won’t work — get in touch.