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Originally Posted by Fuzz
LOL, I had guessed that was going on, but it was more fun to watch it play out.
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In your position, I'd have done the same. Always fun to watch something burn down.
IDK why I read vanity and just latched on the sole component of the vanity mirror. Maybe in the back of my mind, I was in disbelief the budget would work on the whole thing or something. lol.
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Oh now I get it. I thought we were talking about the same thing because sometimes they have mirrors attached to them.
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My bad lol.
I was thinking about it last night and for around $1200-1500 all in for a pretty large sized vanity (all components, not just mirror, lol)... I think the only way to do that nicely is to basically get really lucky on some clearance, open box or custom work. If the components can basically be broken down to mirror, taps/sink, countertop and cabinet, that means at $1200, each section has a budget of $300. $1200 isn't too challenging if you're doing a small 3-4ft bathroom vanity, but a 6 ft one which is essentially double, is probably why you were constantly hitting that $2000-2500 price range in your initial investigation. At the $1200 budget, I think you're making cuts in all categories of the vanity. There's no wiggle room to take the budget from one category to avoid compromising in another category. It's just straight reductions to get the budget to work.
Whether you buy something of prebuilt components, or custom build something within your budget really depends on luck. I personally did the custom with getting a cabinet refurbished to put on a stone counter top (ie: cheaper leftover bits from the supplier that I got on insane discount for the guys who did my stone kitchen counters).
A 6 ft vanity counter top with a squeeze budget is probably around $600, but then you might save on the sinks.
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/mag...db-/1001331654
$600 for the cabinet portion and tap(s) is a bit of a challenge with zero budget left for mirrors. Plus the style options on prebuilt vanity counter top and cabinet components might not fully meet your criteria.
Custom wise, it might be possible to investigate adding in an extra cabinet and odds and ends stone countertop piece from whoever is supplying the other cabinets and countertops in the house. See if there's volume savings for adding to what they're already supplying as well as delivery/install savings. I got a 8-9ft ish piano key shaped stone countertop for like $250. I was glad for the savings, the stone guys were glad to use up an odds and end piece for an install they were already doing, but we both had to be lucky that there was something they wanted to just get rid of and it was also a style I actually wanted.
If somehow you were able to get the cabinet and countertop for an average of $400-450 ish each, then you have $300-400 for sinks/tap and mirrors. It's still a bit of a stretch, but I'd personally be happier with this because I probably wouldn't be compromising on cabinet and countertop and downgraded tap/sink/mirrors are easier to upgrade later on.
I would caution about cutting corners too deeply on the vanity since it's something used on a daily basis. I've made this mistake before. The cost to redo is substantially more than the savings, not including inconvenience. In hindsight, it wasn't worth it. $1500-1800 budget might be a much better target to aim for if you don't want to spend the $2K+.
Not mentioned, earlier, but if you want a clean looking vanity area, make sure there's a back splash or the water, hair, dust etc. will get annoying really fast.