Opinions: double sinks and mirrored closet doors

[littlemisssunshine]

H and I just had to do a total gut job on our master bathroom due to a mold issue. I'm getting estimates tomorrow, but don't know what I want yet.

Currently we have a long vanity but only one sink. Is it worth it to lose counter space for a second sink? We have 2.5 baths, and no kids so I consider the hall bath 'mine' but realize when we have kids I will have to move back to the master bathroom.

Also, we have mirrored sliding closet doors with ugly gold trim in the bathroom. Are mirrored closet doors out? What's another solution? Bifold doors? It's a long (think 6 feet) shallow closet, so I'm not sure what else can be used.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I have a love-hate relationship with mirrored closet doors. I LOVE the functionality - OMG, giant full-length mirror! Right next to the closet!! But dang, they remind me of a bad 70's porno. I'm torn on whether or not you should get rid of them.

As regards the dual sink - DO IT. DH and I share a bathroom and it can really be a balancing act trying to get to the sink at bedtime or if we're both trying to get ready at the same time.

[housegeek]

If you guys are on the same schedule, double sinks are probably a good idea.

We will have solid French doors on our closet. I dont know about the mirrors, but I'd think the gold trim is definitely out.

[kyliek29]

I would definitely do dual sinks!! I wish we had the space for that!

I'm not a fan of mirrored closet doors - but that may just be me. We redid our closet doors, and had to do just the regular sliding doors. I would've loved to have bifolds, but we needed an additional 2" in the opening (which would have involved busting out the old trim and re-doing it) so we just stuck with sliders.

[aimeedyan]

I'm anti dual sinks. I see no point. We don't get ready at the same time ever and even if we did, I use the sink to brush my teeth and wash my hands after applying makeup. He uses it to brush his teeth only.

The bulk of my time in the bathroom is doing my hair and make up = both occasions where counter space is needed. I hate having things fall into the sink while getting ready.

I can't figure out what else people are doing in a sink for that long of a time at the same time.

Mirrored doors.. I'd prob get rid of them because they appear dated but also because I have a crazy imagination at night and big mirrors would freak me out But I can see how handy it would be to have!

[car.ramrod]

I personally am not a fan of mirrored doors, they just seem dated to me but I absolutely LOVE my dual sink. My DH and I get ready at the same time everyday and it is awesome. We used to be pushing each other out of the way to get ready and now we don't have to. It sounds like you guys have the same problem since you are currently using the hall bath. Do it! You will love it. Also depending on what the timeframe is you will be in your house, but it will help with resale.

[Deleted]

DH and I have never had a conflict over the sink, even when sharing for brushing, so I don't really see why we'd ever need two, but I guess it depends on your bathroom habits.

As soon as we're finished with putting up our wood closet doors, we'll be attaching mirrors on the inside of at least one of them. I'm also contemplating putting a mirror on the inset panel of the sliding wood closet door in the guest bedroom. I think a full-mirror slider door in a metal frame looks very dated, but a full length mirror integrated into a door using a molding is OK. I assume you don't have room for opening doors, but are there wood options for sliders? I think bi-fold would make mirrors on the doors impossible, and I like having a full mirror in the bathroom.

DH won't let me put a full length mirror on the door panel in the bathroom; somehow he thinks having a mirror in the bedroom and the bathroom will be "too many mirrors." Since the remodel, I've gone to work several times now without realizing something was amiss somewhere on my outfit because I don't have a full length mirror anywhere. This post reminds me that I need to tell him how much he sucks for that

[justinlove]

In our last house we shared a sink. Now we have dual sinks and I LOVE it! We get ready at the same time and it is wonderful.

[minniebee]

Don't love the mirrored closet doors, I'd probably replace them.

As for the double sinks, we have them, and while on a few occasions it's nice to have 2 sinks, for the most part it isn't necessary for us since we don't get ready at the same time. It was something on our must-have list when buying our house, but after realizing how infrequently we're both using sinks at the same time, I wouldn't consider it a must-have anymore.

[reils]

I am very anti double sinks. I just don't see the point. H and I had them in our old house and I found that mine was in the way more than anything. I'd rather have the counter space for my make-up, blow dryer, etc. so that I am not putting things in the sink or having to work around it. For the amount that I use the sink (washing hands and brushing teeth) I don't think it's worth the cost. Plus it's easier to clean one sink than two.

We also had large mirrored sliding closet doors in our old house. The only thing that I liked about them was that we had a built in full sized mirror. I didn't like that you could only see half of the closet at once and that the closet was really dark. They were also impossible to keep clean. If you have the room I would just do a regular swing door (or double swing doors if your closets are larger).

[sdp]

We have double sinks and love it. We actually have two completely separate vanities, which works really well for us and our "stuff." We also get ready at the same time most days so that's a big reason it works well for us.

I'm not a fan of mirrored doors. They remind me of my apartment in college. I'd do bi-fold doors.

[Deleted]

I took out my dual sinks in our house plan. I don't see the point. TBH I think it's such a first world thing to have issues over sharing a sink.

H and I get ready at the same time quite often and never been a big deal with one sink. For the 8 seconds it takes for him to spit out his toothpaste I just slide my hair stuff and makeup over to the counter and we both can be. I love my extra counter space!

The mirrored doors are a no go for me.

[amblor]

Personally, I would rather have more counter space than a dual sink, but I've never had a dual sink. No on the mirrored doors.

[lmdbww]

Not a fan of mirrored closet doors. At all.

I think if I had a choice, i'd take a counter the size of a double sink, but only have a single sink on it and make the area where the second sink would go a vanity/makeup area (with the space open underneath to push a stool under).