What bathroom vanity countertop?

[aspentosh]

Please help me because I am going down a google spiral and getting so overwhelmed. 

We are finally getting to redo our bathroom and want to do it right. We found a vanity cabinet we love and we can do polished or honed marble or quartz (or go somewhere else to get another top we like better).

For those that have done this and lived with their bathroom countertops, what would you do/not do this time around?

I think we've eliminated polished marble because of the etching concerns but I hear that honed marble can retain water and get water stains or other stains. Since it's not a kitchen with spices and sauces does it actually matter? If it matters, we will be going with a mostly white top. The quartz option is totally white but if we went elsewhere we might look at white with grey flecks or veining.

Here is a picture of the vanity:
 

Please. Help. 

[nicolewi]

I have zero expertise, really, but I would not do marble for a bathroom counter due to the delicacy of marble. It stains easily, I could see the water thing being an issue...I would 100% do quartz for practicality and easy cleaning. You still have makeup in a bathroom, various lotions, oils, etc...marble TO ME (without being a marble expert or having it in my house) sounds like a problematic choice.

[Susie]

We have quartz in our bathroom, and I've been very happy with it.  The only thing I don't like is that -- while I still think the one I chose is pretty -- the blue/aqua in it makes it hard to find my contacts when I drop them.

We have Cambria Praa Sands quartz.

[aspentosh]

Sept 23, 2020 8:33:38 GMT -5 Susie said:

We have quartz in our bathroom, and I've been very happy with it.  The only thing I don't like is that -- while I still think the one I chose is pretty -- the blue/aqua in it makes it hard to find my contacts when I drop them.

We have Cambria Praa Sands quartz.

The struggle is REAL. lol.

Beautiful bathroom!

[hamster]

We did quartz a year ago and no complaints so far.

[mrsukyankee]

aspentosh, I love that vanity. I would totally go for quartz.

[aspentosh]

Sept 24, 2020 3:09:55 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

aspentosh , I love that vanity. I would totally go for quartz.

I'll be honest. Seeing your kitchen cabinets really opened me up to colored vanities.

Plus, out of the options we've seen, H was most vocal about loving this one, which is really unlike him! 

We called the company and upgraded to quartz. Thanks for all your replies!

[sandandsea]

We did quartz in our bathroom. It’s very durable and pretty.

[dr.girlfriend]

We did marble in our bathroom, and I would do quartz next time around. The marble is pretty, but definitely is darker in front of the sinks where it gets wet. It also seems to hold on to the blush powder -- it mostly comes off when I wipe it but I'm worried it might get permanently pink. Our vanity and counter came together and were a good price, but at least a few times a week I think to myself that I would get quartz next time around.

[aspentosh]

dr.girlfriend, thanks! Gorgeous bathroom. Do you recommend your faucets? I love them

[dr.girlfriend]

Sept 25, 2020 8:00:27 GMT -5 aspentosh said:

dr.girlfriend , thanks! Gorgeous bathroom. Do you recommend your faucets? I love them

Yes!  We've only had them a year but so far so good.  


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[cuadrado]

I will also echo what everyone else is saying and recommend quartz over marble. We did white quartz in our bathroom and so far haven’t had any issues. Most people we talked to who used marble said they regretted it, so that swayed us.

[aprilsails]

We have brown quartz countertops in our master bathroom. They are not an on-trend look for right now but I think they go beautifully with our tile choice which I fell in love with. I had to laugh when the stone fabricator said no one had ever selected that colour before so they had never seen a slab of it.

If cleans beautifully, doesn’t mark and I feel confident it will remain without damage for decades. Quartz was definitely a worthwhile upgrade for us.

[carmenere]

We installed a quartz vanity top when we remodeled this summer. So far so good. I clean it with the same stone cleaner I use for our marble shower, but otherwise it’s very low maintenance.