Custom Bathroom Vanities in Sarasota, FL

Floating, Double and Furniture-Style Vanities

Every vanity we build starts from the same question: what happens at this sink each day? The answer points toward one of four broad types, and many end up mixing two.

Floating vanity

A wall-hung cabinet with open floor beneath. It makes a small room look larger, keeps the base clear of mop water and suits modern bathrooms. It needs solid backing in the wall, which we plan before the drywall or tile goes up.

Double vanity

Two sinks on one run, usually in a primary bath. Plan on at least 60 inches of wall; 72 inches or more gives each person elbow room and a drawer stack between the bowls.

Furniture-style vanity

Turned or tapered legs, an apron, sometimes a lower shelf. Walnut and cherry are favorites here, and these pieces often anchor a powder room.

Vanity with a makeup area

A lowered section at desk height with knee space and shallow drawers for brushes and cosmetics, placed near natural light.

How Wide, Tall and Deep Should a Bathroom Vanity Be?

There are no fixed rules, only ranges that work for most people. We set final dimensions from your measurements and how tall the main users are.

Can You Build a Vanity Around the Plumbing I Already Have?

Usually, yes, and it is often the cheaper route. Keeping drains and supply lines where they are avoids opening walls and floors, and usually limits the plumber's part to disconnecting and reconnecting the sink. We measure the drain height and offset, the supply valves and the outlet, then design the sink base and drawers around them.

When the layout must change, for example to add a second sink, a licensed plumber moves the lines under a permit. We send the approved drawings so the rough-in matches the cabinet to the inch.

Who pulls the permit when plumbing or wiring changes?

Setting a new cabinet on existing drain and supply lines is woodwork. Moving a drain, adding a sink or adding an outlet is work for licensed contractors under Chapter 489, Florida Statutes, regulated by the Florida DBPR, and they pull the permit from Sarasota County, the City of Sarasota or your own city's office. The electrical code the Florida Building Code adopts requires GFCI protection on bathroom outlets, so a drawer outlet is a licensed electrician's job.

Drawers that work around the trap

A plain sink base wastes most of its volume. We build U-shaped drawers that wrap the drain, shallow top drawers that clear the bowl, and tall pull-outs at the ends for hair tools, with a small notch for cords.

Bench to Bath: Our Vanity Building Process

1. 1

   Site measure

   We record wall lengths, out-of-square corners, drain and valve positions, mirror and light locations.

2. 2

   Design and rendering

   You see the vanity in a 3D model of your room, with working drawings that show every drawer and door.

3. 3

   Wood and finish selection

   You choose species and finish from real sample boards, by appointment at the shop or at your home.

4. 4

   Building the vanity

   Face frames are mortised and tenoned, drawer boxes dovetailed, and every surface finished and sealed in the shop.

5. 5

   Installation

   We remove the old cabinet if needed, set and level the new one, scribe it to the walls and fit hardware.

6. 6

   Top, sink and faucet

   Wood tops go on at install. A stone fabricator templates after the cabinet is set, then your plumber connects the sink and faucet.

What Sets the Price of a Custom Vanity?

• Width and drawer count. A 30-inch single vanity with two drawers and a 72-inch double with eight dovetailed boxes are different builds.
• Species. Paint-grade maple sits at one end; walnut, rift-sawn white oak and exotics at the other.
• Construction style. Inset doors take more fitting than overlay doors; furniture legs and aprons add milling.
• Top material. A shop-built wood top versus a fabricator's stone top with sink cutouts.
• Plumbing changes. Moving or adding drains is billed separately by the licensed plumber.
• Lighting and outlets. A drawer outlet for hair tools or a lit mirror adds a licensed electrician's time to the job.
• Mirror and medicine cabinet. A framed mirror or recessed medicine cabinet built to match adds shop hours and finish.
• Removal and wall repair. Taking out an old vanity sometimes uncovers damaged drywall or flooring that must be patched.

We price each vanity from its drawings, so the number you receive matches what you saw in the rendering.

Keeping a Modern Bathroom Vanity Sound for Decades

Moisture finds bare wood. That is why we seal the back panel, the underside, the toe kick and the inside of the sink base, not just the faces you see. Floating vanities get an extra edge: no floor contact at all.

Signs your vanity is failing in a Florida bath

Look low first: a sink-base floor bubbled around the trap, a darkened toe kick and drawer fronts pulling off stapled boxes all mean particleboard is giving up. Vinyl-wrapped doors near a hair dryer peel at the edges. Sarasota adds its own causes: slab floors put a floor-standing vanity right where any overflow spreads, seasonal owners who set the air conditioning high for summer return to swollen doors, and island salt air rusts hinge screws and drawer slides. A stock vanity with a filler gap at the wall is a warning too, since splash water collects there.

After install, run the fan, wipe up standing water and re-caulk the backsplash joint when it cracks. Our guide to keeping bathroom vanities dry covers the rest.

Vanities for Primary, Accessible and Guest Baths

A vanity changes with the room it serves. In a primary bathroom remodel it often grows into a full wall with a linen tower. For accessible bathroom remodeling, it may become a roll-under design with open knee space and insulated pipes. Either way, the joinery and the finish stay the same.