A proper laundry room wouldn’t be complete without a sink vanity. While our modern washing machines can get many tough stains and marks out of clothes, having a sink allows you to pre-soak, rinse, and spot-clean your fabrics, providing a greater guarantee of your linens coming out fresh and stain-free!
If you want to incorporate your sink set-up into your laundry room’s design in a fun, eye-catching way, keep reading below for some ideas on how to make your laundry room vanity look a bit more stylish!
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Include a creative and colourful backsplash
Instead of keeping the wall behind your sink bare, you can dress it up with a bold, creative backsplash. You could add colourful tile or wallpaper or use stencils to paint on a fun design.
If you’re going for a coastal look in your laundry room, a wooden material like shiplap would be a great backsplash for your sink vanity. You could even hang a nautical painting or sign above the sink to complete the look!
Choose a laundry room vanity with a sink and cabinet
Another great way to add more style to your vanity is to match it with your wall and counter cabinets. Try locating a vanity that has a similar look to your cabinets and has its own set of cabinets below the sink area.
You could also try to match your vanity counter with the other countertops in your laundry room. For instance, if you’ve installed neutral-tone quartz countertops, you could try to locate a vanity made of a similar material and colour scheme.
Matching up your laundry room vanity and cabinets in this way will not only create a more cohesive look in your laundry room but will also allow for more storage space. You can use the sink cabinets to store your soaps and detergents, bleach, and other laundry essentials.
Install a brass faucet
Even hardware like sink faucets and taps can be made to look stylish with the right type of metal and shape. Rather than installing a regular stainless steel faucet, opt for a brass version instead.
The warm undertones of brass look fantastic against a paler colour palette, such as white or light grey, and add a lovely vintage look to a space that is perfect for a farmhouse or Tuscan-inspired design.
Hang a fun sign above the sink
Adding cute quotes and signs to your sink vanity area is a great way to inject more personality and charm! You can hang signs with laundry instructions or quotes about laundry, or perhaps a favourite quote to put you in a happier mood when seeing to the wash.
You can go a step further by finding a sign that matches the colour and design of your sink vanity! If you’ve chosen a distressed wood-style sink vanity, perhaps add a sign with a vintage-style distressed wood frame. Or, if you’ve selected the black and gold aesthetic for your laundry room, you could find a sign with gold lettering.
Install shelves above the sink and counter
To maximize your vanity area, try installing some floating shelves above the sink, where you can store decorative jars, baskets, pictures, and other decor pieces.
White or natural wood shelves look beautiful when utilized in this kind of setup and can add a fresh look to your vanity area.
Not only will these decorative shelves add a more stylish element to your laundry room vanity, but they will also optimize your options for storage. You can use these shelves for storing your liquid and powdered detergent, soap beads, dryer sheets, and other laundry essentials.
Store decorative jars and baskets on the vanity
If your sink vanity has a wide surface or is attached to your laundry room countertops, you can add to this empty space by placing decorative jars, wicker baskets, and similar storage containers in this area.
Not only will this add some texture and colour to your vanity area, but if your laundry room is low on storage space, this is a way to store your laundry essentials in the open without sacrificing aesthetics!
Install a deep farmhouse sink
If you’re trying to go for a more vintage look in your laundry room, you could install a deep farmhouse sink. These sinks have an antique, turn-of-the-century look that is perfect for a rustic, Tuscan, or farmhouse-style laundry room.
As touched on above, to further elevate the antique look of a deep sink, you could install a brass faucet and tap set rather than opting for stainless steel.
Not only are these farmhouse sinks perfect for creating a more vintage-style atmosphere, but they’re also incredibly useful for soaking, bleaching, and spot-cleaning larger linens like bedsheets, duvets, and quilts.
You can also use this type of laundry room vanity sink combo for other tasks that require a bigger space, such as watering large houseplants or cleaning gardening tools.
Decorate with vintage ornaments
The vintage look is really popular for laundry rooms, whether that be farmhouse-style, mid-century Americana, or another vintage denomination.
Whichever look you’re going for, there are plenty of antique and vintage ornaments you can pair with your laundry room vanity to elevate the space and add more character.
For instance, if you’re going for the farmhouse look, you could hang an antique washboard over the sink or store your laundry soaps in turn-of-the-century style soap dishes/canisters on the sink counter.
Or, if you prefer the 1950s-1960s Americana look, you could hang old pin-up style ads and illustrations or add a black-and-white checkered backsplash on the sink wall!
Add pretty details and decor to the surface
You can do plenty of fun, creative things to make your laundry room vanity look more stylish, from installing antique hardware to going all out with the counter decor.
For instance, you could add frilled curtains to the bottom of the vanity cabinets, and if there’s a window above your sink, you could add other curtains to match.
You could also add potted plants to the vanity countertop, a clay soap dish, little bottles of fabric refresher, and other small, pretty decor pieces that reflect both your personality and the style of your laundry room.
Final thoughts
There are plenty of fun, creative things you can do to make your laundry room vanity look more stylish, from installing antique hardware to going all out with the counter decor.
If you need some ideas for your laundry room, consider using some of the suggestions in this list!