Custom Bathroom Cabinets and Vanities
A bathroom is the hardest room in the house on cabinetry. Steam every day, standing water at the base, a stone top that will crack if the box underneath twists, and almost never a wall that is plumb. A vanity that was built for the room and sealed for the conditions lasts. One that was bought by width and shimmed into place swells at the toe kick within a few years.
We build vanities, linen towers, medicine cabinets and built-in storage to the room's actual dimensions, in solid hardwood, and we install them ourselves.
Built to the Room, Not to the Nearest Stock Size
Stock vanities come in 24, 30, 36, 48 and 60 inches. Bathrooms do not. The gap gets covered with a filler strip, and the vanity ends up centered on nothing — not the mirror, not the light, not the window.
Building to measure solves that, and it opens up the space that stock sizes waste. A vanity three inches wider than the nearest stock box is another drawer. A cabinet notched around an existing drain stack is storage you would otherwise lose entirely. In a narrow hall bath, a shallower-than-standard cabinet with full-extension drawers beats a standard-depth one you have to squeeze past.
Counter height is worth a conversation too. Standard vanity height is 32 inches, which was set when bathrooms were smaller and people were shorter. Most of our work now goes in at 34 to 36 inches. If a kid's bathroom is the one you are doing, 32 still makes sense.
What We Do About Moisture
This is where a bathroom cabinet is made or lost, and most of it happens before anyone sees the finished room.
- Every cut edge gets sealed — the underside of the top rail, the back of the toe kick and the bores for the plumbing, not only the faces you can see. An unsealed cut edge is where water wicks in.
- Where the cabinet meets tile, we set it on non-porous shims instead of wood, and we do not let wood sit in direct contact with the floor tile.
- Seams get mold-resistant silicone rather than standard caulk.
- The box gets leveled to within a very tight tolerance before the top goes on, so a stone or quartz top does not carry stress in one corner and relieve it later by cracking at the sink cutout.
Floating Vanities
Wall-hung vanities look light, which is the point, and that look is entirely dependent on what is behind the drywall.
We install heavy-duty internal blocking anchored into the wall framing before the vanity goes up, sized for the cabinet plus a stone top plus a loaded drawer plus somebody's teenager leaning on it. Drywall anchors are not a substitute, and neither is catching one stud and hoping.
If the framing behind your wall will not take blocking without opening it up, we will tell you that at the measure rather than on install day.
Hardware, and Why It Gets Adjusted Twice
Soft-close hinges and undermount glides are standard on everything we build. They also need calibrating, because a drawer full of towels and a drawer full of hair tools close at different speeds.
We set the tension for the anticipated weight of each drawer, hang and align the doors, then come back through after everything is loaded and adjust again. Reveals should be even top to bottom and door to door. If they are not, the cabinet reads as "off" even to someone who could not tell you why.
What Else Goes in a Bathroom
- Linen towers — floor-to-ceiling, either freestanding beside the vanity or built in flush
- Recessed medicine cabinets — framed to the stud bay, with the mirror and interior shelving to match the vanity finish
- Double vanities — with the plumbing laid out so you get real drawers rather than two sets of doors and a wasted center
- Powder room vanities — usually the place to spend, since the whole room is about eight square feet of visible surface
- Open shelving and towel niches in the same species and finish as the cabinetry
- Bench seating and built-in storage for larger primary baths
Wood and Finish for a Wet Room
Maple and poplar take paint well and are the most common choice for painted vanities. White oak and cherry are what people ask for when they want the grain to show. Whatever the species, the finish schedule matters more in a bathroom than anywhere else in the house: hand-sanded, stained or painted, then sealed with a catalyzed topcoat that shrugs off standing water, toothpaste and whatever gets spilled on it.
We will talk you out of anything that will not hold up in a bathroom with a teenager and a shower running twice a day.
Timeline
A single vanity is faster than a kitchen but it is still built to order. From the time you first reach out to a finished install, most bathroom projects run 2 to 6 months, and longer if it is going in alongside a full bathroom renovation where tile and plumbing have to land first. We coordinate the sequence with your tile setter and plumber so the cabinet does not show up before the floor is ready.
Custom cabinetry generally runs $600 to $1,200 per linear foot, and pricing is driven largely by design and style. That is a planning range — we give you a real number after we measure.
Bathroom Cabinets and Vanities in Your Town
We build and install across Chester County and Delaware County. Find your town:
- Berwyn, PA
- Chadds Ford, PA
- Chester County, PA
- Chester Springs, PA
- Chesterbrook, PA
- Coatesville, PA
- Delaware County, PA
- Downingtown, PA
- Elverson, PA
- Exton, PA
- Frazer, PA
- Glen Mills, PA
- Honey Brook, PA
- Malvern, PA
- Morgantown, PA
- Newtown Square, PA
- Paoli, PA
- Parkesburg, PA
- Unionville, PA
- Wayne, PA
- West Chester, PA
Frequently Asked Questions
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Can you build a vanity to fit an odd-sized bathroom?
That is most of what we do. Give us the wall-to-wall dimension, the plumbing locations and any obstructions, and we build to that rather than to the nearest catalog width. -
Do you supply the countertop?
We coordinate it. The fabricator templates off the installed cabinet, which is the only way to get a tight fit against an out-of-square wall. We will work with your fabricator or recommend one. -
Can I keep my existing countertop and just replace the cabinet?
Sometimes. It depends on the top's material and whether it can be lifted without cracking. Stone that was set with adhesive rarely comes off in one piece. We will give you a straight answer once we see it. -
What is the best wood for a bathroom vanity?
The species matters less than the sealing. A properly finished maple or oak vanity outlasts an exotic hardwood with cut edges left raw. If you want a recommendation for a specific room, that is a conversation at the measure. -
Do you handle the plumbing?
No. We build and install the cabinetry and coordinate with a plumber we have worked with for years, so you have one schedule and one point of contact. -
Do you do half baths and powder rooms?
Yes, and they are often the most satisfying project in the house per dollar spent.
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Call 717-692-1200 or request an estimate. 353 Pequea Ave, Honey Brook, PA 19344 · Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
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