The Benefits of Freestanding Bathroom Furniture
The reasons to incorporate standalone fixtures and fittings into your luxury bathroom are many. In fact, if you’re about to start remodelling, freestanding furniture may offer a more rational interior design choice than wall-mounted or recessed furniture. Let’s take a look at some of the benefits.
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It’s as easy to install as it is to replace
It gives you greater design flexibility
It comes in all shapes and sizes
Massilia Freestanding Solid Surface Bathtub - 170cm
It’s elegant and luxurious
If you were to imagine a sophisticated, high-end bathroom, it would almost certainly incorporate freestanding furniture. That’s because separate pieces of furniture are traditional signifiers of luxuriousness.
Freestanding tubs, for instance, attained that status because they allowed space for servants of the wealthy, back in the 19th Century, to walk around them and help the person bathe. More generally, freestanding furniture was simply a typical aspect of an aristocratic home—think of the antique, ornate, portable washstands that could be wheeled into people’s bedrooms to allow self-cleansing at bedside.
So, today, when we see a bathroom incorporating freestanding furniture, we are culturally acclimatised to the sense of grandeur that they bring. They tell us something about the social status of the homeowner—essentially, that they have expensive taste. A big plus when luxury is your aim.
Marius Solid Surface Freestanding Washbasin
It’s as easy to install as it is to replace
Another great advantage of putting in a freestanding washbasin, bathtub or another piece of detached furniture is that it’s generally very straightforward for your plumber or contractor (unless you take advantage of the chance to place it in an unusual location, which may require some re-piping).
They won’t have to tile around it, because it will be installed on top of the tiling—this also makes it much easier to remove, if you ever decide to refresh your bathroom. You won’t have to remodel the whole space, but simply replace individual pieces of furniture.
Think about the ease with which you can install and remove a top-of-the-line freestanding toilet. It’s often simply a case of drilling and plugging two holes in the wall and then screwing the unit to the wall, before plumbing it in.
It gives you greater design flexibility
Integrating freestanding furniture into your bathroom is also advantageous because it offers you a greater degree of design flexibility.
Freestanding bathroom cabinets, for instance (so long as they’re not plumbed-in vanity units, which will be connected to the piping behind the walls), can be moved whenever you feel like freshening up the layout of your bathroom. Meanwhile, freestanding bathtubs are liberated from the corner of the room, enabling you to place them wherever you like.
Taylor Black Marquina Marble Freestanding Basin
It comes in all shapes and sizes
There’s a sort of natural inclination to think that, because it’s freestanding, it’s going to use up all the space—which puts a lot of people off the idea of incorporating freestanding fixtures into their bathrooms. Truth is, you can find standalone furniture in many different shapes and sizes.
For instance, you can find freestanding bathtubs between 130cm and 180cm in length at Riluxa, so they can be incorporated into even a boxroom bathroom with the right planning. And freestanding bathroom sinks like the Taylor Black Marquina Marble Basin, for example, are as unimposingly slimline as they are stunning.
Then again, if you’re going for a large, grandiose bathroom—with wow factor to the nth degree—larger pieces of freestanding furniture will bring a sense of magnificence and splendour to your project.
Looking for something else to read? Check out our article on How to Choose Freestanding Bathroom Cabinetry.