Ordered this for our guest half-bath and I am beyond impressed with this and with Wayfair.
I was a bit skeptical about not being able to touch and feel the quality of the item before purchasing, but I am happy to say that I am beyond pleased.
The construction seems sound and the distressed wood is natural and not at all fake looking. The "Moon Stone" countertop is beautiful . . . sort of resembles the matte finish of Soap Stone . . . and the sink is very nice size too. The soft close drawers operate smoothly and feel solid enough for usual toiletry-weight items.
I like the clean straight edges of the countertop, though the edge around the undermount sink is beveled. In a perfect world, I would have preferred that to be a straight edge as well, but the beveled edge doesn't take too much away.
Our contractor and I struggled to figure out how to remove the drawers for plumbing access.
Unlike most drawer glides that I've encountered, these glides do not have a release latch/lever.
We didn't want to have to remove the entire track from the frame, so I called Wayfair to see if they could source an instruction guide. The rep was beyond helpful and confirmed that these glides do not have release latches.
The glides are held onto the drawers with one screw on either side (front underside). Side the drawer all the way forward, remove those small screws, tilt up and pull the drawer toward you. That lifts the drawer off pins in the front and also releases it from hooks the back. Easy, but instructions should have been included since I would assume that everyone buying this would need to do so for plumbing access.
I will give the actual vanity 5 stars, though for my particular needs, it did pose a few problems.
The tilt out top drawer is a fantastic plus. Most manufacturers would simply install a false front, but this extra little detail gives you quite a bit of extra space and easy access to small items you use all the time.
The two main drawers are both 5in deep. The bottom drawer is a full rectangle and the middle drawer is U shaped to accommodate plumbing.
The 5" depth gives you tons of room for usual bathroom items and toiletries, especially if this is used in a bathroom with other storage areas.
What the 5" depth does not accommodate is anything bottle sized, such as most cleaning products. You could lay them on their sides, but I worry about leakage when stored that way.
My previous vanity had small drawers and doors with shelf space. Since this is used in a guest half-bath and we don't have many personal toiletry items that we keep in this bathroom, I used to store my flower vases on the shelves. There are no shelves in this vanity and the 5" deep drawers are too shallow to hold most vases, so I needed to find somewhere else to store those.
The configuration of drawers over shelves is not the fault of the vanity - - - the drawers hold tons of usual toiletries, extra TP and most items that you would want/need at hand.
Do consider not being able to store taller items, but 5 stars for this vanity overall.. M. San Francisco, CA. Thu May 02 2024
