Washbasin

Washbasin: all available solutions

The washbasin is an important protagonist of the bathroom. In addition to its daily use, it immediately attracts the eye and becomes the focus of the room.

It is important that the material it is made of is reliable over time, easy to keep clean, indestructible.

The basin is also a valuable shelf for all the products for personal care. Therefore the ideal sink is practical, capacious, functional and equipped with proper fitting.

The choice of the basin, one of the most spectacular pieces of furniture in the bathroom, must therefore satisfy practical needs, but also aesthetic ones.
Its shape can be square, round, oval and you can indulge in the choice of the material. In fact, in addition to traditional ceramic, you can opt for more original solutions such as glass or cement. The different types of washbasin are distinguished by the way in which this is installed: recessed inside the cabinet or the bathroom floor or on topo of it.

Washbasin

A much in vogue in recent years involves the washbasin, for installation on floors or shelves as bathroom furniture.


Elegant and aesthetic are the proposals by Duravit, as for example PuraVida, a model with rounded corners and the contoured shape made by Phoenix Design with great care.

Its main feature is defined by the minimalism of feminine taste, which brings its elegant aesthetics, inviting surfaces and subtle luxury.

Cape Cod is called instead the series by Philippe Starck for Duravit.

This line also includes the washbasin, which appears to break down the barriers between inside and outside, making nature an essential element of inspiration for the bathroom, with organic forms and authentic materials such as real wood (for the support surface) and ceramics.

Its circular shape is very harmonious and accomplished.

Built-in and semi-built-in washbasins

Duravit, for example, also offers various sinks recessed on countertop or undercountertop, clean lines, and ranked by the size and reduced dimensions.

Thanks to a special grinding, these washbasins perfectly adhere to the surface.

The recessed washbasins on the countertop can be installed from above on a base, a console or a under-the-washbasin top, offering large bearing surface around the edge.

Alternatively are available undercounter, that are even easier to clean.
A third option is offered instead by a semi-recessed basins.

A prime example is the built-in washbasin Santosa, elegant and original oval shape with fixings for installation in wooden consoles included, or the model DURAVIT 2nd Floor Sink, square-shaped and geometric countertop basin, without overflow, without tap, dimensions (WxDxH): 580x415x95mm and grossed by Sieger Design.

The basin is obviously coordinated with the entire series bathroom 2nd Floor.


Villeroy-Boch offers a wide selection of washbasins, also built-in, round shape, oval and square.

The built-in washbasin Loop & Friends (with a diameter of 45.5 cm) model is round and smooth, which consists of three tap holes, the overflow option and is made of porcelain sanitary ware.

The outer side is glazed.

This model is also available in ceramicplus and with template for cutting included.

The collection also includes the basin from the square, original and valuable.

Also in this case the outer side is glazed, is made with sanitary ware and includes the ball elongated sphere for the functioning of the eccentric of the drainage pipe.

In addition to the built-in sinks, there are also semi recessed ie only partially collected on a floor or a bathroom cabinet.

The semi-recessed sinks offer, by their nature, a particular convenience of access than the built-in models.

An example is the model Basin by Ideal Standard, sink mixer with deep rectangular basin equipped with template and wall mounting for installation.

Very valid also sink Thesis Design, characterized by a large oval basin, with side storage shelves.

This is designed with a central hole for the tap open and diaphragm side openings (dimensions: 67 x 49 cm).

Glass washbasin

An original choice and out of the ordinary to make your bathroom very refined, is the glass sink.

In fact, in addition to various types of sinks that as seen differ in the characteristics of installation, you can choose an innovative solution of washbasin focusing on new materials compared to ceramics.


The glass basins Glasstime, for example, are realized thanks to the thermoforming, a particular technique of hot pressing which allows to obtain the desired shape for its own sink bath. This results in elegant washbasins personalized and customized.

All sinks Glasstime undergo a strict process of annealing out of mold, to eliminate all the stress of residual voltage and ensure a proper household.

The company offers standard washbasins, sinks and special decoration washbasins.


The standard glass washbasins are characterized by shapes and designs available in various solutions, special feature exclusive forms, custom-designed provided by customers, while those decorated guarantee maximum customization, being embellished with special patterns made with different techniques.

Their beauty is combined with solidity: contrary to what you might think, the glass is not synonymous of weakness because the washbasins are tested for impact resistance of a solid body, load and temperature changes.

As you can see on the site Vetroso, Glasstime offers a wide range of sinks for the bathroom made of colored glass.

It starts from the model with the preferred form, then selecting the color (thirty standard ones with the possibility of new colors on request) and finishing.

Those available are: polished, satin, Stone, granite and Wood.

Cement washbasin

If you love the proposals out of the ordinary, then you will appreciate the model Elle3 by Moab 80 made in concrete, uneven and characterized by small imperfections that make it unique.

The search for Moab 80, as you can see, it is established from the point of view of aesthetic and material, enriched thanks to the use of color, lying in an almost artisan way and the effect is not smooth and even, but consumed.

This basin is a proposal of rupture, available in a wide range of colors, combined with the nuances of the coatings in prefinished. This model can be used both in suspension on a table top.

The same company also offers the model Elle2, a line of washbasins in concrete treated with water-repellent additives, stabilizers and elasticity.

This model is a tank dedicated to those looking for furniture, and in this case bathroom fixture, able to represent the stylistic innovation and aesthetics from an artisanal point of view, though this washbasin is printed.