Help with bathroom planning!! (mainly to do with sit-on sinks)

[Tinkjon]

Not sure if this should go under Property/DIY or here so I may also copy this thread onto the DIY topic...

I want one of those bathroom sinks that sit on top of a unit, rather than an inset one. Do they mean tons of mess, as water will spill straight onto the unit, rather than onto a worktop? Are there any other disadvantages to them? And what sort of thing do I sit them onto - any sort of unit? Or how about onto a worktop? I'm not sure if I want/need worktop or a proper unit - we have tons of toiletries, not sure if they'd be better out on a worktop or in a cupboard somewhere - we probably have too much for just a cupboard? Also the look I'm going for (which will no doubt fail dismally!) is a sort of old French country look - blues and whites, bit of cream wrought iron, very shabby chic... would a sit-on sink be our best bet for that sort of look?

[ByThePowerOfBaileys]

my sister has recently put one in her down stairs loo.

she found a gorgeous old book case in a junk shop and it sits on top of the book case and she has lots of books on the shelves beneath.

I think if you can find the right thing it will look fabulous.

[Tinkjon]

That sounds lovely! How does the plumbing fit into an old bookcase though? This is part of what I'm thinking about - find an old shabby chic unit and have a bowel on that, but how do you do the pipework/taps?

[ByThePowerOfBaileys]

she has what the plumber called "flexi's" bending from the wall up to the back of the taps and on the first shelf she had to drill a hole through and the back for the U bend. but you can't see all that it looks fab.