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Twin basins, naff or useful?

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Pannacotta · 15/10/2010 21:50

We're still planning our art deco shower room (and probably will be for some time!) and am wondering if we should put in twin basins.

We're not having a bath so there'll just be a loo, basin (or two) plus a large shower cubicle. The room is 3m long x 2m wide.

DH shaves every morning and leaves a little trail of hairs after him, I'm thinking it might be nice to have my own, CLEAN basin.

But are twin basins naff/best left to hotels only?

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scurryfunge · 15/10/2010 21:53

They look very nice but to be honest we don't share the bathroom in our house...tend to use separate bathrooms.

MaryMotherOfCheeses · 15/10/2010 21:54

Tell DH how much it costs for two basins.

Then see if he wants to start clearing up after himself.

orienteerer · 15/10/2010 21:56

We rented a house that had twin basins in the guest/family shower room. We never used it as a couple (as used our en-suite bathroom with one basin) but think it's probably fine if you have the space.

.......Please tell be you will still have a bath in the house....?

orienteerer · 15/10/2010 21:57

......tell me - (not be)...............

wasabipeanut · 15/10/2010 21:57

Depends on the bathroom. If it's an ensuite for you and DH and you've gone for the boutique hotel look maybe.

If its a family bathroom for you and the kids I'd be thinking one oversized basin so they could both still do their teeth at the same time for example.

Funnys5FootUnderThePatioGarden · 15/10/2010 21:57

naff but at the same time useful Do it. I wish we had 2 basins

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Pannacotta · 15/10/2010 22:00

DH is almost blind minus his glasses so claims he does rinse out the sink after a shave, sadly for me he cannot see the gubbins le leaves behind.

Yes we will have a bath, the shower room is a spare room at the mo and there's a family bathroom as well, which we need to renovate in time, probably once the avocado suite finally gives up the ghost.

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lalalonglegs · 15/10/2010 22:00

Naff and really quite pointless.

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Pannacotta · 15/10/2010 22:02

my last post not v clear, yes it'll be a posh shower room just for me and DH, I hope,(not ensuite though), and family bathroom will have a big sink once we renovate it.

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Pannacotta · 15/10/2010 22:04

lala I used to think they were pointless until I got really fed up with having to clean the sink every morning after DH before I could brush my teeth.

Not sure our budget can quite stand up to it though...

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orienteerer · 15/10/2010 22:04

As you have the space I'd go for it.

wasabipeanut · 15/10/2010 22:05

Ah I failed to read your first post properly. tbh I'm not a huge fan of twin basins but if it is a major cause of marital disharmoney then go for it!

lalalonglegs · 15/10/2010 22:18

Can't you just make him wear his glasses and/or learn to use a j-cloth? If you don't, you'll still end up cleaning "his" sink even if you do get two - he just doesn't seem that keen to do it himself.

Honestly, I do think twin basins are prissy and daft. They're meant to convey a certain level of luxury but they don't any more than curly brass door handles or faux-leather sofas.

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Pannacotta · 15/10/2010 22:23

Yes I could try harder to get him to be more careful.

He is quite slovenly but I suppose if I remind him of the price difference between one and two basins that might work!

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MaryMotherOfCheeses · 15/10/2010 22:48

So if you've got two sinks, and one is always mucky, and getting muckier cos you're not cleaning it before you use it... Would it bother you?

stillbobbysgirl · 15/10/2010 22:54

In 12 years, I have never felt the need to use the bathroom sink at the same time as DH. That would be yuk.

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Pannacotta · 16/10/2010 08:53

The purpose of having twin sinks wouldnt be to use the bathroom at the same time as DH, rather that we would have a sink each and I wouldnt have to clean the sink every morning before I brush my teeth, but I realise its a bit of a luxury which we can't really afford!

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GrendelsMum · 16/10/2010 21:17

Tell him to put his glasses on in the morning and then wipe it over.

Hey presto, £200 saved! (which can now be spent on super expensive Italian pots for your garden)

daddadoesnadda · 17/10/2010 10:38

not naff at all.

and so useful, dh and i always go to bed at the same time so we can brush teeth/wash our faces at the same time.

I think they will be useful when the dcs are old enough to use the sinks too.

MumtoF · 30/10/2010 14:54

Also means you can have your own undersink cabinet which is great.

LillianGish · 30/10/2010 14:58

If you've got room I'd say it's useful - don't really understand why it would be naff. We used to live in a house with twin basins and while we didn't routinely use them at the same time it was useful at times.

magichomes · 30/10/2010 20:08

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TheNextMrsDracula · 31/10/2010 00:57

No, not naff; we would love to have twin basins as we often use the bathroom simultaneously at bedtime. I mentioned this to my mother and she went so obviously not everyone does this!

We are just renovating said bathroom, but due to a headroom issue (loft conversion) we will unfortunately have to stick with a single basin (and take it in turns to spit the toothpaste!!).

quizling · 31/10/2010 00:58

naff and pointless

mumonthenet · 31/10/2010 14:00

not naff and not pointless.

We have twin basins in the ensuite.

We are not always in the bathroom together but when dh is shaving or whatever, I sometimes run in there, clean teeth, or rinse make-up off hands, or brush hair (in mirror above my side iyswim). Could survive with out the extra but I think it's a tiny luxury...especially if you have room.

I would rather have two small basins - and a worktop - than one large one.

I also think it adds value to the master suite...if ever you come to sell the house.

I wish I'd put twin basins in the kids' bathroom too!

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