Bathroom Cabinets

Bathroom Cabinets and Linen Storage

Most bathrooms are short of storage in a specific way: there is nowhere to put towels, nowhere for the spare rolls, and nowhere for the things that should not live on the counter. A vanity alone rarely solves it, because half its cabinet is taken by the trap. The pieces here are the rest of the set, built in the same finishes and with the same detailing as the vanities, so extra storage does not have to look like an afterthought.

What each piece is for

• Linen cabinets: tall, narrow towers with shelves behind doors, for towels and bulk storage
• Base and side cabinets: floor standing units 12 to 15 inches wide, made to sit beside a vanity and extend the countertop run
• Hutches: shelved uppers that sit on the back of a countertop unit, giving open storage at eye level
• Drawer units: banks of drawers that fill the gap between two cabinets in a modular layout
• Storage cabinets: wall hung boxes for small bathrooms with no floor space to give

Modular layouts

Several of the series here are modular by design. Addison, Athens and De Soto are built so a vanity, a drawer unit and a side cabinet line up at the same height and read as one run of furniture, which is how you fill a long wall without ordering a custom piece. Measure the wall, subtract the vanity, and split what is left between a drawer unit and a base cabinet. The countertops are ordered per piece, so a single slab colour ties the run together.

Construction

These are furniture grade cabinets: hardwood solids and veneers over plywood cores rather than particle board, with soft close hinges on the doors and undermount glides on the drawers. That matters more in a bathroom than anywhere else in the house, because humidity is what destroys cheap casework. Interiors are finished, not raw, so a cabinet that stands on its own does not show an unfinished side.

Finishing the room

Cabinets are the easiest way to make a bathroom feel finished without redoing it. Pair them with a matching mirror, keep the countertop and backsplash consistent across the run, and if you are tiling, the bathroom tile range covers the floor and wall side of the job. The full brand catalogue, including the pieces that appear in only one series, sits at James Martin.

Cabinets ship on freight, curbside, fully assembled. Nothing here arrives flat packed.