My wife and I bought an old Victorian house. It needed plenty of renovations and updating of the different systems. However, like most houses of this era, it had style and charm. The house contained two stairways, an extra long porch, cathedral ceilings, and very large rooms. And that is where this renovation story takes place- in one of the bathrooms.

Having a large bathroom, at first seems like a blessing. Coming from an apartment, we thought this unique aspect of the house was one of the greatest features of the old house. In the end it is, but getting to that end was more difficult that we expected. First the bathroom needed to be completely gutted. We found that the drain system underneath the floor was slow moving and was nearing complete blockage. So in the days to follow, we removed the light fixtures, the pedestal sink (which was cracked and could not be saved), the toilet (which appeared worn out, but we cleaned it up and saved that fixture), a small closet (that did not work for our new plans), and the claw foot tub (which we were saving, because it was better than the new claw foots we saw in stores). With all these parts out of the bathroom, we soon realized that our large bathroom was now even bigger. This led us to the unique bathroom vanity discovery.

We took a journey to our local hardware store (please note this author and his friends avoid stores like Home Depot and Lowe's, besides wasteful environmental practices, these stores have high prices that they disguise with massive advertising campaigns.) Remember stay local and help you local economy, big box retailers do not need your business. So while at the local hardware store, our friendly store attendant recommended a few products that really helped and then gave us a great idea that we probably would not have got from the super chain stores. We explained that we have a big old house that naturally comes with an extra large bathroom. We wanted that special piece of bathroom furniture that would set the washroom apart from anything else. We decided that an expensive bathroom vanity would be the perfect center piece. Now we asked him what types of local specialty shops carry these high end bathroom vanities. He said, "If you really want a unique bathroom vanity, shop online". We like staying local, we explained, but he said that a good deal of these special bathroom vanity websites were run by small business owners. This helped us ease our decision and we then asked for more information.

He further elaborated by instructing us to cut through the waste, while surfing online, and use key words. Key words, yes these words will get you to the unique bathroom vanity or high end bathroom vanity that you are looking for, he said to us. What words I asked? The words we just spoke: using phrases like, high end bathroom vanities, or special vanities, and anything that sets your idea apart, will get you to the web sites that you need.

With much excitement, we traveled home and started shopping online. We were pleasantly surprised to see the vast selection of high end bathroom vanities that would fit perfect in our new bathroom. Shopping online completed our quest to find the perfect bathroom vanity for our house and made the experience pleasantly fulfilling.