Wall mounted or freestanding bathroom cabinet for a small bathroom?

IKEA have tall slim cabinets which don’t take up a lot of space but have plenty of storage. I’m sure other companies will have similar.

www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/hemnes-high-cabinet-with-mirror-door-white-70217685/

I’m in a similar position and we’re looking at an under-basin storage cabinet. I’m shying away from tall fittings because I feel as if that “brings the walls in” For the same reason I’m leaning towards not having floor to ceiling tiles like we have at the moment.

I agree it’s easy to become overwhelmed by choice! It helps by saving a wish list to Pinterest.

My bathroom is very small. The only way I could have managed to have both a bath and a shower would be to have the shower over the bath type small. Cue I chose to have a modern-size shower and forget about having a bath. Darn it - but it is what it is...

What I chose was a shelving unit from Wayfair. It's a nicely decorative one - attractive piece of furniture of itself and several shelves high. I then put decorative baskets on the shelves - so as to have one type of thing in one basket, another type in another etc. That is a firm I use noticeably often for house goods of various descriptions - because they tend to have a wide choice of whatever item one is looking for in a variety of price levels, you get straight through to talk to a person and they're efficient.

That can work provided very basic "utility" type stuff (eg medical stuff) can be put elsewhere (in my case on part of the shelving for old airing cupboard off my hallway - now it no longer has a hotwater tank in it since I bought the house).

We also have a walk-in shower only. Occasionally I miss having a bath. I do not miss having to clean a bath!

The shower screen is easy to keep clean with a rubber scraper.

I'll look at Wayfair.

I'd go wall-mounted in a small space keeps the floor clear so the room feels bigger and you won't be bumping into corners. We put one above the loo in our cloakroom and it's made such a difference for keeping toiletries out of sight.

I’ve just today had over-basin bathroom cabinets installed. What a different it’s made to the small rooms! Windowsills are now clear and the floors uncluttered. I’m very happy.

If you can afford to splash out a little, I recommend Geberit wall units. They come with/without lighting and I went for mirrored doors. They come ready-assembled. They’re a little deeper than most cabinets, at 17cm, and the shelving can be arranged to accommodate taller bottles. The joiner who installed them said they are impressive pieces of kit!

Under-basin cabinets here

When we had to install a wet room so DH could have a shower, I went for four wall hung mirrored cabinets which makes the room look twice as big.

We have a slim wall unit that is fitted behind the door - the door doesn't bang it when opened. It leaves the walls a bit clearer when you go into the bathroom as you can't see it until you shut the door.

We also don't have fully tiles walls - only around the bath and sink. The rest is painted as it's much easier to change.

I have a large wall mounted cabinet it is 65 cm tall, 80 wide and 10 cm deep with 3 shelves inside. the body is stainless steel and the double doors are entirely mirror. It doesn't feel big or bring the walls in because it is mirrored and reflects light too. I got it from a bathroom supplier might have been Victorian Plumbing or Bath Store.

Several years ago I got a slim, tall unit with cupboard at the bottom and open shelves above. Can't remember if it was M&S or Argos but it might be worth checking their websites.

Retread I’ve a teeny tiny bathroom/shower room and I scoured handmade wood cupboards on Etsy, I chose one from a company and was thrilled with the service and product. I’ve mounted a grey round basin on top.

I have an over basin mirrored cabinet which fits into the wall between the timber studs - maybe you can find a tall cupboard like this, so you can have a cupboard that is deeper than it looks?

The under-basin drawers that I have are wall mounted so that you can see the floor underneath, it looks smaller than a floor mounted one I think.
I agree with others that the Ikea bathroom furniture is very good, if they have something that you like.

Take a good photo of your bathroom, getting as much in as you can. Then load it up on ChatGPT, say what ideas you’re looking for, and it will show you lots of options to choose from.

I'd go for wall mounted. You could have more than one, just like kitchen cabinets, side by side if you have enough space. No matter what you go for they will have to be secured to a wall for safety. Wall mounted will give more floor space for moving around.

My tall slim white wall-mounted cabinet from B&Q, it just seems to disappear against the white wall. No mirror.
I have got a small mirror near the basin with a strip-light around it, it's reversible to magnifier.

I think the trick here is to be absolutely ruthless about what you need to keep in your bathroom. I've got a wall-hung unit with two drawers and what I can't get in there, I've decided I really don't need. We've recently been 'staging' the house for estate agents' photos. It involved hiding loads of worktop clutter (not just bathroom, kitchen and bedrooms too) in boxes, out of camera sight. Weeks later, we realise we haven't bothered to put most of them back. They can go!

Under sink i'd say

I’m always a bit wary of cabinets over a wash basin as a friend of mine accidentally knocked something out and it cracked the sink. Goodness knows what, as it must have been quite heavy to do that.

Under sink is very tidy and neat using up what is otherwise wasted space.

Is it a modern or traditional or "old" style room in the first place?
What are the dimensions and exactly what is in there already?

These modern cabinets would all look terrible in my bathroom- that's why I'm wondering.

I have bought an open shelve tall and slim floor standing unit from john lewis which fits well into a small space. I love it, I can fit loads onto the shelves.