Timberline Nevada Vanities

Timberline Nevada Vanities Buying Guide

Nevada is a Timberline cabinet family, custom made in Armidale, in northern NSW. It comes as four lines that share one carcase and differ in door style and drawer layout, then as wall hung or floor standing, then with a choice of top, basin, finish and handle. That is a lot of combinations from one name, so this guide works through the decisions in the order that limits the rest: the line, the mounting, the width, the top and basin, the tap holes, and the finish. The Timberline brand collection covers the other ranges if Nevada turns out not to suit the room.

Four lines, one cabinet family

The four lines are Nevada, Nevada Plus, Nevada Classic and Nevada Classic Plus. Each line is defined by the front of the cabinet and what sits behind it.

Nevada is the all-rounder: doors and drawers together, so the storage suits both tall items and small ones. Nevada Plus is all drawers, with European drawers on full extension runners and soft-close, and complimentary bamboo finger-jointed storage trays inside. Nevada Classic keeps the door and drawer layout but routs a panel into the doors and drawers, which adds a traditional touch. Nevada Classic Plus puts that routed panel on an all-drawer cabinet.

The choice comes down to two questions. Do you want to see everything in the cabinet when a drawer opens, or keep a taller open space behind a door for bulky items such as spare toilet rolls? And is the room modern or traditional? All-drawer storage suits a bathroom where the bench is cleared daily. A routed front suits a Hamptons or farmhouse scheme, and the Hamptons vanities collection shows how that profile sits with the rest of a room.

Routed shaker vanities come only in painted finishes, as the finish section below explains. Confirm the finish on the product page for the exact vanity before you order.

Which Nevada line suits which room

Match the line to the room and to the way the household stores things.

• Nevada suits a family bathroom that needs both drawers for small items and a door for bulky ones.
• Nevada Plus suits a main bathroom or ensuite where everything lives in drawers, and the bamboo trays keep the contents sorted.
• Nevada Classic suits a Hamptons, farmhouse or traditional room that wants a door and drawer layout with a routed panel.
• Nevada Classic Plus suits the same traditional room when you want all drawers behind the routed front.

A small guest bathroom suits a 600mm or 750mm Nevada with a centre bowl, and small vanities shows other compact choices. A master ensuite suits a 1500mm or 1800mm double. A family bathroom with one basin suits a 900mm or 1200mm vanity, with an offset bowl if you want a long clear run of bench.

Mounting: on the wall or on the floor

Nevada is made in both. The wall hung versions leave the floor clear and carry the cabinet, top and basin on the wall. The floor standing versions sit on a plinth or kick, or on a choice of legs, and metal legs come in finishes such as brushed gold.

Pick by the state of the walls and the position of the pipes. A wall hung cabinet needs solid backing behind the lining, which is simple to add while the framing is open and awkward once the walls are tiled. Wall hung is easiest to plan at framing stage, and a floor standing vanity is often the more practical choice in a finished, tiled room. A floor standing cabinet on a kick also covers pipes that come up through the floor, where a wall hung cabinet needs the waste to come out of the wall. The Classic versions add a solid back panel to the cabinet, which adds stability and makes mounting easier. If you are weighing the two formats more broadly, the wall hung vanities and freestanding vanities pages set them side by side.

Choosing a width

Nevada runs from 600mm to 1800mm in steps, and the step you can buy depends on the top. Versions with an integrated Alpha Ceramic top stop at 1500mm. Versions with a separate above-counter or under-counter basin continue to 1800mm. That matters if you are comparing a ceramic-top Nevada with a stone-look one at the widest size.

Width suitability runs like this. A 750mm vanity suits a small main bathroom or a guest bathroom with one basin. A 900mm vanity is the main and family bathroom size for one basin, and it is not wide enough for two. A 1200mm vanity is a large single or a tight double, so check the basin spacing on the product. A 1500mm vanity is the comfortable double. An 1800mm vanity gives two users real separation and is a master ensuite size. The size collections list what is available at each width: 600mm and smaller, 750mm, 900mm, 1200mm, 1500mm and 1800mm.

The bowl position is a second choice at each width. Every size has a centre bowl. At 900mm, 1200mm, 1500mm and 1800mm many Nevada vanities also come with a left or right offset bowl, which leaves a clear run of bench beside the basin. Double bowls start at 1200mm. If you want two basins, the double vanity collection has every layout with two bowls across the brands.

Tops and basins

The top changes how the vanity looks, how it cleans, and how wide it can go.

Alpha Ceramic is a one-piece ceramic top with the basin moulded in and an overflow. It has no join between basin and bench, so there is nothing for grime to collect in, and it wipes clean. Ceramic is fired in a kiln, and fired tops vary slightly in size, by plus or minus 5mm or 3 percent, so check the cut-out and the gaps beside the top rather than assuming a perfect fit against a wall.

SilkSurface is a 20mm acrylic solid surface top. It is paired with a separate basin that sits above the counter or under it. A white gloss ceramic basin is included, and matte, coloured, solid surface or stainless steel basins are also available. An above-counter basin sits on the bench as a bowl and gives the most basin choice. An undermount basin is fixed beneath the top, so water wipes straight from the bench into the bowl and there is no rim to clean. The full basin range is separate if you want a shape that is not offered with the vanity.

Nevada is also made with Regal acrylic, Vogue and Stadium mineral composite, and stone tops. Treat those as variations on the same decision: integrated basin or separate basin, and the width ceiling that follows from it.

Check what is included. The above-counter vanities add a plug and waste as an option, and the Classic ceramic vanities sell it separately. Add it to the order so the plumber is not waiting on a part. Ceramic pop up wastes only suit the counter basins listed.

Tap holes

The tap hole count is set when the top is made, so choose the tapware before you order the vanity. Nevada ceramic tops offer 0, 1 or 3 holes: none for wall-mounted taps, one for a single mixer, three for a three-piece set. The above-counter Nevada Plus offers 0 or 1. The 1200mm double bowl ceramic version is not offered with 0 holes. Check the mixer you want in the bathroom taps and mixers collection before you commit to a hole count.

Finishes, handles and samples

There are two kinds of cabinet finish. Painted colours are a two-pack polyurethane process, satin unless noted, and are the only finish on routed shaker vanities. Woodgrain colours are melamine, matt or textured, and are not available on routed shaker vanities. The distinction decides whether Nevada Classic and Classic Plus can be oak or walnut: they cannot.

Handles come in named styles, including Arch, Curve, D, Flat Knob, Leather Pull, Ova, Retro, Round Knob, Solid Lip, Square and fingerpulls, in finishes such as chrome, black, brushed nickel and satin gold.

A screen cannot show everything. Gloss finishes look noticeably different from the matt samples. Painted colours can vary slightly between batches. Woodgrain patterns do not line up across panels, and horizontal grain is standard on vanities. SilkSurface slabs vary naturally and may be substituted with an equivalent colour. For those reasons a samples box is worth ordering before you commit to a dark painted colour or a woodgrain.

Care and cleaning

Wipe the cabinet front with a soft cloth and a mild pH-neutral cleaner, and dry any spilt water. Painted two-pack fronts and melamine woodgrain fronts both clean this way. Keep bleach, scouring creams and abrasive pads off every surface, because they scratch painted and laminated finishes. Wipe the top and the basin with the same cloth. Glazed ceramic does not repair if it is scratched, so a soft cloth is the safe tool. Check the silicone along the back of the top and around the waste every few months and renew any that has lifted. Run the exhaust fan during and after showers so steam does not sit against the cabinet.

Clean the drawer runners with a dry cloth, and keep hair tools and wet bottles off the drawer fronts. If a door or drawer front drifts out of line over time, the adjusters on the hinge and runner bring it back.

Before you order

Nevada is built to your selection, so confirm the width, bowl position, top and tap hole count before you place the order. Book the plumber and tiler once the vanity is confirmed, because the pipework and the wall backing both depend on the unit you have chosen.

If none of the sizes suits the wall, see custom vanities for sizes beyond the standard range.

Mirror and tapware to match

A mirror hangs best slightly narrower than the vanity, in about 50mm to 100mm from each side, and about 100mm to 200mm above the bench or the basin rim so it clears the tap handles. A double vanity takes either one mirror over each basin or one wide mirror. Mirrors are sorted by width, and the white bathroom vanities collection is the easiest way to see how a painted Nevada pairs with a white room.

Where to go next

Nevada is one of several Timberline lines in the Timberline vanities page. For other cabinets at the same width, the size collections above list every brand, and bathroom vanities covers the decisions that apply to every vanity, from sizing to plumbing.