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Bathroom vanities
There are bathroom vanities of a number of different varieties, and the
name for them has a rather funny and interesting origin. The word vain
means proud or narcissistic, and those who are proud of their looks or
over infatuated with themselves are often referred to as vain people. So
the person who likes to primp and look at themselves in the mirror alot is
a person often considered to be invested with more than their fair share
of vanity, and for those persons, the bathroom furniture to enable them to
admire themselves and do things to make themselves look dandy before going
into public was created and aptly named the vanity.
The bathroom vanities of modern times probably really got their foot in
the door of our bathrooms during the Victorian era, when women of means
and wealth would have hand maids to help them dress and decorate
themselves, and these hand maidens would usually sit the woman down on a
chair and surround her with mirrors and make up and her wardrobe. So
furniture became a part of getting dressed, and especially when the hair
had to be done in ways that took much labor and time. Even today, doing
hair and make up takes some people hours, and this is why people like to
have nice comfortable chairs and other furniture, in the form of bathroom
vanity areas, to help them accomplish this kind of work and labor of
vanity with ease and as much comfort as possible.
In fact, one of the most popular and elegant types of bathroom vanities
incorporates a wing chair, which is a chair that was originally designed
for comfort for sitting for long periods of time reading or relaxing. Many
people find that this kind of chair is ideal for their bathroom vanity
area, as long as it fits well with a small desk that has a really good
mirror and great lighting and lot of little places to store various
lotions, cremes, lipsticks, and other tools and tricks of the make up
trade.
To learn more about the history and design of bathroom vanities, just look
through the Internet, doing searches for history and bathroom accessories
and that sort of thing, and you can view all sorts of interesting and
elaborate old fashioned vanities. You might even get some good ideas for
creating your own one, in modern times, drawing upon Victorian ideas.
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