Long Island City, Queens · 2025
Long Island City Loft — Walnut Floating Double Vanity
A 7-foot solid American walnut floating vanity with under-mount integrated lighting for a converted LIC industrial loft. Single book-matched slab front, no visible hardware, soft-close everywhere.
Project at a glance
- Vanity length
- 7 feet (84 inches)
- Cost
- $2,450 vanity only ($350/lf)
- With counter + sinks
- $5,800 delivered & installed
- Lead time
- 4 weeks build, 1 day install
- Material
- Solid American walnut, FSC-certified, hand-rubbed oil finish
- Counter
- Honed Carrara marble, integrated trough sinks
- Building type
- Converted industrial loft, 6th floor
The brief
A LIC loft owner wanted a single-piece walnut vanity with no visible hardware that would float off a 12-foot brick wall and not compete with the existing exposed steel and concrete. Drainage had to land within an existing waste stack — moving plumbing was off the table.
What we built
A 7-foot floating walnut vanity built from a single book-matched walnut slab, push-to-open drawers (no pulls), French-cleat wall mount carrying 240 lbs of cabinetry plus marble plus contents. Hand-rubbed Osmo Polyx oil finish — water-resistant, repairable in place, no plastic film. Recessed warm-white LED strip washes the brick wall behind the floating mass.
Cost breakdown
Vanity (solid walnut, push-to-open): $2,450. Honed Carrara counter with two integrated trough sinks: $2,800. French cleat + wall blocking install: $250. LED + driver: $300. Total: $5,800. Plumbing rough-in and tile work were handled by the owner's GC and not included.
Why solid wood over veneer here
On a 7-foot vanity that will see daily splash, solid walnut takes a sand-and-re-oil at year 5 and looks new again. Veneer over MDF has a single sand-through life and any water intrusion at sink cutouts swells the substrate. For master baths we recommend solid; for powder rooms with light use, veneer is fine and 30–40% cheaper.
Lead time
Build was 4 weeks (walnut slab sourcing was the constraint, not the millwork). Install on a 6th-floor loft with freight elevator: under 4 hours from doors-off-the-truck to silicone cure.