It’s 2024, and we’re here to report that the Sink Skirt Revival, as Fan dubbed it five years ago, is still going strong.
Lately we’ve noticed sink skirts migrating from the kitchen to the bath, where they add a little flair to even the most humdrum of washbasins—and conceal pipework, scrub brushes, toiletries, and any number of other things that need hiding away.
Here are seven examples:
Above: At Glebe House, A Guest House and Restaurant in Rural Devon, UK, an ochre linen curtain wraps around a vintage marble sink (a lucky Facebook Marketplace find).
Above: In her Maplewood, New Jersey design studio, Hollie Velten-Lattrell wanted “something offbeat and cartoonish as an antidote to the traditional sink skirt.” The chartreuse one she chose matches the lemony zellige tiles. For more, see Studio Visit: California Style in an East Coast Enclave.
Above: A neutral—and upcycled—example, courtesy of designer Charles de Lisle. (See Off the Grid: A Stylish, Low-Impact Retreat in Sonoma by Charles de Lisle.)
Above: A sink skirt—particularly when pleated and in a bold shade—can transform even the most basic of sinks, as evidenced at Hotel des Academies et des Arts in Paris. For more, see Modigliani Slept Here: 10 Ideas to Steal from a Hotel and Artists’ Atelier in Paris.
Above: In this petite bath in A Soulful, Timeless Apartment by Studio Dorion in Brooklyn Heights, Peter Dolkas, one half of Studio Dorion, retiled the room (“with inexpensive subway tiles from Nemo”) and then simply added a striped duster skirt to the original sink.
Above: Fabric scraps are put to clever reuse all over The Waldoboro Inn in Maine, including here, on a more-is-more sink skirt and stitched-together curtains. See “140 Years of Interior Trends”: The Waldoboro Inn Opens in Maine.
Above: And a more traditional iteration, spotted the Cotswolds barn of Lisa Mehydene, founder of UK design emporium Edit58; see Currently Coveting: Festive Smocked Lampshades from London.
For more sink skirts elsewhere in the house, see Sink Skirt Revival. And for more design details we have our eye on, might we suggest:
- Tiny Tiled Backsplashes That Pack a Punch
- Trend Alert: The Draped-Cloth Light Fixture
- Checks All Over: Where to Source Checkerboard Rugs, Tablecloths, Towels, and More
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