Shopfront Villeroy & Boch two-basin and storage unit from €2,300 (excluding taps) at Ideal Bathrooms: double basins wall mounted and set on either side of a panel veneered in dark stained wood.

Basins have towel rails to the side. Storage unit below is also veneered. Good for a family bathroom

Ideal Bathrooms, Lower Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.

Tel 01 4609911

Greenwich basin and chrome stand €944 at Fired Earth: wonderfully old-fashioned sink whose neat size makes it suitable for a cloakroom or small bathroom. Washstand provides ready-made towel rail

Fired Earth, 31 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1. Tel 01 8735362

Greve sink €3,000 at Antica: stone basin with wood surround. Dramatic and expensive because of the quality of finish and the materials used, it is available in Chianti travertine and light walnut wood. Can be produced to varying dimensions

Antica, The Stone Gallery, Unit 7, Earlscourt Industrial Estate

Beaumount Avenue, Churchtown, Dublin 14

tel 01 2960136

Duravit basin €767 and metal console €566 at Waterloo Bathrooms: something of a variation on the Belfast sink, but with a splashback. Also available wall mounted minus the console (with towel rail built on). It's wide: the average sink is 500mm wide - this is 600mm

Waterloo Bathrooms & Tiles, 4 Wellington Street, Dún Laoghaire,

Co Dublin. Tel 01 2842100

Roper Rhodes washstand €1,300 at Davies Absolute Bathrooms: stainless steel framework with a thick toughened glass top and fashionable bowl basin, also in glass. The drawer is veneered in zebrano wood but is also available in beech or wenge. This is a piece of furniture as much as a sink

Davies Absolute Bathrooms, Glencormac Business Park, Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow (beside Avoca)

Tel 01 2765689 Harmonstown Road, Raheny, Dublin 15.

Tel 01 8511700