Believe it or not, the number one most important item in your restroom is the bathroom vanity. Intrigued yet? Actually, to clear matters up a little, it is the number one most important decorative item in your restroom, because there is no way to get around debating the merit of the toilet in usefulness.

This is because the vanity is the one item that is most likely to get noticed inadvertently the most, because people love to check their images in the mirror before they leave. Even if you do not consider yourself vain, you probably take a glance up at yourself while washing your hands. This means that after the necessity items, the bathroom mirror garnishes the most attention from your guests. Now keep in mind that the bathroom is one of the most trafficked areas of your home, and you can see why you will want to take some time on the most important element of your home restroom.

After all, if you knew there was one place in your home that all your guests would have their undivided attention, wouldn't you want to make sure it was perfect? Since you now know ironically that is in the bathroom at your vanity, you will want to make sure the mirror you pick exceeds expectations.

In fact, depending on the theme you choose for your bathroom, the vanity is either going to complete your theme accenting the entire room, or is going to break the decorating motif and noticeably stand out in a way you were not planning on. Since the mirror is the deciding factor and the centerpiece of the room, you might want to in fact choose it and correlate a theme to go along with it.

For example, if your bathroom has a wooden bathroom, you might consider bringing out the natural wood accents and creating a warm comfortable restroom area by choosing a bathroom vanity that has a stained wooden frame to match. The frame will help bring out the wood around the bathroom that your guests may otherwise miss, and will give you an instant theme to work with.

Should you continue to stay with the warm wooden theme, you may also place wooden hand towels holders on either sides, or one side of the bathroom vanity mirror so that you continue the accent work around the room. Throw in some nice rich earth colors of tan, red, or green and the theme will continue to pop out around the bathroom. Of course any towel or magazine holder that you have throughout the bathroom should also have the same wooden stain.

If you continue to match the items in your bathroom with the wood on your bathroom vanity and the towel colors, you will quickly watch the room start to come together. To further accent the room, you may choose either silver or gold etching on the glasswork of the vanity depending on what color your fixtures are.