Parts of a Vanity – Labeled Bathroom Vanity Diagram

All 10 parts on the diagram

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Bathroom vanity 10

Vanity top The countertop of a vanity. It is set down on the cabinet and stuck to its rim.
Sink The basin set into the vanity top. Its drain pipe runs down inside the cabinet.
Backsplash In a bathroom, often reaches only a few inches above the countertop.
Face frame The doors and drawers close against it. It is finished to match them, because part of it always shows.
Door Hung on hinges at one side of its opening.
Hinges Two of them fix the door to the cabinet.
Shelf Some shelves are fixed. Others rest on clips and can be moved up or down.
Drawers Boxes that slide into the cabinet and out. Only their fronts show when they are shut.
Pulls Cabinet makers call the pulls and knobs a cabinet's hardware. Each door and drawer has one.
Toe kick A recess under the cabinet that leaves room for your feet. You can then stand close to the top.

How this list was compiled: Every name checked on 2026-09-30 and kept only where at least two independent sources use it: (1) a cabinet maker's glossary, https://www.kraftmaid.com/glossary/; (2) a cabinet seller's glossary, https://www.kitchencabinetkings.com/glossary; (3) Wikipedia, text only: Bathroom cabinet, Kitchen cabinet, Cabinetry, Sink, Dressing table; (4) three vanity makers' installation instructions, full text on archive.org (https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-7078167 and two more). No maker is named or drawn. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site on 2026-09-30 from plain geometry; no maker's product, nothing traced. Licence: own work

How it works

The parts of a vanity, the cabinet under a bathroom sink, on one drawing. The left door stands open so that the shelf and the hinges can be seen.

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From the top down

Numbers 1 to 3 are the top: the vanity top, the sink set in it and the backsplash behind. Numbers 4 to 9 are the cabinet: the face frame, the door with its hinges, the shelf inside, the drawers and the pulls. Number 10, the toe kick, is at the floor.

The vanity is the cabinet. The vanity top is the separate slab that sits on it.
The pipes under the sink have names of their own: they are on the sink diagram.

Questions and answers

What are the parts of a vanity called?

The vanity top carries the sink and has a backsplash behind it. The cabinet under it has a face frame, doors on hinges, drawers, shelves and pulls. The recess along the floor is the toe kick.

What is the top of a vanity called?

The vanity top. It is the countertop of the vanity, a slab set down on the cabinet with the sink in it. The short strip that stands against the wall behind it is the backsplash.

What is the toe kick on a vanity?

The recessed space between the bottom of the cabinet and the floor. It leaves room for your feet, so that you can stand close to the top.

Is a vanity a cabinet or a dressing table?

Both use the word. In a bathroom a vanity is the cabinet under the sink. In a bedroom a vanity, or vanity table, is a dressing table: a table made for dressing and grooming.