Your bathroom vanity needs a promotion, and it's earned it. You start and end every day at your vanity, so shouldn't it look great?

ELLE Decor-featured designers have figured this out already. They're turning vintage sideboards into statement vanities, sculptures into working faucets, and bathrooms into spaces you want to linger.

Their secret: Commit to it. A tiny powder room can pack just as much punch as a sprawling primary suite when you're not afraid to make big moves. Whether that's wrapping walls in saturated tile, integrating lighting directly into mirror design, or having the confidence to let one stunning element steal the entire show.

Ready to give your vanity the starring role it deserves? We've gathered some of our favorite bathroom vanities from the ELLE Decor archives to get the ideas flowing.

Even the most utilitarian spaces deserve a dose of drama.

Pro tip: When you find a vanity finish this spectacular, let it be the star. In this Nicholas Obeid-designed Albany home, the guest bathroom is painted in Farrow & Ball’s French Gray, the pendant is by Rose Uniacke, and the polished nickel drawer pulls are by Signature Hardware.

In this mountain home designed by design firm Commune, the entire bathroom is enveloped in rich red tile, and the warm walnut vanity becomes the perfect grounding element against all the gorgeous, glossy drama.

Go bold with dramatic striped marble that creates movement from floor to ceiling—it's like wearing the perfect pinstripe suit, but for your bathroom walls. In this Josh Greene-designed primary bathroom, striped marble forms a mirrored grid on the floor. The medicine cabinets are by Josh Greene Design, faucets by Waterworks, and lights by Urban Electric Company.

The custom mirror by Workshop/APD incorporates a Slim End to End wall sconce from Articolo Studios. The vanity in honed Perla Venata marble is also by Workshop/APD. "In all our projects we always balance materiality, texture and tone, and here we did a sweet little customized sink and vanity," the firm's Andrew Kotchen says.

Go full Old Hollywood glamour, like in writer and director Mara Brock Akil's L.A. home, designed by Tiffany Howell of the ELLE Decor A-List firm Night Palm Studio. The walls are clad in Macchia Vecchia marble, the tub is from Waterworks, and the vanity mirror is from Impressions.

When in doubt, go full throttle with one gorgeous hue. This Oliver Furth-designed primary bathroom is a perfect explosion of mint tile with color-matched powder-coated fittings.

Double the drama like ELLE Decor A-List designer Alessandra Branca did in this Harbour Island home. The twin arched niches create a spa-like sanctuary, and the cerused oak floating vanity keeps things airy while maximizing storage.

Transform your powder room into a pastoral paradise with a mural or striking wall covering. The wallcovering here is by The Mural Source, the fittings are Waterworks, and the sconce is Thomas O'Brien for Visual Comfort.

When the king of understated luxury designs a powder room, you get moody charcoal marble that feels like stepping into a sophisticated cave. In Giorgio Armani's home, a Zebru marble vanity in a guest bath has fittings by Rubinetterie Stella. The sconces are by Armani/Casa.

A 1940s oak sideboard found new life as a stunning vanity. Toronto-based designer Montana Labelle topped it with Verde Malachite Mosaico stone that's pure eye candy, and the organic mirror and sculptural pendant complete the look.

When you truly commit to a color, everything else falls into place. This custom solid oak vanity is home to a custom Belgian red marble sink with a deck-mounted faucet from Watermark. On top of the vanity, the Electric Bowery team created matching cabinets on either side, each housing a vintage Danish table lamp found on 1stDibs that have both been crowned with custom Claremont fabric shades by Hollywood Shades.

In Delia Kenza's powder room, every hand wash feels like art. The vanity has a spout made out of a sculpture from Angola, wall covering by Gucci; mirror by Aytm; and a velvet wall bracket from Creel and Gow.

Bring back the charm of skirted vanities—this vintage-inspired detail not only conceals plumbing but adds instant personality with patterned fabric that makes your powder room feel like it's part of an English country house. In this Cambridge, Masachusettes home, the vanity skirt is in a Rose Cumming fabric, and the walls are painted Dorset Cream by Farrow & Ball, with paneling in Deep Ochre by Benjamin Moore.

We don't all have bathroom windows that open to one of the world's most famous landmarks, but if you do have a stunning view, let the mirror multiply the magic. This floating travertine vanity in a Paris apartment keeps things minimal so nothing competes with that jaw-dropping Parisian panorama framed perfectly in custom glass.