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Console basins buying guide A console basin is a basin and a countertop set on legs, with the space beneath left open. It is also called a washstand or a basin stand. This collection holds two Turner Hastings Mayer washstands, each with a Carrara marble top, a ceramic basin and a brass frame, and three Caroma Liano II hand wall basins that include an overflow. Below you will find what a console basin is and how it differs from a pedestal and a wall hung basin. It then covers the washstands on this page and how they are installed, the care of a marble top, and the tap hole, waste and trap. It also answers two questions people ask: whether console sinks are in style and what the two types of basin are. Where the washstand comes from The console is the descendant of the washstand, and the history explains the form. A washstand, or basin stand, is a small table or cabinet, usually on three or four legs, made to hold a wash basin and a water pitcher, in woods such as mahogany, walnut and rosewood. In the nineteenth century it grew into an oblong table with basin openings and a shelf-like stretcher for jugs, and in the early twentieth century the wooden top was replaced by an unpierced marble slab with the basin set on it. The washstand then disappeared with the arrival of modern indoor plumbing. The Mayer returns to that form with a marble top, a basin and a frame, with modern plumbing connected, which is why it reads as a heritage piece. The Mayer's frame is brass tube and not timber, but the arrangement of a slab on legs with a shelf beneath is the traditional one. What a console basin is A console is a cross between a wall-mounted sink and a pedestal sink: the sink and countertop are mounted to the wall and supported by two or four legs, or they stand freely on four legs. The space between the counter and the floor is typically open, although some consoles have an open shelf or a drawer. A console is also called a console vanity, which is why people search for it unde