Bertch Interlude Bathroom Vanity Style

The doors are square-framed with flat recessed panels and no moulding at either edge, hung full overlay so they cover the frame behind them and meet at a narrow center reveal, with a vertical stile showing between them. At this scale the panels are tall and narrow, which reads more like a cupboard than like a vanity drawer bank — and that is the intention here. The storage on this piece is behind doors, not in drawers.

Below the doors the cabinet stops and the structure takes over. Square posts carry down to the floor at both corners, a rail spans between them, and an open shelf made of slats laid across the width sits low, with even gaps between each slat. That leaves a clear open band at mid-height, under the doors and above the shelf. The gap is what makes the piece look like furniture rather than a cabinet that happens to have legs.

In a small bathroom the open shelf is a practical trade. You lose enclosed storage, and anything on the shelf is on display, but the floor stays visible underneath, which makes a tight room read larger than a cabinet that meets the floor. The slats also let air move, which matters where damp towels live. We would specify Interlude where there is no linen closet within reach of the room.

Interlude is part of Bertch’s Furniture series — full-overlay furniture. Furniture is Bertch’s stand-alone series: furniture-grade detailing with framed inset and full-overlay doors, plus Parker in a clean frameless form.

Bertch builds these on 3/4" solid hardwood door frames with raised or flat panels, 5/8" solid hardwood drawer boxes dovetailed front and back, and plywood floors, backs and shelves with a natural birch veneer interior. Undermount soft-close drawer glides and concealed soft-close hinges come standard.

Every Bertch vanity is built to order in Waterloo, Iowa: configurations, storage solutions, tops and finishes are selected per project, nothing is off-the-shelf. Bertch warrants its products to be free from defects in material or workmanship for as long as they are owned by the original purchaser.

The slatted shelf is the part to think about. Every slat has four edges and a gap on each side, so a hand-applied glaze finds all of them and the shelf ends up drawn in dark lines — which can be either the best detail on the piece or too busy, depending on the room. Paint is the safer choice there, since a solid color turns the slats into one louvered surface. On the doors above, either group behaves normally: flat panels show stain figure cleanly and take paint without any profile to interrupt it.