It seems houses built in the mid 80s and after tend to have two sinks in the master bath. If one is to believe those renovation shows on tv, it is a must when a home is renovated. My house was built in 96 and has two sinks in the master bath. So it’s at least fast becoming the norm.
My house is @35 years old and has only one sink in the master bath. I can remember the real estate agent apologizing for that when she originally showed me the house in 2007, so I’m assuming it was already common by then.
So both the husband and the wife can get ready at the same time, without fighting over the sink.
The house where I grew up only had one sink in the master bathroom and my brother’s house only had one in the master bathroom (which was the only bathroom in the house). But he added a second bathroom upstairs for the children and that bathroom has two sinks.
Thanks that puts this thread the the 2 sinks into perspective. Didn’t think of simultaneous use.
I occasionally photograph home interiors for a friend who’s a realtor, and in my experience (Houston area) most development homes built after '95 or so have double sinks in the master bath.
My own place, a 1987 townhouse, does not, but then there’s no one to fight over the sink with anyway.
Our house was built in 1986, as was our previous house. Both have 2 sinks.
My grandparents’ house (built in the mid or late 60’s) had a bathroom with two sinks. This was the bathroom in the upstairs hall, not the one in their bedroom, that one I think only had one sink. Anyway, no one ever used the 2nd sink, it was pretty pointless.
Never seen that in any other house.
We have two in a house built in 1995.
My house was built in 1959, and the original master bath had only one sink. It was upgraded in the mid 90’s, and the new master bath has two sinks.
It’s fairly common for me to want to wash my hands while my husband is shaving. It’s also nice that I can do my hair, standing in front of my mirror, with all my stuff within easy reach, while he uses the sink, although of course i could just step away to do that, which is what I do when we share a sink in a hotel or something.
Not a huge deal, but I like having both sinks.
One sink only, house built in the mid-50s.
Two sinks in our master bath. House is about 35 years old.
My master bathroom has two sinks. I don’t think the other sink has ever been used.
I have only ever lived in two homes that had more than one bathroom. The first was the one my family eventually built in West Texas in 1965 and where I mostly grew up (we’d rented before having that one built). Only one sink per bathroom. Here in Bangkok, our present home was built 12 years ago, and it has one sink in each bathroom too, although I’m not sure how Thai standards compare with over there.
House built in 1997, 2 sinks in the Master Bathroom, 1 in the second. Seem pretty common with new homes these days.
House built 1986, Master bathroom has two sinks. Each sink has its own large storage cabinet and built in laundry hamper right next to it. One’s mine, one belongs to the Mrs. It’s quite convenient to use our own personal sinks as a result.
We have two sinks, and have had in our last three houses, but also separate vanities, so they aren’t right next to each other that way.
I would guess most houses built in the last twenty years have two sinks in the master bath.
We have two sinks in our master bath. 20 year old house.
Our house was built in the fifties but was updated with a double sink master bath. Our previous house, built in the eighties, also had them. Our first house, a 1928 craftsman, didn’t.
I had a one bedroom apartment in the mid-seventies that had two sinks in the bathroom. Not a large or expensive one either, I think the rent was $167 or so at the time (around $700 in today’s dollars). It was actor Michael Caine, IIRC, who once said that the secret to a successful marriage is separate bathrooms. Two sink bathrooms have been around quite a while and I think are a reasonable compromise to having separate bathrooms.
Our house was built in 1959, and it’s a typical Southern California ranch style tract home. Only one sink in each bathroom. The “master” bath is a full bath with a tub, and the secondary bathroom is a 3/4 bath, with only a shower stall. Our previous place, a condo, had a full bath upstairs (with only one sink) and a half-bath (sink and toilet only) downstairs.
I’ve been married 21 years, and I always say that the secret to a happy marriage is two bathrooms!