It’s very popular & quite ok as long as you seal the wood with something like a Feast Watson marine grade timber polyurethane, especially the raw edges of the cutout for your semi recessed basin (will need silicone around here as well).

Hi there I’m considering a marble top vanity unit for my ensuite renovation. Just wanting to know is marble really that precious when it comes to maintenance/staining and maintenance? I’m not hard on my surfaces but don’t want to be tiptoeing around it. Thanking you all in advance.

The tiles will just mounted on the kicker of the vanity and then caulked at the bottom to stop water seeping under them. Shouldn’t be hard to remove. Just cut along the caulking first. They look like the match the rest of the skirting and shower. Are you retiling everything?

I’m not a professional painter but live in a old wood house with wood floors (inc bathroom), wooden windows and weatherboards so I’m comfortable with wood and water existing together. I don’t think you need your 4 steps. I would refinish the base including the legs (particularly the bottom of the legs)with a good clear wood sealer maybe something from the marine section - take advice from the paint shop as to which brand. I wouldn’t paint the top of that piece I don’t think the style lends itself to a two tone finish. I would use the wood sealer on the top as well and teamed with a white basin it will look quite smart. If you do paint the top any exterior paint would do the job, exterior paints hold up to rain and hail so should survive a bathroom. Make sure you seal well around the base of the basin. And check the finished height of your project. You don’t want it tools to use.