The Complete Guide to Nuie Athena Bathroom Furniture

If you want maximum choice from one coordinated furniture range, Nuie Athena is the collection to start with. It is one of Nuie's most versatile contemporary families: wall hung and floor standing vanities with four ceramic basin profiles, worktop units in three surface options, statement 1200mm double-width vanities, and a full supporting cast of WC, 2-in-1, tall storage and mirror cabinet pieces — all in four co-ordinating finishes with brushed satin strap handles. Every piece arrives rigid (fully assembled), carries a 5-year manufacturer's guarantee, and is available at Essential Bathrooms with 50% off RRP.

This guide walks you through the whole range — every vanity configuration, the worktop units, the 1200mm showpieces and the storage pieces — so you can put together a perfectly coordinated contemporary bathroom with confidence. Browse the full collection any time at the Nuie Athena furniture range.

What makes Nuie Athena different?

Athena's strength is breadth. Where most ranges give you one cabinet format, Athena offers drawers and doors, wall hung and floor standing, integrated basins and open worktops — so whatever your layout, plumbing or storage preference, there is a configuration that fits. Every cabinet is built from robust MFC with an 18mm fascia, fitted with soft-close runners and a brushed satin strap handle as standard, and supplied rigid (fully assembled) so installation is a matter of mounting and connecting.

It is also a range that mixes surface textures confidently: two gloss finishes for a bright, light-reflecting scheme, plus a woodgrain and a deep charcoal for warmer, moodier rooms.

Four co-ordinating finishes

Athena vanities, worktop units, WC units and the 2-in-1 unit share the same four finishes:

• Gloss White — bright and light-reflecting, the easiest finish to build any scheme around
• Gloss Grey — a soft contemporary neutral with a subtle sheen, lovely with chrome brassware
• Anthracite Woodgrain — a textured dark grey woodgrain that adds warmth and depth (the tall cabinet's woodgrain option is Graphite Grey Woodgrain)
• Charcoal Black — dramatic and contemporary, stunning with matt black taps and fittings

Wall hung or floor standing?

All four basin profiles come in both mounting styles, so this is your first decision:

Wall hung units float clear of the floor, making the room feel larger and leaving the floor easy to clean beneath. They come in 500, 600 and 800mm widths with one or two soft-close drawers (one-drawer cabinets are 470mm high, two-drawer 578mm, both 390mm deep) and fix securely to the wall, so check your wall can take the load.

Floor standing units stand directly on the floor — the quickest to fit and the most forgiving of wall construction. Athena's floor standing family is unusually flexible: 500 and 600mm two-door cupboard versions, plus 600 and 800mm two-drawer versions, so you can choose cupboard or drawer storage at floor level too.

Choosing your basin profile

Each vanity is topped with a ceramic basin, pre-drilled with a single tap hole, in one of four profiles. The cabinet underneath is the same — the profile simply sets the character of the rim line:

• Wall hung with thin edge basin · floor standing version — the slimmest, sharpest rim in the range
• Wall hung with mid-edge basin · floor standing version — a balanced rim depth with a generous rectangular bowl
• Wall hung with minimalist basin · floor standing version — pared-back and architectural
• Wall hung with curved basin · floor standing version — soft, rounded lines for a gentler look

Mid-edge and minimalist units carry the lowest guide prices (wall hung from £234, floor standing from £259), with thin edge and curved a small step up. Taps and wastes are sold separately on every unit.

Worktop vanity units — bring your own basin

Prefer to pair the cabinet with a counter-top basin of your choosing? Athena's worktop units give you a flat surface ready for any basin shape, with three worktop options:

• Wall hung with co-ordinating worktop · floor standing version — the worktop matches the cabinet finish for a seamless block of colour, from £168
• Wall hung with Carrara laminate worktop — white marble-effect laminate for a classic contrast, from £228
• Wall hung with Bellato Grey worktop — contemporary grey stone-effect, from £228

Counter-top basin, tap and waste are sold separately, which means you can style the basin exactly as you like.

The statement pieces: 1200mm double-width vanities

For larger bathrooms and shared layouts, Athena's 1200mm family is one of the broadest Nuie makes — six double-width configurations:

• 1200mm wall hung with Polymarble basin · Ceramic basin version — 2 or 4 drawers, from £596.50
• 1200mm floor standing with Polymarble basin · Ceramic basin version — 4 doors or 4 drawers, from £646.50
• 1200mm wall hung with Bellato Grey worktop · Carrara laminate version — 2 or 4 drawers, ready for counter-top basins, from £430

The cloakroom solution: 500mm 2-in-1 vanity & WC unit

Fitting a basin and WC into one compact run? The 500mm 2-in-1 floor standing vanity and WC unit combines both in a single 500mm-wide footprint — a smart space-saving layout for cloakrooms and en-suites, from £323. WC pan, cistern, tap and waste are sold separately.

Complete the room

Athena includes matching storage and WC pieces so the whole bathroom pulls together:

500mm floor standing WC unit — conceals the cistern and pipework behind a matching cabinet, from £130. Adding a concealed cistern? Read our concealed cisterns guide for the full picture.

300mm wall hung tall cabinet — slim full-height storage in 1- or 2-door configurations, wall-hung to keep the floor clear, from £174.

600 × 713mm wall hung mirror cabinet — mirrored storage above the basin in a choice of 50/50 or 75/25 door split, from £217.50.

Sizes and prices at a glance

As a guide to overall dimensions, the wall hung one-drawer vanities measure 470mm high × 390mm deep (two-drawer versions 578mm high) at 500, 600 or 800mm wide — full dimensions for every configuration are listed on each product page, along with downloadable datasheets.

Complete the look

Athena pairs beautifully with the rest of the Nuie catalogue. To finish the room:

• Nuie bathroom taps guide — basin mixers in chrome, matt black and brushed brass to match your finish
• Nuie showers guide — bath shower mixers and thermostatic valves
• Nuie mirrors guide — LED and illuminated mirror designs
• Nuie concealed cisterns guide — for the WC and 2-in-1 units

Prefer a different furniture style? Explore our other Nuie furniture guides: Lunar, Parade, Core, Vault, Eden, Mayford, Classique and the fully handleless Deco.

Ready to build your Athena bathroom?

Browse the full Nuie Athena furniture range — every piece with 50% off RRP, a 5-year manufacturer's guarantee and supplied fully assembled. If you'd like a hand narrowing down basin profiles or coordinating finishes across the room, our team is always happy to help.