Effectively there's not much difference between the pedestal sink and the one I had before, since the previous one was just stuck on the wall: no counter, no storage space beneath. But in my small bathroom, it works pretty well.

The only thing I don't like is that the soap holder is tilted slightly toward the bowl. This is a good thing if you use bar soap and want the water and soapsuds to drain into the bowl, not collect in a mess -- but I use a hand soap dispenser, and it keeps tipping over. (Fortunately it's plastic.)