Form vs Function

I've always been a believer of functionality over form, or form complementing functionality. Not one to exalt aesthetic over everyday ease of use, I got into a major disagreement with my contractor and quite regrettably, causing him stress and some heartache. I feel really bad to do it but as I weigh the pros and cons against each other, the beauty of a toilet and my everyday cleansing regime, I felt it was difficult to compromise functionality over form.

Having a really tiny HDB flat toilet does create a lot of difficulty in designing it to best suit one's needs. And one factor to consider is the position of the sink. My contractor decided to position the sink in the middle of the vanity cabinet which means we have to stand at the toilet bowl area to wash our face. Whilst we could probably get used to navigating around the toilet bowl, I felt it would be so much easier if the sink were nearer to the door where there was more standing room. Alas, with the holes cut out on the cabinet top and solid surface already, and the light installed on the top, I'm not so sure how possible it would be to rectify this design oversight. In any case, I believe paying a surcharge for a bout of miscommunication could be worth at least 5 to 10 years of convenience. Or would the beauty of it all overtake our common sense and render us speechless?

~Ally~