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The curved vanity edges were part of a careful balance. “I think carefully about balance in every design — shapes, temperature and color,” Dai says. “In here, it was a balance of straight lines and curves, a balance of cold terrazzo and warm wood and a balance of a soft concrete floor tile and glossy glass wall tiles.”
The globe sconces also add round shapes to this wall, playing off the strong rectilinear grid of glass tiles behind them. Instead of using mirrored medicine cabinets, Dai designed recessed oak shelving for storage. “This comes back to balance,” she says. “The wood adds warmth to balance out the coolness of the glass tiles.”
The balance also lets certain elements play leading roles while others are supporting players. Here, the terrazzo countertop and patterned floor are the stars. “I went with matte white faucets because I thought a metal finish would be a distraction,” Dai says. “These are quiet and they add a very cute pop of modern-day design.”
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After building their house in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley back in the 1990s, this couple found that one of their favorite things about the home was watching the sun set behind the Appalachian Mountains from their bathtub. Decades later, with their children all grown up and moved out, they were ready for a full remodel of the bathroom. A big bathtub placed beneath its corner windows was a nonnegotiable must-have.
Lucky for them, they were close friends with a designer, Jill Jarrett. Jarrett had designed their dream kitchen a few years earlier, so she understood their style and needs. For their primary bath, she created a traditional design that worked well with the style of the rest of the house. More important, she reworked the layout to give them the storage they lacked, a larger shower and, of course, a large tub with sunset views.
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10. Level Up Your Lighting
Lighting is often called the jewelry of a room, but given its functional importance, especially in a bathroom, that analogy might be selling it a bit short.
One easy way to improve the functionality, safety and look of a bathroom through lighting is to add hidden LED strips. They can be placed under toe kicks, shelves and cabinets, boosting ambient light during the day and providing soft illumination at night. Waterproof versions can illuminate your shower niche or threshold, improving visibility. The strips can be hardwired by an electrician, but they’re also available in plug-in and rechargeable versions.
Some light fixtures are designed to be virtually invisible. The rest, including your vanity sconces, should work hard and also look great. The easiest approach is to keep your new sconces in the same locations as the old ones, but if your vanity sconces are overhead, you may want to hire an electrician to move them to either side of your mirror. This will provide more even lighting and an up-to-date look.
Tip: Be sure to check whether fixtures are damp- or wet-rated and to adhere to local code when replacing or moving fixtures.
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With a 2-year-old daughter and a baby on the way, this young couple were looking to give their daughter a bathroom she could grow into. They hired designer Kirby Foster Hurd, who used Houzz Pro software to convert a former garage area into a bedroom and a comfortable, accessible bathroom with materials and features that won’t go out of style. In the bathroom, a low-profile tub gives the couple an easy way to bathe their toddler and will provide a stylish spot to soak as their daughter grows. A curbless shower features a handheld sprayer for quick rinses. Meanwhile, a warm wood vanity with reeded front, along with textured wallpaper, creamy white tile in the shower and glamorous light fixtures, creates a style even a future teenager could love.
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Floor plan: To get a better understanding of the wet-room layout, let’s jump into the floor plan. A wet-room strategy can save space when both a generous shower stall and bathtub are desired. Gilmour enclosed the wet area on the right side of the bathroom with two hinged glass shower doors.
The area with the X shape is a double shower area, with the shower heads marked at the top and bottom of the plan. The shower area is about 3 feet wide, but because of the wet-room layout, it feels larger. “With the tub height, it’s not like they will bump their elbows on a wall when they are washing their hair,” Gilmour says. The freestanding tub occupies the area under the window. The shower floor slopes slightly toward the drain, represented by the square in the middle of the X shape on the plan.
The toilet wasn’t photographed, but it’s at the bottom left corner, with the entry from the bedroom to its right. The double vanity runs across the top of the plan.
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28. Brushed nickel. “I love a polished nickel finish paired with a 12-by-24-inch or larger-format tile,” Brock says. “I also love combining matte black fixtures with some beautiful white tile.”
29. Polished chrome or polished nickel. “These days, most of my clients ask me to specify finishes that are not too trendy, so either a polished chrome or polished nickel with a PDV or similar finish is my go-to,” Brock says. “Gold and matte brass are on-trend right now and they are beautiful, but I’m not sure how long they will be around, so I use them sparingly.”
When it comes to fashionable shower finishes, Palicki advises saving “the trends for things that are easier and less expensive to change, such as light fixtures, hardware and faucets.”
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These Littleton, Colorado, homeowners knew exactly what they wanted to get out of their bathroom renovation, right down to the cabinet hardware. In fact, they presented interior designer Bonnie Bagley Catlin with the most thorough Google Doc design she’d ever seen in her professional career. “They knew the finishes they liked, that they wanted organic modern style, and they even had determined the subcontractors that they wanted to use,” she says. “What they really needed help with is my specialty. Often clients come to me knowing that their bathroom is broken. They know that it doesn’t function or flow correctly, but they don’t know what’s wrong. I know how to give them a layout that will work for them. After we get that right, we can make it beautiful.”
In this case, a primary sitting room led through a hallway to the primary bathroom. Two separate vanities and a tub with a very large deck made the flow awkward and wasn’t making the most efficient use of the space. The homeowners also wanted to borrow space from the bathroom to enlarge their closet. Bagley Catlin took all these factors into account when reconfiguring things. The result is a light-filled bathroom full of bells and whistles, such as dual jet sets in the shower, special storage inserts in the cabinetry and a stunning new coffee bar that helps the couple wake up and caffeinate on the way to their morning showers.
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These Littleton, Colorado, homeowners knew exactly what they wanted to get out of their bathroom renovation, right down to the cabinet hardware. In fact, they presented interior designer Bonnie Bagley Catlin with the most thorough Google Doc design she’d ever seen in her professional career. “They knew the finishes they liked, that they wanted organic modern style, and they even had determined the subcontractors that they wanted to use,” she says. “What they really needed help with is my specialty. Often clients come to me knowing that their bathroom is broken. They know that it doesn’t function or flow correctly, but they don’t know what’s wrong. I know how to give them a layout that will work for them. After we get that right, we can make it beautiful.”
In this case, a primary sitting room led through a hallway to the primary bathroom. Two separate vanities and a tub with a very large deck made the flow awkward and wasn’t making the most efficient use of the space. The homeowners also wanted to borrow space from the bathroom to enlarge their closet. Bagley Catlin took all these factors into account when reconfiguring things. The result is a light-filled bathroom full of bells and whistles, such as dual jet sets in the shower, special storage inserts in the cabinetry and a stunning new coffee bar that helps the couple wake up and caffeinate on the way to their morning showers.
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“The shower tile is so pretty, it’s an undulating 3-by-8-inch subway tile with various shades of white,” Nelson says. “It has a really soft artisan feel.” Composing the tile in a vertical grid pattern added a modern touch to the classic room.
The shower has a wall-mounted rain shower head and a regular shower head with a handheld shower wand on a bar. Nelson also placed hooks just past the door on the right for robes and towels. They’re just outside of this photo’s frame, but you can see them in the first photo.
Shower tile: Blanco, Passion series, Emser Tile; shower quartz: Breeze Blanc, Quartzforms Spa; plumbing fixtures: Artifacts collection, Kohler
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The globe sconces also add round shapes to this wall, playing off the strong rectilinear grid of glass tiles behind them. Instead of using mirrored medicine cabinets, Dai designed recessed oak shelving for storage. “This comes back to balance,” she says. “The wood adds warmth to balance out the coolness of the glass tiles.”
The balance also lets certain elements play leading roles while others are supporting players. Here, the terrazzo countertop and patterned floor are the stars. “I went with matte white faucets because I thought a metal finish would be a distraction,” Dai says. “These are quiet and they add a very cute pop of modern-day design.”
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