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beautiful options with accessible floors
pretty color
Architect Anik Pearson created a smart layout for this elegant apartment bathroom in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. She placed the tall shower element at the end of the narrow room, helping draw the eye into the space to settle on the beautiful black metal enclosure. And tucking the toilet behind a partition obscured the piece a bit to keep the focus on the luxurious tile and slab work.
In our retirement home bathrooms we have electric resistent heat on a programmable controller --its preprogrammed to come on about 5 am, when the hubby normally gets up for a toilet visit, and stay on for about 3 hours so the floors are nice and warm when I get up. Besides the timer (which allows for several pre-programmed on-off periods a day) the system can easily be turned on for 15 minutes to 3 hours at need. Because our bathrooms are on the "cold" side of the house and we have solar panels, if the sun is up and power is free I'll often whiz in and run the floors for a bit to keep everything dry and toasty. I'd *never* build without heated floors again. The systems above have been working for occasional visits for about 3 years. If it fails I would have it replaced even if that meant redoing the floors --although honestly the resistence coils should be pretty durable, its the controller I would expect to fail first.
A handheld sprayer might seem like a small detail, but its inclusion can have an enormous effect on the shower experience. They are great for rinsing shaved legs, cleaning shower walls and more. “I always recommend adding a handheld in the shower,” says designer Chloe Rideout of Cummings Architecture + Interiors. “It makes cleaning pets, kids or the walls so much easier.”
Speaking of storage, few pros these days design and build showers without dedicated space for shampoo bottles and other products. And a niche recessed into a shower wall is by far the most popular solution. There are many different designs to consider, but you’ll want to make sure the dimensions can accommodate the height and amount of products you typically keep in the shower, and maybe a little extra room for overflow. “I recommend that clients include a middle shelf inside the typical rectangular cutout, but place it in the bottom third of the space, so that the bottom is a smaller compartment for soap and razors,” says designer Sheila Mayden. “The upper shelf is for taller items like shampoo, conditioner and body wash.” A niche also offers an opportunity to introduce some extra style into the shower with a contrasting accent tile or other material.
Most of us use some sort of plug-in gadget in the bathroom. Hiding an outlet in a drawer or cabinet helps keep those hair dryers and other items off the countertop and can prevent them from encountering pooled water and creating a hazard. “With bathroom technology moving more and more electric, I always recommend storage with outlets in it for electric toothbrushes and razors,” says designer Selena Fitch. “That way they are off the counter and hidden. It can be a medicine cabinet that has been designed with outlets, or even a plug strip inside a vanity cabinet.” This approach also keeps unsightly outlets from diminishing the look of a backsplash or other feature.
Here’s a close-up of where the shower stall’s threshold meets the bathroom floor. Wintersteen covered the threshold in the same zellige-inspired tiles used on the shower walls. Designers often use their own homes as laboratories to test out ideas for their clients. Look to the right of the photo to see where Wintersteen added half-inch penny rounds in the grout lines between the bathroom floor’s large-format tiles. “I had never done this before, or seen it done before, so it was a real risk,” she says. It was the kind of risk designers are willing to take on their own homes to make sure it will work for clients in the future, and it paid off.
optical illusion_She knew that at 6 by 6 feet, the shower might appear overly large. She used her designer’s eye and playing with scale to address that. She created a smaller square of white hexagonal tiles in the center of the shower pan, then surrounded that with a wide border of the large-format gray tiles she used on the bathroom floor.
hallway bathroom for this Texas family removed tub, created airy shower enclosure with a frameless glass divider and curbless entry, to be as minimalist as possible and not take away from the space visually.” Brightened the room with lots of white tile and a lighter-tone wood vanity. The cool gray walls (Repose Gray by Sherwin-Williams) and brushed brass fixtures provide a contemporary look with a touch of glam. A sun tunnel (not pictured) brings in natural light from above. A wall-mounted faucet in a champagne bronze finish helps save counter space, comes out of tile or some kind of backsplash. A floating custom wood shelf between the vanity and shower offers display space for decorative accessories toilet in the wall. Add hooks for towels.
finish the shower half wall next to the sink with tile
love the window placement, lots of light, could be a steam shower, like the sculptural tub located near windows and the shower benefiting from the long windows
like the detail on the ceiling
like the entry door. the glass to the ceiling probably makes the a steam shower?
nice balance, but differences in materials. Could a bath be added here?
guessing the back wall is a grouping of wall cabinets used as decor with a vase
like the glass above the wall and the seat hidden below with hand held shower
bath wall to the ceiling for warmth
I just went on Lacava's website. The tub is still sold and the surround is called a "skirt". It is available in a number of finishes, not just black. PRO Gardner Architects LLC 3 years ago Great, thanks for the intel. BTW, this tub skirt is the wenge finish, not black. I believe there was an autocorrect typo in my original response - it seems I called it "the wedge ledge/surround".
second floor masterbath
strategic lighting of the shower for the main room, are the window into the closet to provide additional light there
sharing light, instead of closing off the shower window, it is glassed near the window giving a pretty tiled view to the middle of the room
tub inset vs shelves may be practical
like the general color and warm feel - would lower the window and swap the shower and potty
like the muted color and changes in tile shapes
beautiful marble consider shower tub combo - window?
love the wood and a this type tile. Like the doors, too
less distracting than squares? A little cleaner?
closets in the back - potty closet, 2 sinks
he wanted upper-cabinet storage for items like skin-care products,” Catlin says. The designer used her expertise in cabinetry to find a creative alternative to recessed medicine cabinets. She flanked both vanities with pullout storage towers that provide easy access to everyday items. They are similar to spice rack pullouts typically seen on lower cabinets in a kitchen. The designer added a bridge to connect the two towers overhead. This was to echo the architecture of the existing soffit over the other vanity. The structure also provided a good spot to mount the sconces. “Instead of narrowing the mirror space to make room for sconces on the wall, I hung the sconces from this framing,” she says. Hire a cabinet pro
potty behind the window on one side of the tub and a shower on the other side of the tub also with a window and a window over the tub.
this shower is on the same wall as the tub, looking thru the window over the tub, which also has a window above it, so much light. Wonder if the potty is on the other side - note a repeat of the window on the other side of the tub.
shower window and tub
linen closet? dressing are for essentials? washing machine/dryer?
tiled showerhead column with glass floor to ceiling on both sides - some privacy, can't see out, but good light
note the column of tile for the shower head with glass on both sides to increase light
love the wood! is it bright enough for makeup??
two sided sink - love that can see outside - no tubs outside
pretty tile
nice wall with view for shower, sinks, tub
if the shower, had a window this might work well
like the fireplace near the tub if shared with the bedroom
is this a good place to place niche - will in clean better...
the commode is "hidden" behind shower wall...
this gives Copper canyon perspective.... What if this vanity with makeup area swaps with the other sink. What if the solid sink is included with the commode area to make a powder room open the hallway when necessary so that Kent can get up early and go out thru to the bath room and I can come in late...????
mirror looks like a window reflecting the outdoors
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