bathroom
Picture ledge. Not quite a floating shelf and not a built-in architectural element, this treatment is perhaps the most cost-effective way of using a ledge in your home. Made fairly simply from inexpensive strips of wood, the picture rail is installed in the wall and used to arrange art and photography in an informal way. Here, the rails are painted the same color as the wall, blending in while still adding some depth.
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CABINET AND LIGHT FIXTURE
OUTLET AND STORAGE IN DRAWERS
AVERT GAZE FROM HIDEOUS ANN SACKS TILE IN SHOWER subway tile wainscoting a finishing touch with the black marble pencil tile. It picks up on the accent tile and fixtures while adding a strong graphic line around the room. “And black marble fits in with an older home better than more modern Schluter strips would have,” she says.
matte black finish for the faucets sleek white wall-mounted vanity that didn’t take up any floor space and blended into the white tile wainscoting. Floating the vanity off the floor, concealing more storage in a mirrored medicine cabinet and choosing a toilet with a narrow tank made the room feel biggeR. Floating shelves provide more storage space and blend in well with the white walls. Simple straight lines keep the room feeling clean and uncluttered. The line of black pencil trim draws the eye, and the size and orientation of the dark slate floor tiles emphasize length. Even the faucets and sconce are linear. Again, using the 4-by-16-inch subway tiles made the walls feel less busy. “It made the walls seem longer and just makes things feel good in here,” she says. Wall color: Panda White, Sherwin-Williams; toilet: Persuade, Kohler
A clear glass enclosure makes the room feel more spacious, while a linear drain emphasizes the long lines. Oversize 4-by-16-inch subway tile in the shower required fewer grout lines than traditional 3-by-6-inch subway tile, resulting in a less busy look. Elleman was able to keep to a tight budget in here, splurging on two elements — the large-format 12-by-24-inch floor tile (she didn’t need much) and the three-eighths-inch glass on the shower enclosure. “People complain that the standard quarter-inch thickness can feel flimsy,” she says. “The thicker glass feels more stable when opening and closing the shower door.”
VANITY, MIRROR, LIGHTS, FAUCETS, HANDLES ON VANITY A white backdrop transformed the room into a brighter and airier space, while the clean lines on the oversize subway tile, vanity, vanity hardware are easy on the eyes. “We wanted to break up all of the lines with some curves on the mirror, the sconces and the rounded edges of the sink,” she says. The danger of a mostly white room is that it can skew sterile and cold. Elleman addressed this by adding a few key materials: the tawny cherry on the vanity; the champagne bronze on the faucets, mirror frame and sconce; and an eye-catching penny tile mosaic on the shower floor. A gray-toned porcelain floor tile that looks like natural stone plays off the shower floor tile. “Using the gray made the white tiles stand out,” she says. Wall color: Panda White, Sherwin-Williams; faucets and shower heads: Delta
FABULOUS VANITY AND MIRROR
The faucet’s clean silhouette and shiny polished chrome finish give it modern style. Faucet: Loure in polished chrome, Kohler; browse modern bathroom faucets
A bright white quartz countertop provides crisp contrast to the honey-hued cabinet doors and mirror frame. Soft curves on the mirror frame, faucet, sink edge and sconce offset the straight lines of the vanity and tile wall. Mirror: bentwood rounded rectangle, Rejuvenation; sink: Caxton rectangular undermount, Kohler; quartz on shelves and countertop: One in Morning Frost, Daltile
Klimala went with mixed metals in the bathroom, with polished chrome faucets and towel racks and brass cabinet pulls and mirror frames. “Mixing metals is a great way to connect elements in a room,” the designer says. “The chrome goes well with the gray floor tiles, and the brass works well with the oak cabinets and pink walls.”
The cabinets have brass pulls in a shape that reminds the designer of little half-moons. “The half-moon shape is a nice complement to the globe wall sconces,” Klimala says.
WOOD AND GOLD MIRRORS WARM IT UP
GOOD MIX OF MODERN AND TRADITIONAL A “floating,” or wall-mounted, vanity is perfect for compact bathrooms, as the clear space underneath promotes a light and airy look and is easy to keep clean. Choose handleless door fronts with a neat, recessed grip to enhance the streamlined silhouette,
A traditional-style washstand offers timeless, elegant ambience in an all-white bathroom. In this bathroom by ARCHWRIGHT, classic tubular chrome legs with towel rails have been finished off with the palest gray marble top for a sculptural look that blends in unobtrusively with the vintage-look bathroom.
TUCK ELECTRICAL OUTLET NEXT TO THE VANITY OUT OF SIGHT
DARK FLOORS ARE ATTRACTIVE WITH WHITE WALL MOUNTED SINK LARGE ROUND MIRROR
MODERN WALL MOUNTED SINK LACAVA AQUAMEDIA
WAL MOUNTED SINK WITH LUXURIOUS DTAILS
POSSIBILITY FOR STORAGE TO WARM UP THE SPACE WITH MATHCING VANITY
THIS NICHE HAS STARPHIRE GLASS PAINTED ON THE BACK TO MATCH THE SURROUNDING TILE
MIRROR DOESN'T HAVE TO MATCH UP TO PEDESTAL AND ALSO, TALL VERTICAL MIRRORS HELP MAKE THE ROOM FEEL TALLER'' BIGGER MIRRORS REFLECT MORE LIGHT
SINK AND RECESSED MEDICINE CABINET
not a niche but a bench instead and maybe a ledge
hexagonal tiles for floor
this design without the accent tile, niche or curb
everrything but niche
We remodeled our bath two years ago. We have a low curb similar to #5. We love it and it looks really nice. Here’s the but, my husband slipped on our property and severely broke his leg and had to have surgery. He could not put weight on it. It was really difficult to get him in and out of the shower, and getting over that small curb. Number one, is you have a narrow average size bath room, go with a sliding door. My husband insisted on a rim less swinging door which looks great, but was difficult for him to maneuver with me helping him. Number two, he put wood in the walls but did not put the bars in place, because it looked so nice, why ruin it with bars? Well, he could have used them. We are not old, he is very active. But the leg injury and surgery made us feel like we were old. Just my 2 cents, hopefully it will help someone with their choices when remodeling.
shower design
We remodeled our bath two years ago. We have a low curb similar to #5. We love it and it looks really nice. Here’s the but, my husband slipped on our property and severely broke his leg and had to have surgery. He could not put weight on it. It was really difficult to get him in and out of the shower, and getting over that small curb. Number one, is you have a narrow average size bath room, go with a sliding door. My husband insisted on a rim less swinging door which looks great, but was difficult for him to maneuver with me helping him. Number two, he put wood in the walls but did not put the bars in place, because it looked so nice, why ruin it with bars? Well, he could have used them. We are not old, he is very active. But the leg injury and surgery made us feel like we were old. Just my 2 cents, hopefully it will help someone with their choices when remodeling.
We remodeled our bath two years ago. We have a low curb similar to #5. We love it and it looks really nice. Here’s the but, my husband slipped on our property and severely broke his leg and had to have surgery. He could not put weight on it. It was really difficult to get him in and out of the shower, and getting over that small curb. Number one, is you have a narrow average size bath room, go with a sliding door. My husband insisted on a rim less swinging door which looks great, but was difficult for him to maneuver with me helping him. Number two, he put wood in the walls but did not put the bars in place, because it looked so nice, why ruin it with bars? Well, he could have used them. We are not old, he is very active. But the leg injury and surgery made us feel like we were old. Just my 2 cents, hopefully it will help someone with their choices when remodeling.
walll & shower floor tile sink
Palette, tiles
Vanity
Shiny tiles laid brickwork like subway tile
fixtures
same tile floors and walls
grout is mapei 27 silver
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