Best Bathroom Ideas
TROUGH SINK
The boys' bathroom in a Lake Tahoe home designed by Matt O'Dorisio includes a large trough sink plus a pendant from Schoolhouse Electric Supply & Co..
TINTED MIRROR
A powder room sees limited use, so place form over function. Color is injected by A distressed mirror with streaks into a space.
SPANISH COLONIAL
In a powder room, a classic chest from Provence adds a curvaceous contrast to the picture tiles, original to the Richmond, Virginia, house. Walls painted in Benjamin Moore's China White.
NAUTICAL FINISHES
For his Nantucket house's master bathroom, designer Gary McBournie chose Waterworks hardware at unlacquered brass, so that it would tarnish and era. His aim was to tie all the details back into the feeling of the home.
AGATE WALLS
A New England home's powder room kept its vintage corner sink however got a brand new appearance with Robert Crowder & Co. marbleized background and a classic Egon Hillebrand mirror. The first wainscoting was repainted in Farrow & Ball's Plummet.
SUSPENDED MIRROR
In a Atlanta family residence, the downstairs bath has a utilitarian Oak Hill DXV console sink, which designer Matthew Quinn notes is both elegant and durable. The shower and toilet are concealed from the Portico collection of Sunbrella fabrics of Thibaut behind curtains in Cabana Cloth. Suspending a mirror allows for solitude.
WHITE AND BLACK
Designers Ray Booth and Elizabeth Kennedy under-mounted twin Kathryn sinks from Kohler in this master bathroom. The faucets are out of Kallista and the habit cushions are by McAlpine.
MOROCCAN MOTIF
A powder room in a worldly Los Angeles house includes Ann Sacks's Maghreb 4 tiles on the wall. Arturo sconces by Paul Ferrante. Forbidden City mirror by Bunny Williams Home. Mehraab sink by Viya to get Stephanie Odegard using the Versailles fittings of THG.
TRELLIS ACCENTS
Chinoiserie meets orangery in the trellis-accented powder room, with millwork by Philippe Le Manach of Accents of France. Farrow & Ball paints in Dix Blue and treillage in Plummett, either the walls. The lantern above is from Charles Edwards.
GLAMOROUS COPPER
Initially the owners were going to bring a master suite, but then they looked up and recognized that the third-floor loft, with its peaked roof and exposed beams, introduced an unusual opportunity. "The very first thing we shopped for was that bathtub," says Chicago-based designer Julia Buckingham. "It is the crown jewel."
