Best Professional Bath: Modern Farmhouse Master Bathroom by Megan Bachmann Interiors
The winner of the 2018 Remodelista Considered Design Awards Best Professional Bath is Megan Bachmann Interiors for her Modern Farmhouse Master Bathroom project in Campbell, California. The project was chosen as a finalist by guest judge Stephen Alesch, who said: “The carpet is such a unique touch in this bathroom—as well as the shiplap around the tub. It’s breaking rules, but in...
10 Favorites: White Bathrooms from the Remodelista Designer Directory
Here are 10 favorite bathrooms from members of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory—some modern, some in cottage style, all demonstrating the versatility of white. Above: In this Brooklyn townhouse bathroom renovation, architects Fernlund + Logan used white milk glass tile from Urban Archaeology and a showerhead from Grohe. Find all the hardware details in Design Sleuth: D-Line Hardware from Denmark. Above: Australia-born, New York–based...
10 Easy Pieces: Colorful Bathroom Sinks
For a dose of color in the bath: A selection of characterful basins set the tone for a particular palette or stand out in contrast. Here are our 10 most favorite colorful bathroom sinks. Above: Azzurra Ceramica Forma Wash Basins are made using a special spraying technique to achieve the saturated color seen here. Available in a wide range of...
Before/After: A Perfectionist’s $1,000 Bathroom Overhaul in Brooklyn
For the past few months, Athena Calderone, an interior designer, stylist, chef, and author of Eye Swoon, has been camping out in a small apartment in her Brooklyn brownstone while it’s under renovation. “When I temporarily moved into a vacant apartment in my just-purchased brownstone, the existing bathroom was in bad shape, with a scuzzy, powder-blue stained tub,” she says. “I know I sound like...
Powder Room: 11 Favorite Pink-Hued Bathrooms, Modern Edition
Recently on our radar: bathrooms with a dose of pink that feel clean-lined and new, not girly. Here are a few of our favorites, pale pink tiles and peach-hued paint included. Above: Australian designer Dan Gayfer outfitted a family bath in pale pink tiles, light wood, and glossy black fixtures. Photograph by Dean Bradley. Above: The tiled shower in the same...
Best Amateur Bathroom: Juliet Feehan’s Hudson Valley Farmhouse Bath
The winner of the 2017 Remodelista Considered Design Awards Best Amateur Bath space is Juliet Feehan for her Hudson Valley Farmhouse Bathroom Remodel in Accord, New York. Her project was chosen as a finalist by guest judge Sheila Bridges, who said, “I like the warmth of this traditional country bathroom—particularly the brass details. I love that they kept the hardwood floors and...
Domestic Science: 10 Natural Cleaning Solutions for the Bathroom
Keeping things generally picked up and uncluttered doesn’t have quite the same impact in the bathroom as it does in other living spaces. Bathrooms require real elbow grease. But the feeling of bleach against skin and the lingering scent of chemical cleansers is not a requisite for porcelain and tile sparkle. We like mixing our own cleaning solutions, but when...
Steal This Look: A Characterful Bathroom in a Spanish Hotel
At La Bionda Hotel in the Costa Brava beach town of Begur in Spain, interior designers Pol Castells and Benito Escat of Quintana Partners updated a 17th-century private house into an eight-room hotel with a sympathy toward the historic while incorporating modern details and entirely idiosyncratic design decisions. The bathroom of what is called the Valentina suite exemplifies this well...
Wet Room Bathroom Guide: Design Ideas & Renovation Tips
Sleek and stylish open-concept bathrooms—with entire walls and floors clad in gorgeous tile—are all the rage these days. But are these artfully designed, modern spaces suitable for everyone? To get the lowdown on so-called “wet rooms,” we consulted designer Hanna Wiegers, who’s worked with the likes of Berman Horn Studio and Jocelyn O. Dickson Architecture. Here’s what you need to...
Sunken Bath Design Ideas: Luxury Bathroom Trend 2025
Noted and admired of late: sunken baths. Below, seven alluring examples of bathtubs that skim the floor for a look that is at once modern and classic (think Roman baths). Some are deep cuts from our archives, others newly spotted.Won’t you step right down? Above: At a guesthouse in Algarve, Portugal, a combination shower-tub is clad in handmade matte white...