Bathrooms

The expansive primary suite in this Stowe, Vermont, home serves as a private retreat for the homeowners. The bath includes an elevated tub and shower with floor-to-ceiling windows that face the wooded backyard.
The primary bath’s new flooring, comprised of tumbled Bardiglio and Carrara marbles, has a timeworn look.
The turquoise glass mosaic tiles in the luxurious walk-in shower add a jolt of color to the primary suite.
The new powder room features slate countertops repurposed from the old kitchen; Zoffany wallpaper is framed by woodwork painted Benjamin Moore Yellowstone.
A soaking tub anchors the primary bath.
Wallpaper from Thibaut lends interest to the powder room; the vanity is custom.
The third-floor bath holds a floating sink crafted from a single slab of stone.
Architectural designer John W. Sliva was called in to reconfigure the third-floor attic to hold a guest room, gym, media room, and this guest bath with its oversize tub.
The powder room’s custom sink is hewn from a single block of native stone and sits on a floating walnut base.
Fermoie lampshades with a splatter pattern bring a touch of whimsy to custom-painted sconces.
For a dose of drama, the primary bath’s shower cascades from the ceiling.
The primary spa-like bathroom is simple and sleek.
A windowless powder room is enlivened with a black-and-white wallcovering from Schumacher.
Linen curtains add a summery touch to the primary bath.
In the three-year-old twins’ bathroom, a trough sink saves space and feels more playful.
Of the primary bath, which features a polished nickel-clad tub and a Lindsey Adelman chandelier, Hogarty says, “We didn’t want it to feel typical.”
Diller also designed the primary bath, which features panoramic views of the surrounding hillsides.
In the primary bath, a brick wall inset with Moroccan-inspired tiles is an unexpected backdrop for the soaking tub.
Most of the serene primary bath is white and marble.
Wood storage towers warm the primary bath, which features pendants from Lumens.
Relocating the kitchen freed up space for a tiny powder room clad in custom wallpaper from Abnormals Anonymous located off the mudroom.
The couple’s children share a Kohler farmhouse sink; medicine cabinets are fashioned from shutters salvaged from the former cottage.
The designers kept the primary bath’s walls and ceiling of yellow glass mosaic tile but replaced the yellow vanity, tub, and floors with white counterparts.
“I didn’t want there to be an ounce of wasted space,” says designer Rhonda Everts, who tucked a powder room off the first-floor front hall.
A scallop edge adds a flourish to the custom vanity in the primary bathroom.
Bold Versailles Wallcovering from Dana Gibson makes an energetic backdrop in the guest bath.
Wallpaper by nineteenth-century British textile designer William Morris brings an aura of history to the powder room, while pierced holes in the Visual Comfort & Co. sconces by Julie Neill allow light to shine through.
The pool house bathroom is adorned in John Derian’s made-in-the-U.K. Seaport Ocean wallpaper.
A skylight illuminates the vanity in the primary bathroom.
Forest green Phillip Jeffries grasscloth wallpaper and Francesco De Maio floor tiles enrich a powder room.
Graphic Ceramica Bardelli tiles add depth to this powder room.
Paton went for an apothecary vibe in the primary bath.
Reclaimed wood sheaths the walls and ceiling of a first-floor powder room.
The primary bathroom is lined with travertine, architect Andrew Kotchen’s favorite, from Bas Stone.
The design team gutted the primary bath and gave it some drama with a dual vanity topped in Calacatta Viola marble.
The powder room near the kitchen is wrapped in a bluish-black Zak+Fox wallpaper.
The custom vanity in the primary bath resembles a vintage bureau.
The home’s added second bath fits into a tight space thanks to more custom cabinetry and a trough sink that allows siblings to share while keeping the space below feeling open and airy.
In a powder room, the gilt-iron wheat-sheaf mirror reminds the Francophile of a table from Coco Chanel’s Rue Cambon apartment.
In the office’s powder room, a Harlequin wallcovering provides a jolt of design inspiration.
The home’s black, white, and gray palette is reflected in the basement bathroom, which features flooring from Cement Tile Shop and walls painted Benjamin Moore Wrought Iron.
In the primary bath, marble cascades down the sides of the vanity top; pillowed Carrara marble floors lead to a balcony.
A curvaceous MTI tub beckons from the other side of the primary bath.
In the changing room, a twig-and-driftwood mirror lends a dramatic finish to the teak walls and vanity.
A wallpaper from Eskayel envelops the powder room.
The primary bath features flooring from Stone Source and a tub from MTI.
Cerused-oak cabinetry sits against the primary bath’s wall of Statuario marble.
Schumacher’s Acanthus Stripe grasscloth makes a bold statement in the powder room.
“The wife fell madly in love with this tub,” says Gates about the primary bath’s polished nickel tub, which was shipped over from England.
In the wife’s bath, the cast-iron Penhaglion tub showcases a polished stainless-steel finish. The vintage pendant hanging above was purchased in New Orleans. “That’s an actual crown on top of the beadwork,” says Pippo, who covered the ceiling in a Holly Hunt paper that sports a gold and silver sheen.
Gucci wallpaper makes a statement in a first-floor powder room.
The husband’s bath features travertine-like stone on the walls and floor.
A closet was eliminated in the primary bathroom making room for a pair of new vanities and a built-in makeup station. The space opens to a private outdoor balcony.
Light floods the primary bath.
A powder room gets its wow factor from Mokum’s La Palma wallpaper.
The mudroom powder room sports Elworthy Studio’s Botanica wallpaper.
Chunky modern elements—including three-inch-thick Calacatta Breccia Viola marble countertops and a CB2 color-blocked rug—in the primary bath make the space feel substantial.
Cement also figures prominently in the guest bath, where the material is used for nearly every surface.
For the clients’ purple-loving daughter, Davies designed a suite awash in lavender and neon green.
In a bathroom in the main guesthouse, Fireclay Tile’s Star & Cross pattern contrasts with the graphic floral wallpaper seen in the mirror, but their shared palette of pale grays provides harmony.
The Pomeroy-designed vanity in the primary bath wears a glaze finish and slightly oversized hardware.
A powder room has a retro-modern feel with its skirted sink and Thibaut Cruising wallpaper.
The primary bath is a virtual glass cube with its see-through barn-door entry, walk-through subway-tile-clad shower, and BainUltra tub, where users can soak up both the bubbles and the scenery.
A small under-stair space was carved out for a powder room, with Wayne Pate + Studio Four NYC wallpaper adding a cheerful pop of color.
The primary bath features a custom white-oak vanity and a Badeloft tub.
A vintage oil painting adds to the Italian-meets-art-deco aesthetic. The honed four-by-twelve-inch marble floor tiles from DiscoverTile match the marble countertop from Cumar.
Designer Tyler Karu points out that cherry is not an obvious wood for a vanity these days, but she appreciates its inherent qualities and deviation from the norm. “It’s an interesting wood that is warmer than white oak or walnut,” Karu says.
Placing the window in the shower allowed room for a double vanity. “It pulls a tunnel of light into the shower and creates a nice mood,” Karu says.
Karu played with scale on the floor, using two-inch penny tiles with a matte finish
Since natural stone is a no-no in a steam shower—steam elicits rust—Scales chose a glazed ceramic tile in similar tones as the vanity’s backsplash for the walls and a glass mosaic tile for the shower floor.
The wall-hung vanity with gilded wood legs is painted Benjamin Moore Woodlawn Blue and has petite acrylic knobs that impart a bit of glam.
The Kravet armchair next to the tub is upholstered in Christopher Farr | Cloth Carnival linen.
Designer Sarah Scales chose petal-shaped Carrara and Thassos marble mosaic tile by Genrose Stone + Tile for the floor. “The feminine motif complements the Visual Comfort & Co. butterfly chandelier, but when you stand back it feels quite graphic,” she says.
The niche tile is a one-centimeter broken-joint mosaic.
The hand-rubbed brass ceiling fixture from Visual Comfort & Co. offers a pretty gleam at the top of the room.
Japanese influences continue in the primary bath starting with the sleek black soaking tub. f
The primary suite contains two baths, and hers is sheathed in Calacatta marble.
A light fixture from the clients’ former house brings a touch of sparkle to the powder room, which is enveloped in a wallpaper from Area Environments.
Pristine white Thassos marble tops the bathroom’s vanity.
Sister Parish’s Sintra grasscloth wraps the walls of the primary bath.
A Vermont Soapstone Co. sink anchors the bathroom, while birds, branches, flora, and fauna dot the walls in a classic nature-inspired William Morris paper.
A breezeway links the house to the freestanding primary suite, whose bathroom vanity resembles a piece of furniture.
The Kohler tub commands a view framed by Kathryn M. Ireland fabric.
The shower stall also curves, its handmade tiles adding texture and shine.
The primary suite’s bath is all about the movement of water; the tub’s form recalls the trough of a wave between two crests.
Arnold engaged Maine craftsman Tim Hill to build the primary bath’s custom his-and-her vanities that evoke waves and water in the subtle inward curve on the fronts. The dark wall highlights the cabinetry finish, which is meant to continue the driftwood theme.
Shades of blue crop up throughout the home, including in the primary bath; the artwork is by Ken Sloan and the light fixture is from Oly.
LED lighting above the vanity and shower and around the mirrors eliminates the need for ceiling- or wall-mounted lights in the primary bathroom; a bottom-up shade affords privacy for the tub.
A niche in the primary bath cocoons a soaking tub.
The basketweave marble tile inset in the primary bath flooring complements both the double vanity and the tub.
The soaking tub is “positioned for the best views of the property,” says the husband.
Manganello’s bath contrasts a zellige mosaic from Tiles of Lucca on the wall with Waterworks marble tiles on the floor.
The powder room’s whimsical wallpaper is from Pierre Frey; its vessel sink, from Made Goods, sits on dramatically figured stone.
Vanities painted Benjamin Moore Gunmetal are paired with mirrored walls concealing medicine cabinets.
Both the primary bedroom and bath have stenciled walls hand-painted by artist David Faust in a reed-and-shell motif that recalls cattails found in saltwater marshes.
The powder room off the mudroom is papered in Pierre Frey Otomi and tiled in a tomato-red Ann Sacks ceramic tile.
A deep soaking tub in the primary bath—the Soca freestanding tub by Maax—is a meditative spot for taking in the view; the vintage rug is from Azalea Home & Gift in Niantic.
The designers were tasked with taking the edge off a starkly modern primary bath, so they added pale lavender wallpaper and a plush, slightly freeform vanity bench.
While most of the home’s furniture and artwork is new, Silver hung a metal sculpture from the owners’ existing collection in the primary bath.
Behind the kitchen, Austin converted a back hallway into a mudroom and added a five-foot-by-five-foot powder room swathed in Christian Lacroix wallpaper.
The first-floor primary bath features mirrors from Villa & House, sconces from The Urban Electric Co., and a vintage chair.
The Calacatta gold marble floors and vanity top give the primary bath its warmth.
In the neighboring bath, white-oak vanities flank the water closet doorway; the tiles are from Marrakech Design and the lights are Hollis+Morris.
In the primary bath, the long double vanity, which includes a make-up table, was designed by Gates and fabricated by Driftwood Cape Cod
The bath off the upstairs bunk room has an Endless Summer vibe thanks to the surfboard wallcovering by Studio Four NYC.
The Porcelanosa soaking tub and waterfall quartz shower bench signal that the primary bath was designed with relaxation in mind.
The primary bath’s custom vanity, also designed and built by C&M, repeats on the other side of the room. The fixtures and mirror are from Waterworks, and the tile is from The Tile Room on Nantucket.
A handsome woodgrain vanity coexists happily with a more coastal-comfortable shower clad in sea-glass-like tiles.
Green and gilt decorative vases from Hindman auctioneers add an unexpected pop of color to the guest bathroom.
The shade pops up again in the powder room, which is sheathed in a Thibaut wallpaper.
The homeowner requested a vacation feel for the primary bath, which has nickel-gap walls and a Palmer Industries vanity.
Above the new garage, guest quarters feature a bath adorned with CW Stockwell wallpaper; the album cover on the right comes from The Incredible Casuals, a Cape Cod band that performed in Wellfleet every summer, says builder Doug Whitla.
The powder room includes a fossilized marble sink from Burlington Marble & Granite; the custom floating drawer holds essentials without overwhelming the small space.
In the primary bath, the tile—zellige on the walls and herringbone cement on the floor—was sourced from Clé.
“We wanted to do something different for the accent wall, so we chose cross-shaped concrete tiles that are handmade in Morocco in the colors the pool reflects,” Scales says of the bathroom.
Banker’s solution for handling the “enormous” upstairs bathroom was to select a larger-than-life wallpaper by Clarence House and accent it with a shower curtain custom made with Les Indiennes fabric.
The powder room walls feature a print from C.F.A. Voysey; the custom vanity is topped with reclaimed marble, and the fittings are from Sigma Faucet.
A petrified-wood stool adds an earthy touch to the primary bath.
Hand-painted fish swim across the walls of the powder room.
Interesting angles in this upstairs bath invited creativity: the subdued floral wallpaper takes the place of what otherwise would have been a “boring” paint job on the sloped ceiling, says interior designer Sarah Eilers.
In the primary bath, the vanity’s rounded finger-pull cutouts echo the mirrors and sconces above; the marble countertop is from Cumar and the tile floor is Ann Sacks.
“I always think powder rooms should be memorable,” says Elms, who achieved just that thanks to a concrete sink and bold, colorful wallpaper.
The powder room features a limestone sink from Stone Forest, aged-brass fittings from Jaclo, and Inax tile.
The primary bath contains a custom vanity, Olympian White Danby marble countertops, Porcelanosa floor tile, and wall tile from Inax.
Need A Hand sconces from Sedgwick & Brattle illuminate a powder room.
A powder room gets a dose of drama with Clarence House’s Tibet wallpaper in pinks, blues, and turquoise.
The team at Warren Construction Group built the Corian sink and vanity in the second-floor guest bathroom.
The primary bath was gutted to make way for custom walnut double vanities and marble mosaic flooring from New Ravenna.
Herbst used the same technique in the primary bath, where a Kohler tub shares space with a chair that the owners’ daughter made in high school.
Herrick & White crafted the primary bath’s cabinetry.
A new powder room provides a dose of drama.
The tub in the primary bath is so heavy, a piano mover was brought in to put it in place.
The primary bath features floating oak shelves and a floating oak vanity.
The vanity’s middle cabinet pulls out—almost like a spice rack—to reveal double-sided storage for each of the homeowners’ personal items.
When the shower is in use, the lighting in the stall automatically turns on, and the vanity mirrors contain a heating element that prevents them from fogging up.
Almost every surface is sheathed in solid stone, including the Pacific Gray marble walls, the Sugar marble moldings and trim, and the waterjet mosaic floors featuring Carrara, Bardiglio, and Pacific Gray marbles.
The lack of hardware on the concrete-topped vanity draws attention to the Watermark sink fittings, which, according to Sigalow, help drive home the industrial look.
Sigalow wanted the focus of the room to be the simple-yet-sculptural soaking tub by Victoria + Albert.
Elissia Sigalow knew she wanted something different and bold for the shower enclosure, so she designed a black metal-and-glass grid that complements industrial elements found elsewhere in the home. Inside is a sleek concrete bench.
Lindsay swapped a built-in double vanity for two washstands with Regency-style metal legs from Palmer Industries and Blue de Savoie marble with a traditional curved backsplash
The stand-up makeup chest is topped with Blue de Savoie marble, which also appears on the washstands. “Using the same stone makes this item feel like it belongs in the room,” says Lindsay.
The bath’s focal point comes courtesy of a hand-painted de Gournay panel and a soaking tub from Crosswater London. “The paper adds depth to the space,” says Lindsay.
The primary bathroom features a custom oak vanity with Waterworks fixtures and Urban Electric Co. brass sconces.
A nineteenth-century French door opens into the pool bath, where a Loon Peak vanity is fitted—appropriately enough—with sliding barn doors.
This hall bath is quite compact, but Sayeed still managed to deliver a luxurious space packed with amenities, from a well-lit linen closet to a towel warmer.
The designer had to work around the three original windows that couldn’t be touched due to the home’s historic status. A frosted-glass cover protects the existing window in the new shower from moisture.
In the enlarged primary bath, three-inch-square glass tiles from Waterworks cover both the vanity backsplash and the shower walls. Designer Vani Sayeed chose the tile for its “tortoise-shell sensibility” and the way its irregular surface catches the light.
The designer enlarged the existing bath, borrowing additional space from a bedroom closet. Opposite the main shower is a birch vanity and an adjacent water closet.
The sauna features a cedar interior and a hemlock exterior as well as accent lighting “to keep up the ambience,” notes designer Teri Maher.
This green shade is carried into the shower, which is sheathed in tile from Art of Tile & Stone. Hirsch chose black hardware to lend a youthful touch.
Benjamin Moore Nile Green was the jumping-off point in this boy’s bath designed by Nicole Hirsch. Custom cabinetry without any hardware maintains a contemporary feel.
Sconces from Vaughan illuminate the vanity, which the designer spruced up with paint and a new marble countertop.
A coat of Pavilion Gray from Farrow & Ball warms the previously white-walled primary bath; Waterworks fixtures flank an existing tub sheathed in nickel.
A deep blue-gray vanity adds zip to the primary bathroom.
The Scandi vibe continues in the primary bath; Robern medicine cabinets and Allied Maker pendants hang over a Bianco Alanur marble countertop.
The primary bathroom’s walk-in shower features Akdo tile that, according to the designer, “adds a modern twist to the transitional space.”
Galbraith & Paul’s Lotus wallpaper in the powder room off the foyer complements the adjacent room’s grasscloth and makes a subtle impact.
Romo wallpaper depicting an abstract garden envelopes the powder room.
Marble tile from Ann Sacks on the bathroom floor and walls features a faint blue undertone; one side of a teak bench mounts to the shower wall.
Najnigier designed the slatted-oak vanity, which was built by RF McManus Company.
The primary bath boasts a BainUltra tub with a House of Rohl filler, Carrara marble tile, and another Paris Ceramics fireplace.
Duffy enveloped the powder room in a Harlequin wallpaper and outfitted it with a WS Bath Collections sink, Brizo faucet, and Arteriors mirror.
The lower level’s new powder room packs a dramatic punch with its azure tiles in a herringbone pattern and a vintage-style sink with exposed plumbing. “We were going for a Downton Abbey look here,” Karen Calo says.
The powder room off the kitchen also has a green theme, thanks to a rattan-inspired print from These Walls.
A single paint color lends cohesiveness to the primary bathroom’s intersecting planes; the tub is the only item remaining from the original house.
In the primary bath, his-and-her vanities stand opposite one another. Above both vanities, Farmer layered hanging mirrors against antique mirrors, which cuts down on repeating reflections.
A Kohler tub dominates the neighboring bath.
Rosenfeld designed the campaign-style vanity in the primary bathroom (take note: her own line of vanities, built by Cradock, will be available for purchase this fall).
The bathroom’s shower features slab onyx walls and an onyx-tile floor.
Masterpiece Woodworks created a carved fluted vanity with onyx countertops, which are illuminated by Jonathan Browning sconces.
Herrick & White rubbed the bathroom cabinetry with gold powder for a mellow sheen.
The art in the lower-level bath is in the Woodlands style, a genre that originated in Ontario, Canada, says Jodi; “Pat grew up there, and his family has quite a bit of art of this kind.”
The primary bath’s tub offers a stellar view of the Back River.
The primary bath’s tub offers a stellar view of the Back River.
The primary bath features a freestanding tub from Apollo.
The pretty powder room sports a star-patterned wallpaper by Molly Mahon for Schumacher, a nautical brass wall sconce, and a vintage shell mirror.
While renovating the guest bath, Rabun sought a spin on a porthole mirror; “the small red ceramic mirrors nailed it for me,” she says, “and Kathleen.
A pair of custom vanities and mirrors flank a freestanding shower in the primary bath.
Bow created a moodier look by painting the nickel board in a guest bath a deep navy blue.
Trees outside a guest bath provide just enough privacy for an indulgent shower-with-a-view, though there is an automated privacy screen on the outside for the more modest houseguests. The floating vanity in the primary bath mirrors the floating nightstands and bed in the adjacent bedroom for a subtle midcentury-modern vibe.
The floating vanity in the primary bath mirrors the floating nightstands and bed in the adjacent bedroom for a subtle midcentury-modern vibe.
The Montclair Danby marble tiles that line the primary bath tie to the stone slabs in the kitchen.
Stars (in the Popham Design Moroccan tile on the floor) and stripes (in the C&C Milano wallcovering) give a powder room playful energy.
Furniture-like his-and-her vanities in the primary bath were fitted with Waterworks hardware and plumbing fixtures.
Caan made the powder room “circus-y and playful” with a colorful Pierre Frey striped wallpaper, Global Views mirror, and Zipper sconces from The Urban Electric Co.
A new bathroom off the first-floor primary bedroom showcases cabinetry designed by Digs Design paired with white marble.
Ricci brought in pewter hurricane lamp sconces for the primary bath.
With a Leonards New England nightstand turned vanity and Schumacher wallpaper, the small powder room off the library is big on charm.
A new powder room is conveniently located adjacent to the mudroom.
Views of the river can be enjoyed from both the soaking tub and the glass shower in the primary bath.
At a time when most homes utilized outhouses, Twain’s manse boasted four bathrooms. The dedicated guest bathroom includes a water closet, restored vanity, and zinc-coated copper tub recessed into a mahogany surround. Through meticulous analysis of paint traces, restoration architect David Scott Parker matched the room’s original wall color and gold-leaf striping.
The towel ladder is reclaimed teak. “I wanted to incorporate a piece that adds texture and feels organic to offset the metallic tile,” explains Nightingale.
The twelve-foot-long vanity wall is a new addition; the upper cabinets not only provide storage, but also create niches that give the space a his-and-hers feel.
In the powder room, Allee used shiplap siding, which Hendricks paired with a floor of green encaustic tile.
The architects added the cupola high above the tub in the main bathroom; Haines installed the free-form blown-glass Vaughan Designs chandelier that gleams above the mosaic floor of marble and quartz.
The floor tile, a marble mosaic from Bellew Tile and Marble, was the jumping-off point for the soft gray and cream palette. Meanwhile, walnut and black accents lend contrast.
The window features a motorized solar shade hidden behind a faux roman shade.
A sliding barn door closes off the water closet, while the shower and soaking tub—which sit across from one another—are open to the rest of the bath.
Saltonstall Architects designed a sleek oak vanity that floats on one wall of the wooden cube. Kallista sink fittings and backlit mirrors from Robern complete the contemporary look.
The steam shower, which is wired with Sonos, is sheathed in a combination of twelve-inch-by-twenty-four-inch lilac marble tiles and much smaller broken mosaic pieces of the same stone. The fittings are Kallista.