BLACK AND WHITE
Designed by Barbara Westbrook, this Atlanta cottage’s master bathroom with beadboard walls has a casual-American feel to it.
SOFT AND ELEGANT
Laura Kirar designed this bathroom as a lush retreat for a busy mom — a place to pamper herself. The seven-foot-wide arched window frames a sculptural tub. Perfect for a long soak.
GLOSSY LAYERS
“Many people use matte tiles these days, but the lustrous spa-like finish of polished tile — it feels expensive,” says designer Jim Howard.
The tiles in this Georgia beach house’s bathroom shine unapologetically.
FRENCH-INSPIRED
David Kleinberg based the design of this Long Island home’s sink-stand off a French iron console.
FRESH WHITE
Designer David Jimenez wanted this Kansas City home’s bathroom to feel like a spa, opting for subway tile on the walls and marble for the countertops and floor.
SEASIDE RETREAT
The walls are finished with one-foot square tiles, which give the room a clean look because there are fewer grout lines.To mimic the ocean outside this Laguna Beach bathroom, designers Heidi Bonesteel and Michele Trout added a border of turquoise blue tile.
TIMELESS TOUCHES
The bathroom in House Beautiful editorial director Newell Turner’s New York home is simple yet stylish thanks to the polka dot floor tile.
RELAXED INDUSTRIAL
In the master bathroom of her light-filled home, photographer Amy Neunsinger combined an elegant claw-foot tub with a casual woven rug.
COURTYARD APPEAL
In this peaceful Arizona home, the master bath has a view of a private enclosed garden. An antique chandelier and ivory walls round out the space.
LIGHT LIFT
Designer Lindsey Coral Harper didn’t strip the outdated bath in this North Carolina home. She simply updated the fixtures, added marble tiles, and glazed the tub white to create a fresh oasis.
NAUTICAL ESCAPE
The guest bath in Ken Fulk’s vacation home “feels authentic to the period of the house, but also clean and modern,” he says.
BATHTUB BEAUTY
The soaking tub takes center stage in the master bath of this comfortable bachelor pad designed by Parrish Chilcoat and Joe Lucas.
SUBTLE PINKS
“The master bath is truly feminine: a serene and pretty oasis,” says designer Christine Murphy about the bathroom in this colorful New York City apartment. Pale pink walls match the undertones of the marble tile.
MULTI-HUED
Creating an idyllic bath for a Long Island home, designer DD Allen chose a blue palette but did not limit herself to one shade. The custom teal color of the polished Venetian plaster walls picks up the blue in the floor tiles.
DARK CHOCOLATE
In an antique-filled Victorian house in Illinois, designer Annie Brahler chose the master bath’s rich brown paint to play up the brilliant whites of the tub, curtains, and tiles. The crystal light fixture is a 1980s update of old-school glamour.
CLASSIC WOODS
In a New England farmhouse, designed by architect Nate McBride and interior designer Kari McCabe, the sleek woodwork in the guesthouse bathroom is inspired by mahogany boat trim.
WATERY BLUES
In this Palm Beach house, the master bathroom walls are painted a custom faded teal. Homeowner Liza Pulitzer Calhoun chose the cast-iron claw-foot tub because it felt “so friendly.”
VINTAGE CHARM
Back in the 18th-century when this Massachusetts farmhouse was built, there was no such thing as a master bath. So architect Michael T. Gray and interior designer Hattie Holland carved one out of a hallway and added wainscoting and window casings to create a sense of the past. The color “has a historic feeling with that gray cast,” Holland says.
GLAM GRAY
“I love a glamorous bathroom,” designer Marshall Watson says. He turned the master bath in a Florida house into a open-air oasis with floor-to-ceiling windows, cast-iron tub, custom vanity, and crystal chandelier.
STARK WHITE
Calacatta marble walls and a gleaming tub brighten the master bath of a San Francisco home that’s otherwise coated with color.
