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Tiling all or most of your wall surface gives it a nice polished look, but the costs can really add up. White ceramic subway tiles are the most affordable option at most big-box stores, but the finished look can sometimes seem a little flat. Make your installation stand out by using a dark or colored grout, like in the bathroom shown here. Because guess what? Gray grout costs the same as white.
High gloss paint and paneling
Use Color-Blocking There’s a yin-yang balance to the wide swaths of black and white in this bathroom. The careful use of color blocking splices through the room. Detail worth noting: The long trough vessel sink, which suits the lines of the room.
Unless it’s a color other than chrome, a faucet is a faucet. Something basic will be fine, so don’t spend your hard-earned cash there. Funnel your money into custom cabinetry instead. Having a smart drawer that fits your lipstick collection perfectly, in a color you love and with a concealed bin, will be worth so much more than the bragging rights for Italian faucets.
1. Monochromatic Color Scheme A soothing color palette contributes to the Zen-like feeling of a minimalist bathroom. Choosing one base hue and using different shades of it is restful to the eye.
V-pattern shower tile. Black penny tile with white grout that runs from the floor up the wall behind the vanity. Custom wood trim and tub apron. “It set this bathroom apart,” Jung says.
Paris Designer: Mon Plan d’Appart Features: Forest-green painted walls and white hexagonal tiles create a stunning backdrop for the warm wood tones of this midcentury-style sideboard-turned-vanity. Très chic!
Focusing on hygiene, new toilet designs included several rimless models — which make it easier to clean the bowl — with quick-release seats. For example, this model in Flaminia’s App line has a seat that can be removed with the touch of a button and a toilet without an internal rim. It’s shown in the new Fango color.
Black-and-white bathrooms are always in. Faucet manufacturers are following this trend by offering sophisticated black (or white) as a standard option instead of an add-on to the chrome versions, for example.
Pedestal design has gotten smarter. Even a pedestal style with one shelf can hold towels or a basket for toilet paper. I personally love the way fresh, clean towels look folded neatly in a bathroom.
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