10 Fabulously Fanciful Bathrooms
Get an eyeful of what happens when creativity meets courage in a typically plain utilitarian room
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I had so much fun
looking at living rooms that broke the mold, I decided to do
it again — this time with way-outside-the-box bathrooms.
While some of us are willing to go a little crazy with a shower curtain or colorful towels, these homeowners just went crazy. And the results are wildly imaginative and different and fun.
They are not for everyone, but they do show a lot of courage and creativity, two qualities that never go out of style.
While some of us are willing to go a little crazy with a shower curtain or colorful towels, these homeowners just went crazy. And the results are wildly imaginative and different and fun.
They are not for everyone, but they do show a lot of courage and creativity, two qualities that never go out of style.
Covering a powder room floor to ceiling in
dramatic red wallpaper is daring enough for most people. But when you add a
backlit alabaster vanity and chandelier sconces, you've created an
altar.
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This bathroom in this gym pavilion is so fun, but
it also has a lovely, light-filled simplicity that makes it beautiful. It would
be so much easier to get my kids into the bath if they could swing
in.
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I love the over-the-top gilded look in this
little space. Playing with scale and style can produce unexpected and lovely
results.
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This dark, metallic bathroom with its lit wall of
figurines and clean lines is high-drama glamour. So Miami, don't you
think?
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If King Henry VIII ever bathed, he did it in a
room like this. Spare, grand and fit for a king.
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All this marble, gilt and drapery is more
Napolean's style.
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Luxury meets Wild West in a bathroom that
combines natural materials, like rough-cut stone, with antlers and some very
nice hardware.
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More Western flair. Raw steel countertops and
old license plates. It's like the cleanest, most elegant truck stop bathroom
ever.
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A clear bathtub in an industrial white bathroom.
Calming and hilarious all at once.
See more of this house and learn about this tub
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This outrageously stunning agate wall is actually
a large-scale waterproof panel created by Alex Turco. This bathroom demonstrates that
sleek, modern rooms can be created with natural materials.
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Incredible! I love the see through tub, the tapestry in
the bathroom, and the the "gilt' take on the industrial vanity stand. The
license plates are a fun take on a tiled wall.
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LOVE the see-through tub! One thing though...I wouldn't
be able to hide under bubbles when someone needs in...lol
@tsugg: That is amazing! I've never heard of anything
like that.
Geode walls? Clear bathtubs? (I could never let cleaning
the bathroom slide.) Amazing!
Great examples! My personal favorite fancy bathroom is
this modern bath retreat...
4 weeks ago · Like
Terri, be careful with opening that space to the outside.
Last week I opened the 2 windows above the bath and when I came back to the
bedroom 15 min later, 2 birds were there. And it took a lot of guiding them back
out! Never mind a permanent hole enticing a clumsy raccoon or possum
I do love that see through tub. Though I'm not quite in shape to want a side view of me showing. On the other hand, parts of you would be quite perky ; )
Some great ideas that can be used on a smaller (and less expensive) scale.
I do love that see through tub. Though I'm not quite in shape to want a side view of me showing. On the other hand, parts of you would be quite perky ; )
Some great ideas that can be used on a smaller (and less expensive) scale.
Was going to say something about OCD cleaning; but
decided not to.
Here's a unique bathroom example for a loft we did in
Washington, DC. The bath and bedroom is only separated by a glass partition
allow for more natural light and a more open feel.
Hahahahaha that marble bathroom, oh my god.
My own upstairs bathroom would be pretty unremarkable if not for the 12-foot vaulted ceilings and large skylight. That room accounted for about 40% of my decision to buy this house and I have been fantasizing about how I'm going to redecorate it ever since. Mark my words, in five years or so that bathroom is going to be featured in ideabooks like this one.
My own upstairs bathroom would be pretty unremarkable if not for the 12-foot vaulted ceilings and large skylight. That room accounted for about 40% of my decision to buy this house and I have been fantasizing about how I'm going to redecorate it ever since. Mark my words, in five years or so that bathroom is going to be featured in ideabooks like this one.
Playroom/bedroom/bath cool idea if you can find a
industral garage with Iron I-beams,though adding them wouldn't be that
difficult. It needs a tire swing,if you want an up grade you can buy premade
horse tire swings.I wonder what the alabaster shrine would look like if the
walls were eggplant purple?
They are some fantastic bathrooms! I love the backlit
alabaster vanity, it's visually amazing as is the glass bath! But I think my
fave is the bronze bath fit for a king (or a queen!).
That gilded bathroom is in my ideabook for my private
girly upstairs office. I looooove the shimmer of anything metallic, so
glamorous! I am using silver and lavender with some bright yellow thrown in, all
things sparkly and mirrored are a must. I will probably never leave my
office!
I think due to odd refraction of light in water body in
the glass tub will look pretty weird, as "broken" tea spoon in the glass.
Fun bathrooms.
Fun bathrooms.
Are you kidding, it like body cut in two pieces. Check
with clear glass water and spoon or straw, if you have nerves.
look at the water running out of the faucet in the clear
bathtub - it looks separated by 4-6 in. Yeah, you would look a little freaky.
The good thing? I would be the one taking the bath and couldn't see it!
Sigh, it does look like one of those things that is cooler in premise than in reality...
Terri - what about a hurricane? Or a toilet seat falling from an airplane (how the main character died on 'Dead Like Me')? Or a rat - those do climb...
Sigh, it does look like one of those things that is cooler in premise than in reality...
Terri - what about a hurricane? Or a toilet seat falling from an airplane (how the main character died on 'Dead Like Me')? Or a rat - those do climb...
LOL. The more I look at the last image, the more it looks
like a woman giving birth to quartz, which is an uncomfortable notion. Too much
imagination, I guess.
The talk of window and birds flying in reminds me of
living in England were there were no screens on the windows here in the states
we have screens, a kind of air filter to let in good stuf and keep out bad
stuff.Though, a brid is a pretty thing,,if it doesn't do nasty on the floor or
any were else.
Oldroo...The Turkeys like roosting in nearby trees, so
far none on the roof or in the house. My husband has to chase them off our
bedroom lanai practically every day though. He opens up a big umbrella and they
think he is a bigger turkey than they are and they run away
and wow, Calkelly, I never even THOUGHT about a toilet seat falling out of the sky. The rat might be a problem. Our cat refused to move with us and adopted the next door neighbors instead.
and wow, Calkelly, I never even THOUGHT about a toilet seat falling out of the sky. The rat might be a problem. Our cat refused to move with us and adopted the next door neighbors instead.
Teri, I didn't think for one minute you would have
turkeys!!! Ours LOVE to run the roof at night - sound like a 747.
Bubba, I can't leave anything open for a minute, I have a lovely family of Magpies who will just walk in and stand beside the fridge waiting to be fed. If the door is closed they use their beaks to knock. Would be nice if you could housetrain them though.
Bubba, I can't leave anything open for a minute, I have a lovely family of Magpies who will just walk in and stand beside the fridge waiting to be fed. If the door is closed they use their beaks to knock. Would be nice if you could housetrain them though.
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Even though most of the bathrooms are too much for my
taste, they all exhibit such wonderful artistry and/or creativity. And please
don't let me mislead anyone: I'd take a bath or shower in ANY of these
bathrooms.
plattgail, I painted my kids' bathroom with an
undersea/surf motif. There is a (painted) surfboard rushing overhead that my
daughter stuck surf stickers on lol. She was about 12 at the time, and I teased
her about having Sponge Bob too. She said "sure, why not", so I painted him
peaking around her cabinet. It's my favorite room, since I had to paint over her
jungle bedroom!
I really like the agate wall bathroom and some elements
of the gym bathroom. All the others leave me cold, I'm afraid.
Ideabook published on Jan. 30, 2013.
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