Bathrooms
A jumping-off point for the room’s style was a large-format, stone-like porcelain tile with veining that ranges from light gray to black. Sutter used it as wainscoting. “I used it to marry the spaces around the room and unify the different elements,” she says. She topped the tile wainscoting in black metal Schluter strips. “The black veining in the tile also inspired the matte black faucets, hardware and other accents,” she says. She also pulled from the couple’s art collection around the house and personalized the room by hanging some of their black-and-white photographs.
A beautiful wooden board that fits across your tub is as helpful as it is stylish — use it to hold your book, magazine or journal and pen, as well as a small towel to dry your hands before you pick up your book. This simple addition to the bath can lift the experience from the merely routine to something special.
frosted glass on door
wet room
wet room
colors of floor tile and walls
Increasingly popular for kitchen backsplashes, zellige tile is showing up in bathrooms as well. In this San Diego bathroom by M Prevost Design, square tiles in varying shades create a pleasing accent wall behind the tub and play off the streaks of blue and white in the view of the Southern California sky.
onyx shower wall
in-cabinet outlets
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