bathroom
“Wanting to downplay the break in the floor, the curb was wrapped in a coordinating tile to match the shower side walls and shower floor,” Neyman says. “This allowed the curb to blend into the shower flooring, allowing your eye to continue to the feature tile on the back wall.” The back wall is 5-by-5-inch ceramic zellige-style tile in a glossy aqua finish. Other special features. Patterned white-and-gray ceramic floor tile in a matte finish. Shaker-style alder vanity with marble-look quartz countertop.
The typical tub length is 5 feet, and your bathroom could be slightly wider than that. If this is the case, you can install a longer tub or create a niche to fill the extra space, as in this design. Another nice touch, also seen here, is to extend the countertop in a shallower depth over the toilet tank. Since counter heights vary from 32 to 36 inches (81 to 91 centimeters), carefully consider whether your fixtures will fit comfortably under an extended countertop. Not only does the tank need to be low enough, but you must be able to remove the lid without obstruction.
deep sink
Plaid tile
curbless shower
shower window
This photo (taken from the opposite direction of the previous photo) shows off the new black-and-white color palette. The floors are now covered in 12-by-24-inch carbon-colored porcelain. “The pattern of the floor tile helps draw your eye in,” she says. “When you have a light room and go darker on the floor, it visually helps push the space out.” The vanity wall features 3-by-12-inch tile in a herringbone pattern with dark grout lines. Two round mirrors with black metal frames contrast nicely with the straight lines of the vanity. “I knew I wanted to go with round mirrors from the beginning,” Morris says. “And if I went with chrome instead of black, it wouldn’t have been as dramatic.”
5 frameless medicine cabinets have been placed together to create not only a lot of storage but a nearly seamless mirror surface.
“The linear niche is the most significant design detail in the room,” the designer said. “It continues along the entire wall, even into the shower, which ties the space together and provides much-needed, convenient storage. The wood-lined recessed niche lends a lot of warmth and adds an unexpected material into the bathroom.”
Another shower feature ideal for aging-in-place design is a linear drain. “By using a linear drain we can avoid a shower curb, making it easy for folks to walk straight into a shower without obstruction,” says designer Jeanine Boyle
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