Master Bath Design Ideas in 2017

CHOCOLATE WALLS

A floating bathtub and brown grasscloth walls instantly cozy up a Pennsylvania farmhouse's master tub. Add bath salts and a couple of towels for complete calm.

FLORAL MURAL

"I love cherry flowers," says designer Caroline Beaupere. "This master bathroom at a house in New Jersey was inspired by hanami, the Japanese tradition of going to see the blossoms as part of a celebration of spring."

TUBSIDE FIREPLACE

Given that the Pacific Ocean views, Ohara Davies-Gaetano chose to bring a sunken bathtub to this windowed alcove, and a cozy fireplace. Now the owners can participate in flickering flames and waves.

BLUE CEILING

Designer Eddie Lee reimagined this master bathroom as "a blend of English charm and Asian lushness, with some European classicism added in," he states. While Farrow & Ball paint mimics a cloudless heavens, panels grace the walls.

BAY VIEWS

In a Long Island beach house adorned by Rob Southern, a six-by-nine-foot shower features two showerheads plus magnificent bay views. The whole space is opened up by an window .

GRAY TONES

"I really like a glamorous bathroom," designer Marshall Watson states. A Florida house's master bath turned with a cast-iron tub paned windows, custom vanity, and crystal chandelier.

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NATURAL LIGHT

The beach is right outside this California home, but you never would have understood it based on its former dark, compact design. Designer Daleet Spector additional windows to allow in light and reconfigured the space. "The clients don't like a lot of color, so we worked with different textures rather," she says.

ORANGE ACCENTS

Pagoda mirrors give "a little jolt" into the master bathroom in this Bahamas house, designed by Amanda Lindroth.

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SWIRLING BLUE

Java Grande wallpaper from China Seas is a bold backdrop for a Florida house's powder room. The mirror is vintage. Gramercy Glass washstand, Restoration Hardware.

FARMHOUSE STYLE

Nothing says "rustic" more than chicken wire. Utilize the screening set of glass cupboard doors to up the nation feel and show stacks of towels off.

TROUGH SINK

The boys' bathroom in a Lake Tahoe home made by Matt O'Dorisio includes a massive trough sink and a pendant from Schoolhouse Electric Supply & Co..

BRAVE BLACK

An Alexander McQueen skull pillow was the catalyst for this daring en suite bath in Chicago's trendy Wicker Park area. "I wanted play!" Says designer SuzAnn Kletzien, who notes that placing a modern, jewelry-inspired chandelier on a claw-foot bath "definitely satisfied that need."

REPURPOSED WALLPAPER

Framed fragments of Gracie's Georgian Tea Trade background have the impact of landscape paintings in a South Carolina home's powder room. The vanity is a console that is converted.

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MODERN ZEN

"The danger in doing a contemporary bathroom is that it may feel cold," says Pamela Butz, who remodeled this home near Boston with partner Jeffrey Klug. Their answer was a layout that errs on the side of simplicity, but with beautiful, natural substances that "speak for themselves."

SPANISH COLONIAL

In a powder room, a classic chest out of Provence adds a curvaceous comparison to the graphic tiles, first into the Richmond, Virginia, house. Walls painted in the China White of Benjamin Moore.

GLAMOROUS COPPER

Initially the owners were going to add a master suite, but they then looked up and recognized that the third-floor loft, with its peaked roof and exposed beams, presented an unusual opportunity. "The first thing we shopped for was that tub," states Chicago-based designer Julia Buckingham. "It is the crown jewel."

NAUTICAL FINISHES

For his Nantucket house's master bath, designer Gary McBournie chose Waterworks hardware at unlacquered brass, so that it would tarnish and era. His aim was to tie all the details back into the nautical feeling of the house.

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YELLOW STRIPES

Glass tiles out of Waterworks line the walls and flooring in the guest bathroom of the California country home by designer Jay Jeffers. The floral stripes include a note of whimsy and break up the space.

BLUE OMBRE

The master bathroom walls at a Manhattan penthouse are tiled in Bisazza's Mughetto, and the flooring in Ann Sacks's Savoy.

MOROCCAN MOTIF

A powder room in a worldly Los Angeles home features Ann Sacks's Maghreb 4 tiles onto the wall.

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CHECKERBOARD FLOOR

The shower stall of a California guest toilet is clad in Carrara marble tiles from Stones Unlimited along with the Soho marble tiles are from Exquisite Surfaces.

CHEVRON FLOOR

At a New York City toilet designed by Alla Akimova, the play Is Truly on the Ground. Glassos tiles in Vetro Bianco on the walls along with the vanity reflect light beautifully. (The chevron, composed of Dark Emperador and Thassos marble, was custom cut by Manhattan Renovations.)

GOLD LEAF

"I have always loved these glass gold-leaf tiles ... they're really so Liberace!" Says Bailey McCarthy of Ann Sacks's Davlin collection. A classic chandelier and Calacatta Gold marble create the remodeled master bath a real showstopper.

MOROCCAN BLUE

At a Cape Cod bath, designer Kyle Timothy Blood created a T-shaped carpet of tile at a Moroccan design. "Did you see how the 'carpet' runs right under the dressing table?" The designer states. The tile and woodwork is from Mosaic House.

DRAMATIC OPAL

At a New York City bathroom designed by Sandra Nunnerley, mist mosaic tile by Studium includes a watery, pearlescent shine.

VINTAGE PALETTE

At a boy's bathroom, turquoise tiles by Mission Tile West create a 1930s-inspired vibe.

BUILT-IN FRAME

A geometric layout encloses the mirror and sconces at a New York bath, with tile from Studium.

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CRIMSON

Michael S. Smith chosen Shanghai Deco wallpaper in red to add a touch at a Santa Monica home's powder room.

GOLD ACCENTS

The custom Corian sink within this Massachusetts house's powder room seems as if it's been thrown from a slab of marble. Cole & Son background through Lee Jofa provides a vision of golden florals.

TEAL LOTUSES

The powder Room of this New York colonial features sconces, Newport Brass sink fittings, and Farrow & Ball's Lotus wallpaper.

POLISHED BLACK

"This Small black lacquered box of a guest tub is everybody's favourite area," Mark D. Sikes states. "Very dramatic and sexy." A Regency ebony-and-bone mirror is propped above a Gramercy Single metallic sink from Restoration Hardware.

COMPETING PATTERNS

"This Windowless powder room under the staircase feels concealed away from all," says designer Andrew Howard. "Total excuse to go large!" It is coated in 3 Schumacher wallpapers: Topkapi and Samovar on the walls and Taj Trellis around the ceiling.

TIDEWATER TONES

From the Shower of a New England farmhouse made by architect Nate McBride and designer Kari McCabe, sandblasted wall tiles have been selected to evoke sea glass. The hardwood flooring is painted in Tidewater from Sherwin-Williams.

PEACOCK FEATHERS

The Extravagant Florence Broadhurst Peacock Feathers the guest Towel of this bathroom.

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PEACOCK DETAILS

A classic Georgian mirror seems to float at a corner of this powder room contrary to the habit peacock-feather wallpaper. Benjamin Moore Impervex in Gulf Shores is on the doorway.

LIME GREEN

Ann Sacks Tiles stripe a California pool bath in floor to ceiling, giving the space a modern look. To avoid breaking the continuity up, the shower wall frosted only. "We love stripes, but we had never noticed them before in a wall tile. It's perky and distinct," Bonesteel says.

PINK PEONIES

"I Desired every inch of the powder room to be special,"says designer Colleen Bashaw of this bold area. The background is Brett Design's Peonies. The vintage brass console was fitted using a Waterstone Faucets fixture, and also the habit back counter tops and splash are produced with Stone Surfaces' Black Absolute granite.