Top 30: Australia's Top Bathrooms of 2018
These are the Australian Houzz community's most-saved bathroom photos of 2018, and you'll soon see why
Joanna Tovia
20 December 2018
Houzz editorial team. Photojournalist specialising in design, travel and living well. Follow her photodocumentary about pets and the people who love them on Instagram @unfoldingtails
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Saddle up for a ride through the year’s most popular bathrooms. These are the top 30 designs the Australian Houzz community saved into ideabooks this year to inspire their own renovation plans and dreams. See which ideas you’d like to steal for your bathroom, and tell us which ones are your favourites in the Comments section at the end of the story.
1. Location: Manly Vale, NSW
Designer: JDA Studio
Features: Pattern gives a classic colour scheme some punch.
Designer: JDA Studio
Features: Pattern gives a classic colour scheme some punch.
2. Location: Brunswick East, Victoria
Designer: GIA Bathrooms & Kitchens
Features: Concrete tiles in herringbone formation – a trend with a twist.
Designer: GIA Bathrooms & Kitchens
Features: Concrete tiles in herringbone formation – a trend with a twist.
3. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Glow Design Group
Features: A bathroom set up for stargazing has our vote.
Designer: Glow Design Group
Features: A bathroom set up for stargazing has our vote.
4. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Metricon
Features: Floor-to-ceiling marble takes this bathroom upmarket.
Designer: Metricon
Features: Floor-to-ceiling marble takes this bathroom upmarket.
5. Location: Brighton, Victoria
Designer: Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors
Features: All the privacy. All the light.
Designer: Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors
Features: All the privacy. All the light.
7. Location: Haberfield, NSW
Designer: Sydesign
Features: It doesn’t matter how dark the tiles in a bathroom are, as long as there’s enough light streaming in.
Designer: Sydesign
Features: It doesn’t matter how dark the tiles in a bathroom are, as long as there’s enough light streaming in.
8. Location: Summer Hill, NSW
Designer: Tonka Andjelkovic Design
Features: Traditional architectural features can work wonderfully with contemporary finishes and fittings.
Designer: Tonka Andjelkovic Design
Features: Traditional architectural features can work wonderfully with contemporary finishes and fittings.
9. Location: Santa Monica, USA
Features: Done well, a bathroom can be just as warm and inviting as the rest of the house.
Features: Done well, a bathroom can be just as warm and inviting as the rest of the house.
10. Location: Ashburn, Victoria
Designer: A Fresh Touch Interiors
Features: This bathroom opens to its own garden courtyard, and we love that the shower niches suit humans big and small.
Designer: A Fresh Touch Interiors
Features: This bathroom opens to its own garden courtyard, and we love that the shower niches suit humans big and small.
12. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Features: The Marrakesh Rockcoat finish on these walls adds some touchable texture.
Features: The Marrakesh Rockcoat finish on these walls adds some touchable texture.
14. Location: Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Designer: smarterBATHROOMS+
Features: Houzzers can’t get enough of stand-alone baths this year.
Designer: smarterBATHROOMS+
Features: Houzzers can’t get enough of stand-alone baths this year.
15. Location: Oak Beach, Queensland
Designer: bàlay Vandyke Designs
Features: Blurred inside-outside lines aren’t just for living areas.
See the rest of this exotic holiday home
Designer: bàlay Vandyke Designs
Features: Blurred inside-outside lines aren’t just for living areas.
See the rest of this exotic holiday home
16. Location: Fitzroy North, Victoria
Designer: Zunica Interior Architecture & Design
Features: Each detail of this bathroom is its own kind of special.
Designer: Zunica Interior Architecture & Design
Features: Each detail of this bathroom is its own kind of special.
17. Location: North Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: GIA Bathrooms & Kitchens
Features: Black tapware never gets old.
Designer: GIA Bathrooms & Kitchens
Features: Black tapware never gets old.
18. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Glenvill Homes
Features: White-on-white, with a touch of black for interest.
Designer: Glenvill Homes
Features: White-on-white, with a touch of black for interest.
19. Location: Burleigh Heads, Queensland
Designer: The Design Villa
Features: That happy floor reflects the personality of its owners in a big way.
Designer: The Design Villa
Features: That happy floor reflects the personality of its owners in a big way.
21. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: EMKC
Features: Lighting can work wonders when a skylight isn’t an option.
Designer: EMKC
Features: Lighting can work wonders when a skylight isn’t an option.
22. Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Designer: Brick Architects
Features: Mirrors and glass make this bathroom feel bigger than it is.
Designer: Brick Architects
Features: Mirrors and glass make this bathroom feel bigger than it is.
23. Location: Sydney, NSW
Designer: Harper Lane Design
Features: There’s so much to love about this bathroom, but that sunken bath wins first prize.
Designer: Harper Lane Design
Features: There’s so much to love about this bathroom, but that sunken bath wins first prize.
24. Location: Yarraville, Victoria
Designer: smarterBATHROOMS+
Features: Great design can achieve a lot in a small space.
Designer: smarterBATHROOMS+
Features: Great design can achieve a lot in a small space.
25. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: mckimm residential design
Features: Design genius – a wrap-around window that maintains privacy.
Designer: mckimm residential design
Features: Design genius – a wrap-around window that maintains privacy.
26. Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Designer: Connors & Co.
Features: A long and narrow room can pose design challenges but this one makes smart use of the space.
Designer: Connors & Co.
Features: A long and narrow room can pose design challenges but this one makes smart use of the space.
27. Location: Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Designer: Dall Designer Homes
Features: When custom storage becomes a fabulous feature.
Designer: Dall Designer Homes
Features: When custom storage becomes a fabulous feature.
28. Location: Isabella, NSW
Designer: Green Apple Interiors & Design
Features: A touch of timber is a welcome interruption to an otherwise black-and-white scheme.
Designer: Green Apple Interiors & Design
Features: A touch of timber is a welcome interruption to an otherwise black-and-white scheme.
29. Location: Canberra, ACT
Designer: Studio Black Interiors
Features: The eye is drawn to the mirror, but those elongated hexagonal tiles add a subtle but sophisticated touch.
Designer: Studio Black Interiors
Features: The eye is drawn to the mirror, but those elongated hexagonal tiles add a subtle but sophisticated touch.
30. Location: Avalon, NSW
Designer: Villa and Villa
Features: Shapely basins and a bathtub with a view are the things dreams are made of.
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Designer: Villa and Villa
Features: Shapely basins and a bathtub with a view are the things dreams are made of.
Tell us
Which of these 30 beautiful bathrooms is your favourite? Tell us in the Comments below, save the images, like this story and join the conversation.
More
Keen to kick off 2019 with a bathroom renovation? Find a local bathroom designer and renovator to discuss your ideas
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A Fresh Touch Interiors - I've already been through a major renovation, with the assistance of an architect. Believe me, our house is not designed for this (we have a long narrow block with one bathroom upstairs and the other along a narrow service corridor. It wouldn't work and moving the bathroom would just not be worth it. We're happy with our renovation, but it's a nice look in the right setting.
Wow. Perth/WA clearly not giving much thought to their bathrooms. Not one mention!