Inspiration for a large contemporary master bathroom in Sydney with flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, a corner tub, a shower/bathtub combo, a two-piece toilet, beige tile, subway tile, beige walls, marble floors, a pedestal sink, marble benchtops, beige floor, a hinged shower door, multi-coloured benchtops, a niche, a double vanity and a floating vanity.

Neolith Urban Apartment Bathroom

Neolith UK

Delicate, unpredictable veining contrasts against a light background in the likeness of real Carrara marble from Italy. Mix with other textures and patterns to bring an air of elegance to your washroom. Blanco Carrara works well with similarly light colours as well as offset by strong, darker shades.

Clairmont

Mimikakis Construction

Photo of a traditional bathroom in Birmingham with recessed-panel cabinets, beige cabinets, a corner tub, grey walls, mosaic tile floors and a pedestal sink.

Lackner remodel

Cathedral Construction, LLC

The bathroom layout was changed, opening up and simplifying the space. New fixtures were chosen to blend well with the vintage aesthetic. The tile flows seamlessly from the hand-set 1" hex pattern in the floor to the cove base, subway, and picture rail, all in a matte-finish ceramic tile. We built the medicine cabinet to match the windows of the house as well as the cabinets George Ramos Woodworking built for the kitchen and sunroom. Photo: Jeff Schwilk

Twin Peaks House

Mihaly Slocombe

Twin Peaks House is a vibrant extension to a grand Edwardian homestead in Kensington. Originally built in 1913 for a wealthy family of butchers, when the surrounding landscape was pasture from horizon to horizon, the homestead endured as its acreage was carved up and subdivided into smaller terrace allotments. Our clients discovered the property decades ago during long walks around their neighbourhood, promising themselves that they would buy it should the opportunity ever arise. Many years later the opportunity did arise, and our clients made the leap. Not long after, they commissioned us to update the home for their family of five. They asked us to replace the pokey rear end of the house, shabbily renovated in the 1980s, with a generous extension that matched the scale of the original home and its voluminous garden. Our design intervention extends the massing of the original gable-roofed house towards the back garden, accommodating kids’ bedrooms, living areas downstairs and main bedroom suite tucked away upstairs gabled volume to the east earns the project its name, duplicating the main roof pitch at a smaller scale and housing dining, kitchen, laundry and informal entry. This arrangement of rooms supports our clients’ busy lifestyles with zones of communal and individual living, places to be together and places to be alone. The living area pivots around the kitchen island, positioned carefully to entice our clients' energetic teenaged boys with the aroma of cooking. A sculpted deck runs the length of the garden elevation, facing swimming pool, borrowed landscape and the sun. A first-floor hideout attached to the main bedroom floats above, vertical screening providing prospect and refuge. Neither quite indoors nor out, these spaces act as threshold between both, protected from the rain and flexibly dimensioned for either entertaining or retreat. Galvanised steel continuously wraps the exterior of the extension, distilling the decorative heritage of the original’s walls, roofs and gables into two cohesive volumes. The masculinity in this form-making is balanced by a light-filled, feminine interior. Its material palette of pale timbers and pastel shades are set against a textured white backdrop, with 2400mm high datum adding a human scale to the raked ceilings. Celebrating the tension between these design moves is a dramatic, top-lit 7m high void that slices through the centre of the house. Another type of threshold, the void bridges the old and the new, the private and the public, the formal and the informal. It acts as a clear spatial marker for each of these transitions and a living relic of the home’s long history.

Bathroom Design

Abbott Painting Company

Small traditional 3/4 bathroom in Chicago with glass-front cabinets, white cabinets, a corner tub, a two-piece toilet, blue walls, ceramic floors and a pedestal sink.

Craftsman Guest Bath

Finesse, Inc.

This 1927 Spanish Colonial home was in dire need of an upgraded Master bathroom. We completely gut the bathroom and re-framed the floor because the house had settled over time. The client selected hand crafted 3x6 white tile and we installed them over a full mortar bed in a Subway pattern. We reused the original pedestal sink and tub, but had the tub re-glazed. The shower rod is also original, but we had it dipped in Polish Chrome. We added two wall sconces and a store bought medicine cabinet. Photos by Jessica Abler, Los Angeles, CA

Historic Townhouse Stained Glass Bathroom

Filament Architecture Studio, PLLC

This vintage bathroom was refreshed with a new matching toilet, matching cabinetry and new tile.
Photo of a mid-sized traditional 3/4 bathroom in New York with a two-piece toilet, white cabinets, a corner tub, a shower/bathtub combo, ceramic floors, a pedestal sink, grey floor, a shower curtain, a single vanity, a freestanding vanity and white tile.

Yardley Street

Marsh & Parsons

Inspiration for an eclectic master wet room bathroom in London with a wall-mount toilet, multi-coloured tile, white tile, yellow tile, multi-coloured walls, a pedestal sink, multi-coloured floor, a corner tub and ceramic tile.

Sophisticated Desert Modern

Full Circle Custom Homes

Photo of a mid-sized modern master bathroom in Phoenix with flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, a corner tub, an open shower, a one-piece toilet, beige walls, ceramic floors, a pedestal sink and glass benchtops.

Italianate Townhouse

Linda Yowell Architects

Design ideas for a traditional bathroom in New York with a pedestal sink, subway tile, a corner tub and gray tile.

Montgomery Townhouses

Unfold Architecture

Design ideas for a large contemporary master bathroom in Melbourne with flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, a corner tub, an open shower, a two-piece toilet, beige tile, ceramic tile, beige walls, terrazzo floors, a pedestal sink, engineered quartz benchtops, grey floor, an open shower, white benchtops, a niche, a double vanity and a floating vanity.

Home Construction on Colgate Ave

US Home Developers Inc.

Design ideas for a large modern master bathroom in Los Angeles with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, a corner tub, an open shower, a one-piece toilet, white tile, stone tile, white walls, light hardwood floors, a pedestal sink and soapstone benchtops.

Bathrooms

Stellar Renovations

Designer: Kristen Fiore
Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary 3/4 bathroom in Sacramento with a two-piece toilet, grey walls, ceramic floors, a pedestal sink, raised-panel cabinets, black cabinets, a corner tub, an open shower, black tile, glass tile and tile benchtops.

Mt Helix Bath Remodel

Mathis Custom Remodeling

Keep your San Diego shower area light and roomy with a frameless shower. Travertine tile walls,glass tile liner and a slate floor complete this beautiful remodel by Mathis Custom Remodeling.

Palo Alto Kitchen + Master & Guest Bath

The Right Touch Designs

This is an example of a small transitional 3/4 bathroom in San Francisco with flat-panel cabinets, blue cabinets, a corner tub, a shower/bathtub combo, a one-piece toilet, white tile, ceramic tile, grey walls, light hardwood floors, a pedestal sink, yellow floor, an open shower and white benchtops.

331 Conant Road, Weston, MA 02493

Amy Mizner, Benoit Mizner Simon & Co.

Photo of a traditional 3/4 bathroom in Boston with medium wood cabinets, a corner tub, a corner shower, orange walls and a pedestal sink.

118 N. 74th Street

emily lauderback stewart design and renovation

Dan Farmer
Design ideas for a mid-sized arts and crafts bathroom in Seattle with a pedestal sink, recessed-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, a corner tub, white tile, subway tile, yellow walls and ceramic floors.

Guest Bathroom

Nautilus Architects

Randall Perry, Tile by: Anne Sacks, Designer Collections: Barbara Barry
Large contemporary master bathroom in New York with a bidet, flat-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, green tile, beige walls, ceramic floors, a pedestal sink, marble benchtops, a corner tub, an open shower, ceramic tile, white floor and a hinged shower door.

Portland Heights Guest Bath

Introspecs

Built Photo
Photo of a mid-sized modern bathroom in Portland with recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, white tile, white walls, ceramic floors, multi-coloured floor, a hinged shower door, white benchtops, a corner tub, a corner shower, a two-piece toilet, ceramic tile, a pedestal sink and wood benchtops.

Bathroom Design Ideas with a Corner Tub and a Pedestal Sink

If you’re looking for bathroom ideas, look no further than Houzz. Our image gallery brings you a large range of photos with inspiration for your viewing pleasure, and not only that - you can also save your ideas in ideabooks and find the professional that has done the job. When planning your bathroom design or update, start by collecting images of designs you like and take it from there. Whether you are designing your bathroom from scratch, redesigning, updating or simply decorating, you’ll be sure to find ideas for every possible scenario. And once you're ready, you can find the architect and/or builder to get the job done. But let’s start with the bathroom design basics.

How to Plan Your Bathroom Design

A good bathroom design brings together beauty and functionality. It reflects your personality in its style, colours, fittings and fixtures, but serves your needs to a tee both when you’re getting ready for work in the morning and when you want to wind down in your bathtub after a long day.

1 Collect Bathroom Ideas to Decide on Your Layout

Firstly, consider your space. Is it rectangular or are you working with a long, narrow room? This will determine how many wet walls you can accommodate, and if a bathtub can fit. For example, in a narrow room a freestanding bathtub may not work, and a one-wall layout that lines up shower, toilet and vanity on the same wall will make sense in most cases. (It’s also the most budget-friendly option in terms of plumbing). Maybe separate rooms for toilet and shower make sense? Maybe you want to work with a window above a bathtub or in the shower. You may live in an old house where you can keep some of the original character of the home, or you may be working with a small apartment space. All these considerations are vital in deciding on which layout will work best for you. Have a look at some popular ideas to get started.

2 Consider How You Use Your Bathroom

Once you’ve gathered some inspiration, have a think about who is using the room, and how they will be using it. A single guy needs a lot less storage than a teenage girl, and a family bathroom may need to consider elderly family members. Making your bathroom wheelchair accessible could save you thousands down the line. You may also want to accommodate a washer and dryer in the bathroom, since it’s where clothes are taken off frequently. Also consider safety and cleaning. Ensure no-one will slip and hurt themselves, and consider that many little tiles will make for many little nooks for grime to accumulate, whereas big surfaces like a sink that is integrated with the vanity counter, or a big mirror will make wiping down the surface much easier than having sinks sitting on top or an intricately designed mirror.

3 Your Style Determines The Colours and Fixtures You Choose

When looking at bathroom photos on Houzz, you’ll probably lean towards a certain style pretty soon. Are you into rustic charm, modern beach house style or a mix of styles? This will determine if you opt for whites, greys and blues or if you go for dark cabinets, black floor tiles or bronze fixtures. Specifically, you want to consider:

Tiling

Are you going to tile floors and walls? There’s so many possibilities, from your choice of tile to how they are laid. If you’re budget conscious, you may want to consider a wallpaper or paint for certain areas. A simple grey tile can make room for other elements to shine, while mosaics or a subway tile can make a great feature wall.

Lighting

Lighting doesn’t only look pretty, but can impact your bathroom experience significantly. The mirror is a special area you want to light well, so that you don’t miss any hair when shaving or can apply that perfect line to your eye.

Furniture & Fixtures

Pay attention to how colours of cabinets and floor can impact a room. You may want to consider a wooden floor for something different and pair it with simple white vanity and cabinets, or you may want to go for the steampunk look with bronze tubes and black walls. Consider what type of shower, bathtub (if any), toilet, sink and vanity you want. Maybe you have space for a generous spa with walk-in shower, or maybe you want a freestanding bath to be the feature of the room.