Each month, designers share their vision of the ideal end-of-day escape in H&H. For some, the best shower room is smooth with an all-white, glassed-in shower — a quiet place to recharge. Others think showers must be showpieces, and relish experimenting with texture, pattern and shine. We can’t pick just one look, so here are 10 the most showstopping designs from house & Home. Which shower is your idea of perfect?
With its handsome metal frame and built-in marble bench, this huge shower makes a severe statement. designer Nam Dang-Mitchell finished off the ensuite with stylish sconces and a set of full drapes. “It makes a shower room feel a lot more civilized and less scientific — like it’s an extension of the rest of the home,” she explains.
Photographer: Colin Way
Source: house & home March 2016
Designer: Nam Dang-Mitchell
Designer Allison Wilson’s third-floor shower room has a lovely look thanks to a brought back vintage bathtub and standard antiqued-brass fixtures. A window inside the basic subway-tiled shower floods the room with light.
Photographer: Angus Fergusson
Source: house & home February 2016
Designer: Allison Wilson
This whimsical family bathroom, created by H&H editor Kai Ethier, gets a dose of high-end from a pair of rain and handheld showerheads. The tiles in the space are a smart high-low mix: timeless ceramic train tile on the walls, a strong marble pattern on the floor.
Photographer: Valerie Wilcox
Source: house & home June 2016
Designer: Kai Ethier
Actor Yannick Bisson’s principal ensuite features clean lines and expansive glass his-and-hers showers. Walnut vanities and limestone tiles help ground the large, airy space.
Photographer: Alex Lukey
Source: house & home March 2014
Designer: Architect, Gordon Ridgely designers and Associates; builder, Upside Development
In this sophisticated principal bath, an extra tall, all-white shower feels just as luxe as the freestanding tub. The cherry blossom photograph adds a touch of soft color to the otherwise white space, and is water-resistant.
Photographer: Alex Lukey
Source: house & home January 2016
Designer: Samantha Farjo
“My husband and I understood we desired a white room because nothing feels as bright, clean and calm,” says senior editor Sally Armstrong of her principal bathroom. Provocarea? Ensuring it didn’t feel sterile. “I set about adding details that would inject character and color,” she says. A blue ikat-patterned Moroccan tile lends a welcome jolt of life to the space.
Photographer: Virginia Macdonald
Source: house & home Ask A Designer: Kitchens & Baths, 2015
Designer: Sally Armstrong; Kelly Buffey
Retailer and homeowner Jill Kantelberg brought the warm oak flooring from her principal bedroom into her ensuite for a seamless transition, adding a strong tile on the floor of the shower stall for a trendy hit of pattern.
Photographer: Alex Lukey
Source: house & home June 2015
Designer: Jill Kantelberg
H&H alum Mandy Milks’s shower has character to spare with its clawfoot tub and warm brass fixture. O perdea de duș de lenjerie de bază și un taburet din lemn purtat rotunjesc aspectul fermecător, fără pretenții.
Fotograf: Michael Graydon
Sursa: House & Home martie 2013
Designer: Mandy Milks, Mazen El-Abdallah
La doar 128 de metri pătrați, această cameră de duș avea nevoie de un design calculat pentru a se simți luminos și spațios. Introduceți designerul Ashley Botten, care a ales o vanitate căptușită curat, foarte puțin design și un duș cu aburi grele de sticlă. „Detaliile sunt foarte subtile, dar cred că asta face camera atât de pașnică”, spune ea.
Fotograf: Alex Lukey
Sursa: House & Home iunie 2016
Designer: Ashley Botten
Designerul Sam Sacks a oferit acestei băi de familie o doză din stilul ei de semnătură eclectică, cu un orb imprimat manual, scaun rezistent și corpuri de duș din aur glam. „Când ați sfâșiat după tineri toată ziua, există ceva absolut divin despre a vă putea odihni oasele uzate undeva special”, spune ea. Nu am putea fi de acord mai mult!
Fotograf: Alex Lukey
Sursa: House & Home iunie 2016
Designer: Sam Sacks