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Your Guide to Buying a Bathroom Faucet

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When it comes to selecting a faucet for a bathroom sink, there’s more than meets the eye. You may be drawn to a certain look, but it’s important to also think about how the faucet works with your sink, the materials that lie beneath the beautiful finish, which handle type best meets your needs and more.

If your goal is merely to replace a corroded or leaky faucet in an existing bathroom, you’ll be constrained by what’s already there. If you’re remodeling or building a bathroom, you’ll be confronted by a seemingly infinite array of options when choosing a bathroom faucet. Either way, this bathroom faucet buying guide will help you make an informed decision.



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Your Guide to 10 Popular Bathroom Styles

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8. Beach

Beach-style bathrooms are light and airy, with a focus on natural materials, coast-inspired colors and a casual, easygoing mood. Beach bathrooms can lean traditional, contemporary or somewhere in between — the important thing is to keep the mood relaxed and breezy.

Key features of beach-style bathrooms:

Bold tileSpacious showerTextured elements such as pebble tile, weathered wood and mother-of-pearlWall panelingStatement wallpaperAccents in breezy coastal colors
Color palette: Beach bathrooms use colors inspired by the sand, sky and sea to create a sense of place. Crisp white paired with seaside blue is a popular palette, though it’s certainly not the only option. For a more vibrant take, look to leafy greens and bold corals inspired by the tropics.

Your Guide to a Beach-Style Bathroom



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Bathroom of the Week: Warm and Elegant in 100 Square Feet

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Looking for a timeless mix of traditional and modern, this California couple found Blythe Interiors on Houzz and tasked designers Lynn Siemer and Dani Pestka with infusing new life into their 100-square-foot en suite primary bathroom. The mostly beige-and-brown space had a workable layout, but a corner shower and a large built-in tub took up lots of floor space. The vanities offered limited storage, and basic finishes didn’t give the couple the elevated style and soothing atmosphere they wanted.

Siemer and Pestka brought in dark-stained wood vanities that improve storage and add rich warmth. A new makeup area sits in a stylish arched niche. A freestanding tub creates more breathing room. A luxurious new shower with a frameless glass enclosure improves the showering experience. And beige-and-white checkerboard flooring adds an elegant touch.



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Key Measurements to Make the Most of Your Bathroom

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In other bath layouts, the tub may be opposite the sink and toilet, as shown here. The International Residential Code (IRC) requires a minimum of 21 inches (53 centimeters) of clear space in front of a toilet, so be sure to allow for this dimension — and more than the minimum if possible.

It is not uncommon to come across configurations that don’t meet minimum standards in older structures. But if you are remodeling, be certain to note the toilet dimensions in your project so you have adequate space.

There are standard-size toilets and elongated configurations. The elongated type will extend into the room by an additional 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 centimeters).

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Bathroom of the Week: Butterflies and Bows in a Fairy Tale Space

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Designer Christy Mancera envisioned a fairy tale when pulling together the look for a Nevada bathroom shared by two young girls. “We wanted to make this bathroom a sweet dream space for these little girls,” she says. Butterfly wallpaper, a pale pink vanity, scallop motifs and bow-shaped drawer pulls are a few key pieces that pull together the delightful room.

“After” photos by Kristin Elizabeth Studio

Bathroom at a Glance
Who lives here: A family of six
Location: Henderson, Nevada
Size: 50 square feet (4.7 square meters)
Design-build firm: Cera Construction

Before: The existing bathroom was functional but the plain look was far from inspired.

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After: The bathroom’s 5-by-10-foot footprint remained the same. The room has a door on either end of the vanity. Each door leads to one of the girls’ bedrooms.

One of the first ideas Mancera presented the girls’ mother with was a light pink double vanity with a scalloped edge along the bottom. This custom touch was a motif she carried through on other elements in the room.

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“This was the first time I’d tried using a scalloped edge along a toekick,” Mancera says. “At first I designed a fuller scallop, but we wound up lifting it up a bit so that if something rolled underneath the sink, my clients would be able to retrieve it.”

Mancera and the rest of the design-build team used Houzz Pro software during the entire process, from the beginning of the design phase until construction was complete. “It helped us keep all the communication between the clients and all the team members organized and efficient,” Mancera says.

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Mancera searched high and low to find just the right sinks. These have edges with a scalloped look. “They are Victorian-style sinks,” she says. “They really helped to pull in the fairy-tale feel.”

The faucets and handles have simple silhouettes, which keeps them from distracting from the scalloped motif. The finish is brushed brass.

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“The butterflies and flowers on the wallpaper make these such happy walls,” Mancera says. She plucked a pink hue from the pattern and had the vanity painted to match.

The mirror is a simple sheet mirror. However, Mancera elevated the look by creating a frame with brass Schluter strips, which are commonly used to edge tile.

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Across from the vanity is a toilet on the left (not shown) and a tub-shower on the right. Mancera presented her clients with a scrumptious pink glazed ceramic wall tile. The subtle variation in pink tones works beautifully with the wallpaper, and the white grout picks up on the white background of the wallpaper. “We used a vertical grid composition to minimize the impact of the pattern,” the designer says.

The existing tub and window were in fine shape, so Mancera worked them into her design. Other ways she helped stay on budget were by using porcelain countertops instead of natural stone, using luxury vinyl tile flooring instead of hardwood and using a sheet mirror instead of two separate vanity mirrors. The latter move also meant the wall over the vanity didn’t need to be wallpapered.

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Bathroom of the Week: Modern Organic Style With a Shower Room

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For these homeowners, a built-in jetted tub, glass block shower divider and funky layout weren’t giving them the style and function they wanted in their primary bathroom. Seeking a modern organic style with European flair, they hired designer Joey Snow to bring the entire California ranch home in line with their vision. Snow uses Houzz Pro software to manage her design business.

For the bathroom, Snow replaced the built-in tub with a smaller, sleeker freestanding model that adds breathing room. She ditched the glass block wall that divided the shower from the toilet area and added a wall that better separates the two spaces. The new private shower room has an arched doorway with glass door, walls with handmade Moroccan zellige tiles and a marble bench. A custom white oak double vanity improves storage, and its reeded front adds texture. Genuine limestone batons in a herringbone pattern for the flooring, along with plaster walls, provide more texture and interest.



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Bathroom of the Week: Midcentury Tropical Style in Florida

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These West Palm Beach, Florida, homeowners were drawn to midcentury modern designs and color and weren’t afraid to take some risks. They’d been thinking about how to transform their bland and dated primary bathroom for a while but didn’t have a vision in mind. So they looked to Houzz to find a local designer and admired the work of Julie LaBruna. As it turned out, the designer lived in their neighborhood, and they hired her.

LaBruna spoke with her clients about style and carefully observed the rest of their house. “When you walk through what appears to be the front door, you enter into a courtyard with a pool that has a lot of tropical plants. I also saw that they had a lot of colorful tropical artwork in their house,” she says. LaBruna determined that they liked midcentury style, lots of color and tropical flair. When she presented them with mood boards that incorporated midcentury and tropical style, they were fully on board.



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11 Ways to Age-Proof Your Bathroom

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Bathroom of the Week: Finding Warm, Rustic Lodge Style — and Love

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The owner of this rustic Coupeville, Washington, log house with water views bought the home as an investment property and weekend getaway. Looking to infuse the aging home with a modern lodge look and feel, she first turned her attention to updating the 1980s en suite primary bath before addressing other spaces. Problems included a cramped layout with a bulky built-in corner tub squeezed between a small shower stall and basic vanity. A lack of style was also evident in the dated materials.

For help, she hired designer Kristine Tyler. Tyler eliminated the corner tub, making space for a large curbless shower. River rock tile spans the entire floor, playing off the knotty cedar ceiling and wall portions to create a rustic look. A custom alder floating vanity complements the knotty cedar and includes a handcrafted bronze sink with a layered design. Ribbed copper-tone tiles on the side walls add texture and warmth. And in a twist of fate, an inspirational tile design led the homeowner to reconnect with a high school boyfriend, who’s the brother of the owner of the tile company. The couple married soon after the bathroom project was completed.



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Bathroom of the Week: Sauna and Cold Plunge Bring the Spa Home

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Grant and Angela Morris appreciated the spacious size of their 260-square-foot primary bathroom. Too bad it was overcrowded with bulky elements and dated materials. Angela, a jewelry designer, wanted more efficiency and style. Grant wanted a sauna and other spa-like features for wellness benefits. To achieve their goals, they turned to designer Tara Lenney, who had worked with the couple to update other spaces in their home.

Moving a closet doorway freed up wall space for a new custom white oak double vanity that provides storage and visual warmth. Eliminating a former single-sink vanity made room for a handcrafted infrared sauna. A freestanding cold-plunge tub replaced the overwhelming built-in tub. The shower has a steam function. And pops of blue tile, paint and other details deliver a soothing style to this rejuvenating space.



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