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Single-family homes started construction in 2025 typically had two full bathrooms, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Construction.

A full bathroom, as defined by the Bureau, is one that has a washbasin, a toilet and either a bathtub or shower, or a combination of a bathtub and shower. Homes with two full bathrooms continued to have the largest share of starts followed by homes with three full bathrooms. Homes with four full bathrooms or more and homes with one bathroom or less made up under ten percent of starts each.

In 2025, 63.5% of new single-family homes started had two full bathrooms, down from 65.0% a year earlier. The share of single-family starts with three full bathrooms rose to 23.8%, up from 23.3%. The share of single-family starts with four or more bathrooms increased to 7.8% while the share of homes started with one bathroom or less rose to its highest level since 2012, reaching 4.9%.

Across the U.S., the East South Central division had the highest share at 70.2% of new single-family starts having two full bathrooms, no other division had above a 70% share. The lowest share Census division was the Pacific, with 55.0% of new single-family starts reporting two full bathrooms.

Half-Bathrooms

Most single-family homes started in 2025 had no half-bathrooms at 54.1%. Following closely is the share of new single-family homes with one half-bathroom at 44.4%. New single-family starts with two or more half-bathrooms had a small share of 1.5% in 2025. A half bathroom contains a toilet, bathtub, or shower, but not all facilities to be classified as a full bathroom.

Half-bathrooms are historically more prevalent in the New England Census division as compared to the other eight divisions. In 2025, 66.3% of new single-family homes started in the New England division had at least one half-bathroom. The lowest share occurred in the East South Central division, where only 34.0% of starts had at least one half-bathroom.



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5 New Bathrooms With Space-Saving Strategies

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3. Room to Breathe

Designers: Sarah Smith and Ian Butcher of Best Practice Architecture
Location: Seattle
Size: 68 square feet (6.3 square meters); 5 feet, 3 inches by 13 feet

Homeowners’ request. A second-floor addition is devoted entirely to a new primary suite. The design team created a private retreat that reflects the character of the original house, maximizes views into the surrounding trees and helps address the lack of natural light in the existing home.

“By building up, designing vaulted ceilings and strategically placing new glazing, we were able to introduce more natural light into the new primary suite,” says designer Sarah Smith. “In particular, a paired window and skylight in the corner of the shower, placed at the peak point of the ceiling, washes the floor-to-ceiling tiled wall with gentle daylight and illuminates the entire space with diffuse light.”

Special features. “Taking a cue from the treehouse inspiration, we knew early on in the interior design process that the homeowners wanted to use the color green in their primary bathroom — the 3-by-3-inch square from Fireclay Tile in color Manzanita — but they also didn’t want to play it too safe or boring,” Smith says. “We showed them the Mint Retro Mix terrazzo countertop from Concrete Collaborative, and they really gravitated to how it both read as abstract and graphic as well as something handcrafted.

“The terrazzo bridged the divide between the neutral-leaning light green tile and white oak finishes with the boldness of the black plumbing fixtures and hardware. And even though this is the parents’ retreat, this is the home of a growing family. Crocodiles, dinosaurs and other indications of a kid-friendly life abound.”

Space-saving strategies. “The second-story addition was not a large footprint, so we needed to design a bathroom with an efficient floor plan that still felt relatively gracious and uncramped,” Smith says. “There’s a tub in the main-floor bathroom, so eschewing a second tub in the primary bathroom was a huge space saver, enabling us to design a large — for Seattle standards — 7-foot-wide custom rift white oak vanity with ample storage and a roomy shower. Additional storage was built into the custom mirror wall with an integrated recessed medicine cabinet and a floating shelf.

“The vaulted ceiling and the skylight lend height, while the window and skylight provide views to the tree canopy, assisting in a more expansive sense of space. To further unencumber the room, we kept the shower partition very simple with a curb and a single piece of glass — no solid wall, no shower door.”

Designer tip. “I think the best way to elevate a space without a lot of gratuitous cost is to showcase purposeful design decisions,” Smith says. “It’s often the hallmark of a thoughtfully designed space as opposed to just a built space. Tile is a great place to do this.”
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5 New Small to Medium-Size Bathrooms With Space-Saving Strategies

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3. Room to Breathe

Designers: Sarah Smith and Ian Butcher of Best Practice Architecture
Location: Seattle
Size: 68 square feet (6.3 square meters); 5 feet, 3 inches by 13 feet

Homeowners’ request. A second-floor addition is devoted entirely to a new primary suite. The design team created a private retreat that reflects the character of the original house, maximizes views into the surrounding trees and helps address the lack of natural light in the existing home.

“By building up, designing vaulted ceilings and strategically placing new glazing, we were able to introduce more natural light into the new primary suite,” says designer Sarah Smith. “In particular, a paired window and skylight in the corner of the shower, placed at the peak point of the ceiling, washes the floor-to-ceiling tiled wall with gentle daylight and illuminates the entire space with diffuse light.”

Special features. “Taking a cue from the treehouse inspiration, we knew early on in the interior design process that the homeowners wanted to use the color green in their primary bathroom — the 3-by-3-inch square from Fireclay Tile in color Manzanita — but they also didn’t want to play it too safe or boring,” Smith says. “We showed them the Mint Retro Mix terrazzo countertop from Concrete Collaborative, and they really gravitated to how it both read as abstract and graphic as well as something handcrafted.

“The terrazzo bridged the divide between the neutral-leaning light green tile and white oak finishes with the boldness of the black plumbing fixtures and hardware. And even though this is the parents’ retreat, this is the home of a growing family. Crocodiles, dinosaurs and other indications of a kid-friendly life abound.”

Space-saving strategies. “The second-story addition was not a large footprint, so we needed to design a bathroom with an efficient floor plan that still felt relatively gracious and uncramped,” Smith says. “There’s a tub in the main-floor bathroom, so eschewing a second tub in the primary bathroom was a huge space saver, enabling us to design a large — for Seattle standards — 7-foot-wide custom rift white oak vanity with ample storage and a roomy shower. Additional storage was built into the custom mirror wall with an integrated recessed medicine cabinet and a floating shelf.

“The vaulted ceiling and the skylight lend height, while the window and skylight provide views to the tree canopy, assisting in a more expansive sense of space. To further unencumber the room, we kept the shower partition very simple with a curb and a single piece of glass — no solid wall, no shower door.”

Designer tip. “I think the best way to elevate a space without a lot of gratuitous cost is to showcase purposeful design decisions,” Smith says. “It’s often the hallmark of a thoughtfully designed space as opposed to just a built space. Tile is a great place to do this.”
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Before and After: 4 Bathrooms Under 57 Square Feet Lose the Tub

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Photo by Cindy Marie Photography

After: Without changing the size or layout, Galle dramatically upgraded the space’s look and functionality. As the adjacent kids’ bathroom had a tub, she replaced the one here with a low-curb shower. Fixed glass at the entry creates a more open look and ease of entry, while playful green-and-gray geometric tile runs from the main floor to the shower curb and then up the back wall, drawing the eye through the space.

The bathroom is awash in energizing midcentury modern style, not just with the statement geometric tile but with matte black rectangular wall tile and a ceiling clad in knotty cedar. A walnut double vanity with integrated walnut drawer pulls and straight legs is a star in its own right. Globe vanity lights, circular ceiling lights and a skylight ensure plenty of illumination for tasks and taking in all the beautiful details.

Floor and shower back wall tile: Brando Green, 8 by 8 inches, TileBar; black tile: Makoto in Kuroi Black, Bedrosians; vanity: Draftwood Design; vanity lights: Linear Globe in natural brass, Shades of Light

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Before and After: 4 Stylish Bathrooms With New Curbless Showers

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Photo by Ron Simpson

After: Simpson worked with designer Vanessa Papadas to remake the bathroom into a clean-lined space with style and high-contrast hues.

For the shower, Papadas chose teal elongated subway tile and had it laid in a 90-degree herringbone pattern for a contemporary look. Bright white paint and sinks contrast with black matte fixtures and hardware.

One of the big challenges for Simpson was replacing the low-curb shower with a curbless shower. This required the pros to create a slope in the floor toward the drain, seen in the photo along the back of the shower.

There’s a new custom double vanity with a floating shelf at the bottom for extra towels and toilet paper.

Shower tile: Opal series by Cifre Ceramica, Euro Tile & Stone; wall paint: Intense White, Benjamin Moore; quartz: Venatino polished, Vicostone

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Before and After: 4 Bathrooms With New Curbless Showers

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Gilded ContractorsSave Photo
Photo by Ron Simpson

After: Simpson worked with designer Vanessa Papadas to remake the bathroom into a clean-lined space with style and high-contrast hues.

For the shower, Papadas chose teal elongated subway tile and had it laid in a 90-degree herringbone pattern for a contemporary look. Bright white paint and sinks contrast with black matte fixtures and hardware.

One of the big challenges for Simpson was replacing the low-curb shower with a curbless shower. This required the pros to create a slope in the floor toward the drain, seen in the photo along the back of the shower.

There’s a new custom double vanity with a floating shelf at the bottom for extra towels and toilet paper.

Shower tile: Opal series by Cifre Ceramica, Euro Tile & Stone; wall paint: Intense White, Benjamin Moore; quartz: Venatino polished, Vicostone

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4 Fresh New Bathrooms With Shower-Tub Combos

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2. Family-Friendly Elegance

Designer: Jenny Murphy of J Reiko Design + Co.
Location: Denver
Size: 50 square feet (4.7 square meters); 5¾ by 8⅔ feet

Homeowners’ request. “Set within the storied envelope of a historic home, this second-level bathroom serves all of the main bedrooms — an essential, high-traffic space tasked with meeting the demands of daily life for this young family,” says designer Jenny Murphy. “Following a comprehensive remodel of the main level, the directive here was one of continuity — extending a refined material palette and a restrained, modern sensibility while remaining attuned to the home’s architectural heritage. With the arrival of the homeowners’ first child, the program took on added urgency: The space needed to accommodate both the practicalities of family life and moments of quiet retreat.”

Murphy’s firm uses Houzz Pro software to help manage its business. “We use it mostly for project management, lead tracking, time tracking, invoicing and then logging specifications and creating a product selection sheet,” she says.

Special features. Black vanity. Creamy off-white and greige checkerboard shower tile. Marble tile flooring. Creamy wall paint (Swiss Coffee by Benjamin Moore). Full-height white oak linen cabinet. Curved mirrored medicine cabinet. “A combined tub and shower remained essential, accommodating both the practicalities of bathing a child and the more indulgent ritual of an evening bath for the adults,” Murphy says.

“To elevate this dual function, a deeper tub was specified — generous enough to comfortably serve an adult, ensuring the fixture felt intentional rather than purely utilitarian,” Murphy says. “In place of the expected glass enclosure, a custom linen pinch-pleat shower curtain softens the composition, introducing texture, movement and a hint of informality, aligning with the home’s Craftsman-bungalow-meets-English-cottage sensibility.”

Designer tip. “We were mindful of the budget on this project, so we leaned into simple, well-made pieces like a prefabricated vanity and linen cabinetry,” Murphy says. “From there it was all about how we layered in detail. We chose an affordable tile and elevated it by installing it in a classic checkerboard pattern, adding just the right amount of interest to make the space feel thoughtful and custom without stretching the budget.”

“Uh-oh” moment. “The existing wall length created a small but meaningful opportunity — measuring 69 inches against a standard 60-inch tub-shower insert,” Murphy says. “Rather than forcing a fit we chose to work with it. We introduced a custom-framed bench ledge at the end of the tub, clad in the same checkerboard tile to maintain continuity and intention. This solution does more than resolve a dimensional gap. It adds a place for bath essentials, a landing for toys while bathing a child and an integrated detail that supports the way the space is actually used.”

Vanity: Brittany in Black Onyx, James Martin Vanities; shower tile: Color Wheel Classic in Biscuit and Urban Putty, 4 by 4 inches, DalTile; floor tile: Ocean White honed, 18 by 18 inches, Floor & Decor; faucet: Cassidy in champagne bronze, Delta; medicine cabinet: Grae, Rejuvenation; linen cabinet: Billy/Oxberg in oak effect, Ikea

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Before and After: 4 Polished White-and-Wood Bathrooms

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3. Light Wood + Radiant White

Bathroom at a Glance
Who lives here: A couple and their three children
Location: Concord, New Hampshire
Size: 160 square feet (15 square meters)
Design-build firm: Granite State Cabinetry

Before: This New Hampshire bath, with the original finishes from 1999, had natural light but a dingy feel. The layout was clunky, with the vanity seen here, a linen closet on the right, a tub with a big tiled surround across from it, an unused fireplace in a bump-out on the right and, on the left side, a toilet closet and a shower. The homeowners wanted something more open, airier and with a makeup vanity, and they brought on kitchen and bath designer Whitney Nelson of Granite State Cabinetry for the makeover.



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Before and After: 4 Refined Bathrooms in 120 to 170 Square Feet

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After: Eliminating the bulky tub surround dramatically opened up the 150-square-foot space, creating welcome breathing room around a new freestanding tub. The husband’s one request was a TV, and a Samsung Frame TV now hides in plain sight on the wall at the end of the tub. A faceted brass-and-opaque-glass pendant draws the eye upward, its generous scale well-suited to the room’s high ceiling. For privacy, a motorized woven wood shade with white accents and a linear pattern opens and closes via remote control.

Large-format 12-by-24-inch porcelain tiles on the floor feature subtle marble-like veining, while the wall tile behind the tub has a handmade zellige look that picks up tones from the floor. Together, the materials enhance the bathroom’s European feel. An intricate Turkish rug adds another layer of warmth and pattern, filling the generous space between the tub and the new double vanity.



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Before and After: 4 Beautiful Bathrooms for Easier Aging in Place

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Adjusting living spaces as we age is a smart move: extra light here, less slip risk there, and who wants to spend more time than necessary scrubbing anything? In these four baths, designers considered all of that and then kept going, swapping out hazardous tubs for roomy showers, clearing floor space for wheelchairs and walkers and installing safety features such as grab bars. And of course, they waved the beauty wand too, creating spaces that are a joy to be in. Have a look, then let us know in the Comments if you’re inspired to borrow any ideas.

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“After” photos by Leigh Ann Rowe

1. Elegant and Open

Bathroom at a Glance
Who lives here: A couple and the wife’s elderly mother
Location: Laguna Niguel, California
Size: 185 square feet (17 square meters)
Designer: Janna Parr of Sea Pointe Design & Remodel

Before: Stuck in the 1970s, hard to clean and with insufficient storage, this Southern California primary bathroom also lacked safety features to support the elderly mother of one of the homeowners. It had a shower and tub atop a slip-prone step, for instance, and no shower niche, meaning products lined the floor. Designer Janna Parr of Sea Pointe Design & Remodel came up with a plan to make the space modern, streamlined and safer while adding stylish storage.

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After: A semicustom rich cherry double vanity now spans the angled end of the bathroom, offering a mix of accessible storage and a spacious, easy-to-clean quartz surface. In front, the flooring is more open for better mobility. Just out of frame to the left sits a new linen closet that adds shelving and a rollout hamper.

Countertop: Pure White, Caesarstone

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Opposite the vanity, a luxurious low-curb wet room has replaced the dangerous tub and shower. (Curbless would have been cost-prohibitive, due to the room’s foundation.) Large-format marble-look porcelain tiles designed for minimal grout lines surround the tub, and the tub filler has easy-to-operate lever handles. The shower has a wall-mounted shower head and a handheld shower with a slide bar for flexibility. A low bench allows a caregiver to help with bathing if needed. And a shower shelf keeps products from becoming tripping hazards.

Tub surround tiles: Origines Or glossy, 24 by 48 inches, Elysium; shower fixtures: Litze in Brilliance Luxe Gold, Brizo

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2. Organic and Warm

Bathroom at a Glance
Who lives here: A pair of empty-nest retirees
Location: Davis, California
Size: 125 square feet (12 square meters)
Design team: Penny Lorain (design) and Matthew Laughlin (project management) of Lorain Design Associates
Builders: Nader Faris and John Rieboldt of AMA Construction

Before: These retiree homeowners in California’s Sacramento Valley wanted to stay put for the long term, so their dated bathroom, with its chopped-up layout, monolithic tub and lack of accessibility, had to go. They brought on Penny Lorain and Matthew Laughlin of Lorain Design Associates to redesign the space for better mobility, ease of use and airy good looks.

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Photo by Rich Baum Photography

After: The team knocked everything back to the studs and got rid of a water closet in front of the old shower, opening up the space. (The toilet is now in an open area at the front right, out of frame.) Then it rejiggered the layout, creating a spa-like bath with a curbless wet-room-style area at one end. Aging-friendly features include wheelchair and walker maneuverability, ADA-compliant grab bars by the tub, grooved floor tiles that help prevent slippage, and a lower sink and makeup area with wheel space below. Style-wise, wood-look porcelain wall and floor tiles, along with polished blue glass accent tiles, create a warm, organic feel and help the existing vaulted ceiling stand out.

Shower wall tiles: Cypress in Natural, 9 by 48 inches, Happy Floors; floor tiles: Elan Ribbon Maple, 24 by 48 inches, Soho Studio; blue accent tiles: Brook Stacked in Sky, Soho Studio

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“After” photos by Spacecrafting

3. Clear and Bright

Bathroom at a Glance
Who lives here: A couple of empty nesters
Location: Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
Size: 105 square feet (9.8 square meters)
Designer: Stefanie Cohoe of Che Bella Interiors Design + Remodeling

Before: When one of them started using a wheelchair, these Minnesota homeowners tapped designer Stefanie Cohoe of Che Bella Interiors Design + Remodeling to redo their primary bath based on ADA standards. One big to-do: widen the too-narrow main door and shower door openings for maneuverability. While she was at it, Cohoe took the space from uninspired and a bit dark to polished and bright.

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After: Generous swaths of white give the redesigned bath a luminous look. The doorway gained 6 inches of width and now has a pocket door that stays out of the way. The right side of the double vanity is lower than the left and has space underneath for wheels as well as a hand towel hook; the mirrors above pivot downward. Rollout shelves in the lower part of the linen closet allow for easy access, and a 9-inch-high toe kick below the cabinet makes room for feet.

Paint: Gossamer Veil (walls) and Pure White (cabinets), Sherwin-Williams

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Removing the bathtub and expanding into a closet added square footage to allow for a bigger shower stall, this one curbless and with three grab bars, a lower shower niche, a handheld shower head and a portable teak stool. The toilet area, now to the right of the vanity, also has grab bars for safe maneuvering. On the style side, a lively floral painting, plants, green towels and natural materials keep the look spirited rather than sterile.

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4. Convenient and Space-Savvy

Bathroom at a Glance
Who lives here: A couple in their 70s
Location: Newton, Massachusetts
Size: 69 square feet (6.4 square meters)
Design-build firm: Steveworks

Before: Although its first-floor location was ideal for the aging homeowners, this bathroom in their 1923 New England Craftsman had a hard-to-navigate tub-and-shower combo. Could design-build firm Steveworks give them a zero-threshold shower and some safety features, as well as a washer-dryer so they could avoid basement treks? Yes indeed, and with a sweet new look to boot.

Photo by Robert Umenhofer Photography

After: The new walk-in shower has a sliding barn door that’s wide enough for a walker, with a large handle, as well as a built-in seat and an adjustable handheld shower head. Steveworks’ Tova Greenberg moved the sink from that corner to make way for the roomier shower and a petite all-in-one washer-dryer unit on a pedestal next to it. Slip-resistant flooring, ample lighting and a grab bar by the toilet boost safety too, while botanical wallpaper (April Blossom by York Wallcoverings) and lots of white update the room’s style.

Oh, and that original radiator? Yes, it takes up some floor space, but it has charm and does important work keeping the space toasty on cold days. The Steveworks team just refinished it so it would fit the fresh look.

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