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If you stand at your bathroom sink for makeup application, skin care, hair styling or all three, you may find yourself leaning forward to get a closer look in the mirror or wishing you could rest your legs mid-blowout. And if you share that sink, your partner may not appreciate your products and tools cluttering the countertop — not to mention waiting to wash up while you get gorgeous.
To solve those and other problems, the pros behind these bathrooms included built-in makeup vanities (also commonly known as makeup or dressing tables) outfitted with storage, seating, lighting, mirrors and other features tailored to the homeowners’ beauty routines. Keep scrolling to see their design choices and get tips for incorporating a designated makeup vanity into your own bathroom. And you can click on each image to see more photos of the project.
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In the most recent NAHB research on home buyer preferences, What Home Buyers Really Want Study, consumers were asked to rate how 28 kitchen and 18 bathroom features would influence their home purchase decision, if at all, using the following four-point scale:
Do not want – not likely to buy a home with this design or feature.
Indifferent – wouldn’t influence decision.
Desirable – would be seriously influenced to purchase a home because this design or feature was included.
Essential/Must-have – unlikely to purchase a home without this design or feature.
Kitchen
Eighty percent of respondents rated a walk-in pantry and table space for eating as either essential/must-have or desirable, followed by a double sink (78%), drinking water filtration (75%), pull-out shelves and a central island (both at 74%), and a granite or natural stone countertop (73%). Overall, home buyers want to have kitchens with lots of amenities: of the 28 kitchen features, 21 were essential or desirable to at least 50% of buyers. A walk-in pantry has been at least tied for the top-rated kitchen feature in every iteration of the survey (Figure 1).
Bathroom
Similar to kitchens, home buyers are looking for bathrooms with lots of amenities, with 14 of the 18 features rated as either essential/must-have or desirable by 50% or more respondents. The results show an emphasis on the primary bath, with the top three highest rated bathroom features being listed for this area: both a shower & tub (78%), a linen closet (76%), and a private toilet compartment (70%). Both a shower stall & tub, as well as a linen closet, have been the top two rated bathroom features by home buyers in every iteration of the survey (Figure 2).
Like the other areas of the home covered in this study, every question on kitchens and bathrooms is tabulated by the buyer’s income, age, geography, race, household type, and the price they expect to pay for the home. These details can be very useful in particular cases. For example, the report discusses the three kitchen features that appeal differentially to buyers in the Millennial generation, as well as three bathroom features that are especially important to include in more expensive homes.
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A majority of single-family homes started in 2023 continued to have two full bathrooms according to the latest release of the Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction. According to the latest data, 64.7% of new single-family homes started in 2023 had two full bathrooms, 23.8% had three full bathrooms, 6.9% had 4 or more full bathrooms, and only 4.6% had one full bathroom or less.
The recent data features the largest increase since 2018 in single-family homes with two bathrooms, as the share increased from 62.3% to 64.7%. This reverses the trend of the past two years when this share consecutively decreased. The share of single-family starts with 3 full bathrooms fell for the second straight year, down to 23.8%, while the share of single-family starts with 1 full bathroom or less rose to 4.6%, the third straight increase. Single-family homes started with 4 or more bathrooms share decreased to 6.9%, after increasing the prior two years.
Across the U.S., the New England census division had the highest share at 75.6% of new single-family starts having two full bathrooms. This share jumped by 22.2 percentage points from 2022, and this was the first time since 2017 that the New England share was the largest in the nation. The lowest share census division was the Middle Atlantic, with 50.0% of new single-family starts reporting two full bathrooms. The share of new single-family started with two full bathrooms fell 9.2 percentage points from 2022 in the Middle Atlantic.
Half-Bathrooms
Most new single-family homes started in 2023 have no half-bathrooms at 54.7%. Following closely is the share of new single-family homes with one half-bathroom at 43.8% . New single-family starts with two or more half-bathrooms had a small share of 1.5% in 2023.
Half-bathrooms are historically prevalent in the New England census division as 79.8% of new single-family starts had at least one in 2023. Half-bathrooms were the least common in the West South Central, with only 38.3% of new single-family starts reporting at least one half-bathroom. A trend of note is in the Pacific, where the share has fallen for five consecutive years, from 53.2% in 2018 to 40.7% in 2023.
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After: Same layout, whole new look. Slack removed the door to the shower area and swapped the double doors for a single pocket door. Another pocket door now also provides separation from the bedroom, and a pullout cabinet provides a bit of privacy for the toilet. The new vanity has scads more storage than the old one, and a countertop cabinet adds even more while keeping the look streamlined.
Slack also expanded the shower, and its handmade-looking tile in various shades of pale green draws the eye to the back of the room. Two more design choice that help visually elongate and open up the space: The wood-look floor tile is squared to the walls rather than angled diagonally, and a clear glass sliding door has replaced the shower curtain.
Cabinet paint: Flora, Benjamin Moore; wall paint: First Star, Sherwin-Williams
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Joining the color palette in creating a spa-like vibe are a floating vanity (which has a single sink versus the previous double sinks), a frameless mirror and a rain shower head.
Space savers: Single sink, mirror with integrated lighting, shower shelving, heated flooring, two tall cabinets.
Vanity: Summit horizontal door style in bamboo with natural finish, Kitchen Craft Cabinetry, MasterBrand Cabinets; mirror: Image illuminated, 42 by 36 inches, Slique collection, Madeli
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