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Dorchester bath, £2,475; Classic bath and shower mixer, £975; Manhattan vanity basin and washstand, £862.50; Classic three- hole basin mixer , £431.25; East Hampton white marble , from £99.36 per sq m, all Fired Earth Basin setup (excl taps), £8,554; mixer, £2,184, shower set, £5,954, all from the Inigo range by Michael Smith from West One Bathrooms Free- standing Toulouse bath , £3,200; Amalfi 55 basin, £475, Victoria + Albert Baths Victorian free-standing bath, from £279; Penfold bath filler taps , £69; Austin pedestal basin , £99, all Bathrooms.com Solo countertop basins , £103.30 each; Macintosh lever wall - mounted basin set , £453.60; Bentley cast-iron roll-top bath, £1,788; Macintosh deck-mounted lever thermostatic bath/ shower valve, £1,212; Bespoke Farmhouse washstand in powder blue with stone worktop, £2,880, all Alternative Bathroom Company Not all bathrooms are best designed to revolve around one statement piece. In larger spaces a more coherent look, with equally ca...

When designing a bathroom, the key is to look beyond this space. Does the style blend with the rest of your house? Now, keep in mind, you don’t have to be matchy-matchy and blending doesn’t have to be boring. But if your door knobs and hardware throughout the home are oil-rubbed bronze and you choose nickel for a hall bathroom, the change in finish could be distracting to the eye. Same goes for color scheme, except for the powder room, where drama reigns. If the master bedroom walls are painted a cheery yellow and you go for a burgundy wine colored bathroom , the jarring contrast will create a choppy feel, not the smooth transition you’re after. Unless you plan on renovating the bedroom and changing the colors there, you want an adjacent bathroom design to go with the flow. “If the bathroom is part of a master bedroom, it needs to tie in with color or texture—something,” says Eileen Kollias, designer/owner, Eileen Kollias Design , Boston, Mass. “If the bathroom is in the hallway a...

10 31440 Winterplace Pkwy Salisbury , MD 21804 (410) 219-9033 I'm in the second week of my 2.5 baths remodel. For the 2 full baths, I'm getting 2 tubs/wall systems, 2 toilets ( American Standard champion pro ), 2 shower heads, tiles and 2 sink faucets (not replacing vanity), wall painted. For the powder room, I'm getting toilet replaced ( American Standard Vormax ), wainscoting and wall painted, not replacing vanity or flooring. Note: I would recommend doing a little homework on how much toilets, tubs, shower heads, etc of the same type typically cost before signing the contract. Our salesman said the Vormax was around $900. The good: Our sales guy (Rick) was friendly and courteous. Office receptionist is also polite and courteous. The not-so-good:They send different guys to do different parts of the job (acrylic tub/wall vs tiling vs toilet installation vs painting are done by different people). I prefer to have the same people do all the work so there's not differe...

SO FRESH & SO CLEAN: Art adds tons of class to a bathroom ... just make sure you have good extraction. Cindy McClure, who works her aesthetic magic at Washington firm Grossmueller 's Design, is one of the US' top interior designers . Here she answers questions about renovating bathrooms ...  I'd like to remodel my very small master bathroom by removing the tub and replacing it with a walk-in shower. Will this affect selling potential down the road? What I am finding is that more owners are looking for more luxurious showers rather than tubs in the master. In speaking with real estate agents that I know, so long as there is another bathroom with a tub, it doesn't hurt resale and can even help to have a great shower. We have a bathroom without a fan. It has a window, but we never open it (it's in the shower - that is the last place I'd want to open a window). I always see framed artwork in bathrooms in shelter magazines. How practical is this in rooms with ...