Best New Bathrooms Ideas

GRANDFATHER CLOCK

Fill a narrow stretch of wall mounted using an heirloom-worthy, grandfather-style clock. Today you'll learn you're running in style.

SPANISH COLONIAL

In a powder room, an antique chest out of Provence adds a curvaceous comparison to the graphic tiles, original to the Richmond, Virginia, home. Walls painted in Benjamin Moore's China White.

BRAVE BLACK

An Alexander McQueen skull pillow was the catalyst for this bold en suite bath in Chicago's trendy Wicker Park neighborhood. "I wanted play!" Says designer SuzAnn Kletzien, who notes that putting a contemporary, jewelry-inspired chandelier on a claw-foot bath "surely satisfied that desire."

GLAMOROUS COPPER

Initially the owners were going to add a master suite, but they then looked up and realized that the third-floor loft, with its peaked roof and exposed beams, presented an unusual opportunity. "The very first thing we shopped for was that tub," states Chicago-based designer Julia Buckingham. "It is the crown jewel."

PALM LEAVES

This spa-inspired bathroom by Colleen Bashaw includes a Claire tub from Signature Hardware, Kohler's Pinstripe fixtures and Cole & Son's Palm Leaves wallpaper.

TROUGH SINK

The boys' bath in a Lake Tahoe home designed by Matt O'Dorisio has a large trough sink plus a pendant from Schoolhouse Electric Supply & Co..