I do declare, thems some pertty bathrooms.

I loved claw foot baths - until I got one. How do you clean under/behind, also, they tend to get cold veeery quickly. :-(

Sarah-Marie, I always wonder that about free standing tubs. They are so pretty, but it seems such a pain to clean the tub and floor around them. Someone should do a post about pretty home features we all love but that end up being a pain. Like, I've also wondered about farmhouse sinks- so pretty, but I wonder if lots of dust clings to them or if they break and stuff.

The pink and yellow bathrooms are pretty and fun. I don't know that I'd call the first and last ones "cheery", they are kind of dark.

I like #9, but I don't understand what makes it - or any of these bathrooms - summery.

It's all a matter of taste, of course, to each his own, etc., etc. But all of these look stuffy and oppressive to me, very far from "cheery" and "summertime", which I would equate with "space" and "breeziness". Chintz wallpaper is very far from giving off that vibe as far as I'm concerned.

Except for maybe this one:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/dc/roundup/summer-style-busting-out-the-blue-150587?image_id=2691187

Um...I don't know if I need to have that much spare seating around in my bathroom (#4)...is that for your guests to relax, sip a toddy and play Canasta while you bathe?

-Teresa

Yes, Teresa, I agree about the seating in the alleged bathroom. Or perhaps House Beautiful is promoting a "bathroom in the living room" trend?

Seriously, though, I don't know anyone who has this kind of space in their bathrooms.

I was also wondering about the fourth picture; it took me a minute to even see the bathtub. I'm looking forward to the comments from people who find it unseemly to have artwork and/or magazines in the bathroom. I would like to know how they feel about upholstered furniture.

HeyNowTex - great idea for a post about things we love that are a pain to keep. I'll never have another clawfoot tub (too hard to clean under), the wooden floor in my old kitchen was so hard to live with, I've changed out most of my butcher block counters for granite because of the way they turned black around my sink. And vintage furniture, though charming, is often not that practical to live with.

However, I do love my farmhouse sink. No problems whatsoever after 10+ years and would do it again in a heartbeat.

And, as much as I love the look of the wooden floor under the clawfoot tub in the last picture, I'd change it out for some period mosaic or stone before I took a single bath.

Ummmm number 4 is not a bathroom... Who has a bathroom that big! Insane! Love the first two pictures, very old-school styling. I don't know if I would use them, depends on how I decide to decorate the rest of my rooms, but I really love the style idea. So colorful!

Alyssa
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You clean under a clawfoot tub by dropping the last towel you used that's ready for laundry onto the floor, and using a broom handle to push it around underneath. This is an upkeep thing, obv -- you don't have the leverage to give it a hard scrub if you let the floor get REALLY dirty.

Do I have a chance in hell of finding out what the wallpaper is in bathroom #3? With Domino gone, I'm not sure where to look.