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#1 & #10 the same?

If these are real apt bathrooms, some of them must be owner occupied rather than rentals for some of them have way too nice things in them to be rentals unless high end rentals.

Your average rental won't have anything fancy due to the abuse many tenants tend to dish out.

There's some great ideas here! I love the plants in #1 and the spa feeling of #8 and the fun-factor of #6 (more people should have fun with their bathrooms!).

Not necessarily... I rent my apartment and it is pretty spectacular.... the bathroom is quite gorgeous ;) Lucky for me the interior designer for the building had superb taste!

i am digging that circular wall hanging in the first shower. looks like PVC or something really DIYable. i found turquoise PVC the other day and am reallllly wanting to do something fun with it.

Mod wall hanging. In the shower. With plants - sideways. Ooooooooh. I want one.

I love the hanging in #1, and I agree it looks totally DIY-able.

I just don't get #5 at all. And I really don't get why it's in this post with the rest of these really cute and/or elegant bathrooms.

I didn't think I'd like #9 from the thumbnail because the colors are so over the top bright, but somehow it works when I look at the larger size.

well, I can see why people are questioning why number 5 is included. but there should always be room for "things that make you go hmmm..."

I want plants in my shower! D: Instead, I grow mold...

I love the tile in #3, but #9 really makes me smile!

re: #5
it's called 10 real apartment bathrooms, not 10 real pretty apartment bathrooms.

I know this site is here to help each other with design and learn from others. With that said, I would like to just throw out some color thoughts when painting the room you will be applying your makeup in. If you paint your room pink or reddish tones, the color with reflect on you skin and you may over compensate and add to much yellow base makeup to your skin tone. If you paint yellowish colors on the walls, the opposite will happen and you may come out of the bathroom too red. What you are doing is trying to elminate the color that is opposite on the color wheel. Grab some color paper and hold it up to your face and you can see what happens to your complexion.

Whew! Makeup base. Who knew? That Y-chromosome does come in handy sometimes.... ~:o)

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