With her clean and classic style, Alison Blumenfeld of Blumenfeld Interiors makes for a great source when seeking advice on remodeling a bathroom. At COCOCOZY, she contributes some of her favorite inspirational images of luxurious and restful bathrooms and suggests considering “the bathroom as a room” when rethinking your space. Some highlights from her post include:
“[The bathroom] should transcend the trappings of traditional materials and take on the feeling of a room. There are so many ways to accomplish this from the very extreme: placing the tub in your actual bedroom or having a large enough bathroom to create a lounge area in it; to the very humble, by simply adding personal touches like in any other room.”
“Try looking for things in a different finish to your bath hardware, or in a different style. Ditto for the mirror while it often feels right to pair a polished nickel mirror above a polished nickel faucet, it can often be better to place a wood or gilded mirror in its place.”
“I think the most important thing is to get personal. Unlike a living room where the goal is to entertain others in, this room is strictly for you. Add personal photos, art that means something to you, use your baby cup to hold q-tips, anything that makes you happy. This is after all where your day begins and ends...”
For more great images and advice on re-imagining your bathroom, read Alison’s guest post in full at COCOCOZY.com
Images: 1. Elle Decor, 2. Pemplemousse , 3. Elle Decor
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i would love a sitting area in my bathroom, but i'm lucky the bath, toilet, and sink fit in there!
I've seen some bedrooms with baths in them that look pretty awesome, i don't think i would like it for myself though, i like being able to close myself in my bathroom when i want.
Plus, i feel like if i had a bathtub next to my bed i would just crawl into bed and fall asleep every time i took a bath.
love that first room...yummy.
These are very odd to me. Sleeping with a drain line in my bedroom? Two (?) bathtubs with stone medallions balanced on the floor in front of them? A conversation area in the bathroom? Most people will never have bathrooms this large. Only the 1% the recent Vanity Fair article was talking about will ever have rooms like this. Although why anyone would want to spend that much time in the bathroom is anathema to me. I was just talking to an insulation contractor who had recently worked on a 30,000 square foot house whose owner had a separate cosmetic room bigger than our living room. How much space do we need? Particularly how much space do you need in a room you will typically be in either alone or with one other person? I cannot see myself having eight people sit around love seats in my bathroom while I get ready. The faux historical/European finishes are also off-putting. It reminds me of Restoration Hardware's weird new look. Has anyone on Apartment Therapy commented on that?
Not a fan. I like bathrooms to have the essentials, be spotlessly clean (I'm not great at that, but it's my ambition!), and be at least minimally attractive. (I do hang art.)
However, the purpose of MY bathroom is personal hygiene. For ecological reasons, I take showers as short as possible to get clean, and soaking baths only when my aching muscles require the attention. I have no desire to "spend time" there. My time is scarce, I have too much I want to do to loaf in a bath...
(The idea of all that moisture and steam in a bedroom full of fabrics sounds like it would lead to mildew. Not to mention, a bath tub in a wide open space like that would be chilly to leave, since drafts would happen there which a small enclosure prevents.)
All in all, no thanks!
#1 might work in an old enough building. #2 would be nice if it was cut in half. I mean, good grief, two large clawfoot bathtubs??? Someone has way too much space.
#3 just looks like way confused and not to mention gaudy. I cannot for the life of me think of why in the world someone would want a full living room set in their bathroom. Is it a waiting area for the Jacuzzi or what?
". . . to the very humble, by simply adding personal touches like in any other room."
You are referring to the other 99% of the world? Someone needs to get out more.
yeah I'm not sure why I'd need an antique secretary in my bathroom. people poo and splash water around in there.
I am thankful every day to have potable running water at my fingertips. I get to have a hot shower whenever I want. I am among the planets most privileged people based on these things alone.
Beauty is important to me, but these ideas are wanton excess.
I am in the K&B business, but I still believe a bathroom is a place where you take care of your 'business' and clean and groom. It needs to be nicely appointed, somewhat spacious, and serviceable... not much else.
this very humble chick doesn't want a bath tub in her bedroom EVER!!! that doesn't even sound good to me. and this lady's tone is just too much for me too handle, this whole thing is gross.
Realistically, who actually wants to spend time sitting in a bathroom? When I have downtime, I'd much prefer to be in the living room on a comfy sofa with a book and beverage in hand. Not staring at the bath, wondering why the hell I decided to come into the room to sit down.
People (designers) please!!! This only work for motels...get it? MOTELS!!!!