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A Girly, Eclectic Bathroom
Dream Bathroom

I've been enjoying so much seeing my fellow Apartment Therapy writers' dream bathrooms; I knew I'd have a fun time picking out my dream elements! Though I knew I'd be choosing some of these items, th...

Shower Rods
Roundup

This morning as we stepped out of the shower, the tension shower rod we purchased a month ago suddenly gave way and fell to the ground. We blamed it on the fact that we only forked over $10 for the ...

Stock Up On Windex: Mirrored Bathroom Vanity

Spotted this in the latest issue of Vogue Living: Rather than a traditional vanity made of wood for her bathroom, Betsy Morgan opted for a more glamorous option. Her mirrored vanity with its Anthropo...

How To Make Homemade Bubble Bath

Soaking in a nice hot tub of bubbles at the end of the day is a small luxury that can make a big difference. If you make your own you can choose what scents you want to soak in and you have the advan...

Make Your Own Jackson Pollock Inspired Shower Curtain

I'm not a big fan of the whole "liner plus opaque shower curtain" thing. Maybe it's a holdover from seeing Psycho as a kid, maybe it's my sporadic claustrophobia or my feeling that it makes the bathr...

The Wide World of Bath Mats
Roundup

We're really stoked to start our stenciling project in the bathroom (with a little inspiration from this House Tour from the LA Times). We've got everything we need except for the perfect bath mat. ...

Gatsby Inspired Bathroom in Black and White
Dream Bathroom

When dreaming up the elements for our fantasy bathroom scheme, we actually had a specific space in mind. It's a stately home built in the 1920's and we wanted the bathroom to maintain a yesteryear e...

12 Quirky, Alternative Toothbrush Holders

Where does your toothbrush live? We’ve rounded up 12 items that, though not entirely intended for this purpose, would make fabulous toothbrush holders. We admit: some of these are a bit outlandish/...

Have a Small Bathroom? Pedestal Sink Inspirations

Pedestal sinks not only save space in a small bathroom, but they can also add visual interest. Pedestal sinks originated in the early 1900s, but remain a timeless, classic style, offered in many dif...

His and Hers Bathtubs?
Hot or Not

A friend recently sent us the image above after seeing it online and noted they loved the idea of having his and her bathtubs, similar in fashion to dual sinks common in homes and hotel these days (ce...

Updating a Bathroom and Installing a Custom Shower

What do you do when your master bathroom has carpet and no shower, bathtub, or toilet? It also serves as the closet space for the master bedroom. The challenge was to renovate the bathroom to make i...

Our 10 Favorite Patterned Bath Towels

So we just ordered this fancy stencil from Royal Design Studio (bathroom tour coming soon). We immediately started fantasizing about the perfect towel that would complete our bathroom overhaul. We al...

Converting a Closet Into a Compact Full Bathroom

Recently a friend of ours was in the market to purchase a small home in the nearby hills of Echo Park, where smaller 1-2 bedrooms homes still exist and where square footage can run underneath the 1,...

Prepping Your Bathroom For Company

If you come to visit me unexpectedly and ring the doorbell, it may be a minute or two before I answer. It's not because I'm deaf, it's not because I'm lazy, it's because I'm in the bathroom, wiping up...

Yvonne's Blue, Red and White Bathroom

You may already be familiar with Yvonne Eijkenduijn and the home she shares with partner Boris and their cat Boo in Belgium--she authors her own blog Yvestown which was one of our favorite blogs of 20...

4 Places To Use A Stencil In the Bathroom

White fixtures, plain walls, dull tiles. Not much you can do in a bathroom short of renovating...or is there? Why not try a stencil? It's easy, it's cheap and there are all sorts of ways to use a s...

10 Luxurious Soaking Tubs

A popular choice for infusing a little extra luxury in your bathroom is the soaking tub. Deeper than a regular tub, soaking tubs are perfect for sinking into a warm bath and letting the days’ trou...

11 Luxurious Touches To Add To Your Rental Bathroom

When you live in a rental, your hands are tied when it comes to the bathroom. You have to live with what you got. But, as we saw the other day, when Laure rounded up some luxurious bathrooms from ou...

6 Affordable Bathroom Updates
From Real Simple

So...what have you guys been up to this week? Not much to report over here, aside from countless viewings of that video of the three-year-old sobbing hysterically over Justin Bieber. And to think, onl...

5 Simple and Luxurious Bathrooms From LA House Tours

To help kick of kitchen and bathroom month, we combed through the archives and found some of our favorite bathrooms from past LA House Tours. These bathrooms all team luxury with a simple palette a...

Aqua Notes: For Those Ideas You Get in the Shower

How many times has this happened to you? You're in the shower, belting out your cover of "Any Way You Want It," when suddenly, you get an idea or a solution to that problem that's kept you awake all ...

A Roundup of Striped Walls

More and more we've been seeing stripes show up on walls and floors adding boldness and visual interest to rooms. Since they only require a can or two of paint, they're a great option for renters l...

5 Fixes for Common Toilet Problems

A few months ago, while house sitting for a friend, we were startled awake in the middle of the night by the flush of the toilet. We grabbed the nearest object and called a friend who stayed on the p...

Before & After: Alexis' Bathroom Charmer

Instead of enjoying the nice weather last Sunday, our dear friend Alexis went to work transforming her bathroom. An afternoon of work, a pint of paint and a change of hardware turned her bite-sized ...

Homemade Bath Soaks

Not to sound hokey or anything but we've recently started to practice the art of meditating. Our practice is nothing fancy (yet) but we can bet spending a little R+R in the tub with some homemade bath...