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When you say "shower room", do you mean that the shower is open to the rest of the room without wall, glass or curtain?

Love that idea.

Great fixture choices... the color is a little "redrum" for me, but it looks fun in there!

Red hot. Bet it looks even better after a steamy shower! A burst of green from a plant would be cool too!

BRILLIANT!!!

please tell me where you purchased your subway tile....

I was in love until I saw the open shelving...
...I wish that niche was tiled in as well or enclosed - it would have been a stunner.

Why is this not a more common feature? This is awesome.

This is really gorgeous! I love red and this is such an amazing look for a bathroom. Love it!

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I agree with bepsf. The open shelving kills it for me. I love the tile and fixtures, though.

"wet rooms" are particularly popular in the UK

Great space!

"When you say "shower room", do you mean that the shower is open to the rest of the room without wall, glass or curtain?"

I assume she means a bathroom with a shower but no tub.

Love the color!

I like the cat!

Hello Kitty! Love love love the color. Well done.

Love the cram cream towel! I have been looking for more cram cream bath products (i have a bath mat) but all I can find is kitchen items and utensils. Anyone know where other items can be purchased?

love that red tile! well done and your kitty is lovely

Yes, it is a 5 x 6 room without any barriers or curbs. It did required a shower pan under the entire floor and a precise pitched to the drain. My tiler, Rob Mara, (www.thegroutandtileguy.com), who was great by the way, also installed the pan & carefully did all of the waterproofing.

Budget was an issue, but being an interior stylist, I knew where to look for bargains on products that would last. The Toto toilet was $279 new on Ebay. The Duravit Sink was $309 on Homeclick. The Broan bathroom cabinet was $182 from Kitchen source. The Cram Cream towel is from Loom on seventh ave. in Park Slope. The subway and the pennies are from Bella Tile in the East Village.

I realize that the open shelving might not make sense out of context. I like mixing it up to prevent things from getting to sterile and it works with the mix of modern and eclectic going on in the rest of the house.

Oh, our funny cat is Lucy!

What model is that shower unit Ive been looking for that one for AGES!

The shower unit & faucet are from Justime, a Taiwanese company that I discovered at The Kitchen & Bath show a couple of years ago. They have modern, European-style bath and kitchen faucets for $25 to $150. They sell to the trade, but I am not sure if they sell to individuals. Check them out online @justime.com.tw.

Here are the model #'s:
Shower mixer body 6770-93-80S1(stainless steel)
Shower head 6770-9S-80S1(stainless steel)

This is simply gorgeous. And, from a feng shui p.o.v., if any of you have a bathroom that is located in the Love & Relationship sector, this red bathroom would be PERFECT for solving the problematic feng shui of that area. I'd like to write about it on my blog and explain why. Katham---please get in touch with me so I can use your beautiful red bathroom as an example? Thanks!

Katy
http://fengshuibyfishgirl.com

I'm a really messy showerer (suds fly everywhere) so the whole "shower room" concept wouldn't really work for me but it looks great!

Katy,of course, feel free to use the photos! I can't wait to see what you write. You can contact me through my website katherinehammond.com.

WHAT in the heck is wrong with you dewi? You may not like the look, but your nasty comments to a total stranger say a lot more about you than they do about the bathroom above.

I think the bathroom is striking. The light over the mirror is a great counterpoint to all the bright colors and hard lines. I like it a lot.

I'm starting the cure, I think, but wondering if I should post any photos.

Are people here usually so harsh?

Love it!

People here are usually nice, and if they are harsh (like dewy above, yuk) they get told (as by superbeetle above, go superbeetle!). I was bitchy in a comment once and I regretted it!

I have to say I am COMPLETELY IN LOVE with this whole bathroom, every aspect of it, every single aspect. It is perfect and fabulous and the red is fantastic and original.

That sink! Oooooh. I am going to have dreams about that sink. Well done! I wish you could come style my place, but I live in Minneapolis. I have a teeny bathroom I am going to remodel (soon, soon) and I am totally inspired. I was thinking of doing a shower room in bright yellow.

xox!!

dewi = cretin.

supershy... I hate to say it, but you should know. YES, people here are often that harsh, and sometimes worse. Yeah, other people will call them out, but AT commenters are pretty well known as a tough crowd. So if you are feeling vulnerable, I seriously would NOT post photos... and if you do post, make sure personal stuff like clothes, lotion, etc., isn't super prominent in the picture as people are very likely to engage in personal attacks. =(

That said, AT does have nice commenters who give good advice, so it's worth it to do in a cautious way!

The bathroom is lovely... I looove bright bathrooms. The shelves aren't quite my thing, but I can see why a touch of wood would be desired in such a slick environment. Maybe eventually the boards could be replaced with teak or something that will weather to a nice gray? I think some shiny lacquer (or plastis is probably better in the moisture) would help corral the soaps, etc., out of sight... or you could increase that milk glass collection, although the containers are only useful for small stuff usually. Or even just a sliding glass door over the area, as it's pretty close to the toilet. But anyway, great job, I'm jealous (we have a super-busy-granite rental bathroom... with no shelving... sigh)!

And dewi... that was seriously uncalled-for.

a pigsty? I don't see how folded linens, toiletries, and miscellaneous small things in matching white, stackable boxes is a pigsty. There are hardly any toiletries even in there and it's for 4 people!

I love the idea of a shower room and the Subway tile is really nice! I would have never thought of that much red in a bathroom and I like the pure white porcelin of the sink and some of the accessories.

Supershy-- people can DEFINITELY get nasty on AT but most people are positive. If you're prepared for a couple nasty comments go for it, otherwise, watch out!

I have the same Duravit sink -- as of yet uninstalled.

I'm having problems finding under-sink supply lines that are 'clean' and 'contemporary' polished chrome. I have nice-looking h and c-water stops --it's the supply line that is troublesome.

Any insights as what I should be spec'ing? ... most of what I've seen is the crimped/ribbed/flexible stuff.

Thanks in advance.

so beautiful, and how nice to have a bathroom that is the envy of so many!

I love the red! Where did you get the courage (or the husband with the guts)? Subway tile rocks!

Aw -- don't gang up on dewi. Just someone that doesn't express themselves well. I, too like a clean look but what are you going to do? It's a small bathroom shared by four people. Besides, the "stuff" breaks up the all red room.

I'm a sloppy showerer and would get everything wet if it weren't in a cupboard -- including poor Lucy!

P. S. For some reason my cats love to come in the bathroom when I shower! (??)

I really like the tile on all the surfaces, all you have to do to clean the place is turn the shower hose thingy on!

Brave on the red. But great looking. I could not have red because I put my make-up on in my bathroom and I would be walking out really yellow trying to get the red tone out of my skin. It would be okay for me to color my hair in though, it's red so if I dripple dye, it won't matter.

Thanks for sharing.

mango-tango,

I got my brasswear from justime.com.tw, but they are a Taiwanese company, so it wouldn't be worth it to order just risers/supply tubes from them. I know that homeclick.com has a good supply of flexible & fixed risers in a variety of finishes.

I love the red fortune telling fish.. Where did you get it?

Katherine,
Well my eye immediately went to the tea cannister on the top shelf. Items like this make the space and utilizing these high end fixtures with the whimsical product choices are interesting...

Good job girl.. love the shower room idea. I think that is what I need in the second upstairs bathroom.. no tub .. just a shower and a drain. You will help me with that right?!!!

I dig the subway and penny tiles, and kudos for choosing an unusual color for them! I personally would've put a door or curtain to protect the shelves from view and from water, but that's just me.

All in all, it's an awesome bathroom! Nice work!

I love your bathroom, but when I saw the shelves..... I would remove them...