A Designer Shares Her Master-Bathroom Wish List
A Designer Shares Her Master-Bathroom Wish List
She's planning her own renovation and daydreaming about what to include. What amenities are must-haves in your remodel or new build?
Really, when it comes to bathrooms, all you need is a functioning toilet, sink, tub and/or shower, and enough space to move around and do your thing. But everyone has those extras they wish for if they had the budget. I’ve assembled a wish list, in no particular order, of my master bathroom features — knowing full well that, due to budget and space constraints, many of these will have to be dropped. But a girl can dream, right?
See if you agree or disagree with my list and then share in the Comments section what items would be on your list. Some of them might be featured in a follow-up story.
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Whether you go for one or two, I’m a huge fan of undermounted sinks (a sink that is attached at the underside of the countertop, so there’s no raised sink rim). It does require you to use a water-resistant — and therefore more expensive — material for your counter, such as quartz, solid surface, natural stone or concrete, but it makes cleanup so much easier because there’s no lip to trap grime and gunk.
Not surprisingly, I go through lots of hand soap, so I like having a built-in soap dispenser right next to the bathroom faucet, attached to a gadget that allows me to pull soap from an economy-size bottle underneath the sink. This enables me and my family to go an astoundingly long period of time between refills.
I also like the look and functionality of a curbless shower, but it requires a good amount of space underneath the floor to accommodate the plumbing and necessary waterproofing, so it can be tricky to pull off if you are doing a renovation, versus new construction.
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I should point out that this beautiful bathroom is anything but institutional looking, thanks to the use of natural materials — the wood and river rock.
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