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8 Steps to the Perfect Bathroom

By Mark McCauley, ASID, special to HGTV.com
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Choose colors and motif.
« Map the space. | Know your surfaces. »
How do you want to feel when you’re in the bathroom? Is it a formal space (consider a black-and-white scheme) or a casual area (try neutrals)? The motifs associated with baths often are water oriented. Seashells, boats, piers, blue colorations and sandy beach colors are frequently used. But it’s OK to think outside of the box. Choose a motif that relates to the area in which you live (city or country?), a style of architecture (classic 18th-century English or New England cottage?), or a style that you’re personally attached to (bohemian or Asian?).

A bathroom motif doesn’t have to knock you over the head. The sky blue paint and framed photo in this bathroom by Sue Adams whisper a subtle "sail away" theme. Photo by Sam Gray.



Think function first.

Map the space.

Choose colors and motif.

Know your surfaces.

Add drama with fixtures.


Be careful with lighting.

Mix soft and hard.

Go for the green.


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