Master Bath Ideas in 2017

BLUE CEILING

Designer Eddie Lee reimagined this master bathroom as "a blend of English charm and Asian lushness, with some European classicism added in," he says. While Farrow & Ball paint imitates a cloudless heavens hand-painted panels grace the walls.

CHIC CONSOLE

Designer David Kleinberg based the look of this conventional bath's sink-stand on a French iron console.

OLD-WORLD WAINSCOTING

Back in the 18th-century when this Massachusetts farmhouse was built, there wasn't any such thing as a master bath. So architect Michael T. Gray and interior designer Hattie Holland carved one out of a hallway and added wainscoting and window casings to create a feeling of yesteryear.

LUXE PATTERNS

The wainscoting of Victorian tiles was set up by the former proprietor decorator. "Are not they gorgeous?" Says designer Joe Nye. He also slipcovered the side chair in a complementary linen stripe.

TEXTURED FLOOR

In her light-filled ranch home, photographer Amy Neunsinger joint an elegant claw-foot bath with a casual woven rug.

GRAND ENTRY

With a set of French doors which open up to a balcony, designer Barry Dixon fashioned a Washington D.C. bathroom to be the home spa. The corner table is for sipping morning coffee when lounging in a bathrobe.

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FLORAL MURAL

"I love cherry flowers," says designer Caroline Beaupere. "This master bathroom at a home in New Jersey was inspired by hanami, the Japanese tradition of going to find the blossoms as part of a celebration of spring."

GARDEN VIEWS

Double French doors in a Queen Anne cabin's master bath open to the courtyard to get immediate sunlight.

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BRAVE BLACK

An Alexander McQueen skull pillow has been the catalyst for this daring en suite bathroom in Chicago's trendy Wicker Park area. "I wanted drama!" Says designer SuzAnn Kletzien, who notes that putting a modern, jewelry-inspired chandelier on a claw-foot tub "surely satisfied that need."

TRELLIS ACCENTS

Chinoiserie matches orangery in the trellis-accented powder area, together with millwork by Philippe Le Manach of all Accents of France. Farrow & Ball paints in Dix Blue and treillage in Plummett, either the walls. The lantern above is from Charles Edwards.

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AGATE WALLS

A New England home's powder area kept its classic corner sink but got a new look with Robert Crowder & Co. marbleized wallpaper and a classic Egon Hillebrand mirror. The wainscoting was repainted in Farrow & Ball's Plummet.

TROPICAL REEF

Background by Fornasetti for Cole & Son adds a playful note to a Bahamian toilet.

GRANDFATHER CLOCK

Fill a narrow stretch of wall mounted with an heirloom-worthy, grandfather-style clock. You'll learn you're running in style.

FEMININE GLAMOUR

"It is critical to create your bathroom lovely -- it sets the tone for the daily life," says Florida designer Cheryl Kees Clendenon. With this notion as her driving force, she laid out to create a space that was "feminine, youthful, and happy" for a teen girl's en suite bathroom.

MODERN ZEN

"The threat of doing a contemporary bathroom is that it may feel cold," says Pamela Butz, who remodeled this house near Boston with spouse Jeffrey Klug. Their answer was a layout that errs on the side of simplicity, but with beautiful, natural materials that "speak for themselves."

SOFT SIMPLICITY

In a slick Hamptons house designed by Amy Lau, the master bathroom has a Wetstyle tub with a Dornbracht faucet.

MOROCCAN MOTIF

A powder room in a worldly Los Angeles home features Ann Sacks's Maghreb 4 tiles onto the wall. Arturo sconces from Paul Ferrante. Forbidden City mirror by Bunny Williams Home. Mehraab sink for Stephanie Odegard with THG's Versailles fittings by Viya.

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SPANISH COLONIAL

In a Spanish Colonial-inspired powder room, the graphic tiles are first to the Richmond, Virginia, house.

SILVER TRIM

Silver travertine tiles, Ann Sacks's Palladium, line the walls and floor of a Boston townhouse's master bath.

BLUE-ON-BLUE

A Nantucket beach home's blue master bathroom gets its airy look from high ceilings and walls painted a light blue. The mosaic tile floor was drawn by designer Frank Roop with CAD software on a pc, also Tile Showcase made it like a carpet, in one piece.

INDUSTRIAL CHIC

Designer Deirdre Doherty provides a fresh look to this bathroom in an old Spanish Revival. The distance feels new by mixing in a bit of industrial chic. (The wall tile is Michael S. Smith for Ann Sacks and the flooring tile is Cluny by Granada Tile.)

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HEXAGONAL PATTERN

"I wanted drama!" Says designer SuzAnn Kletzien of the daring en suite bathroom. The impact begins with a lively hexagonal-tile "rug" by Artistic Tile. In Nero Marquina, Pacific White and Thassos marbles, it's a luxe edition of traditional penny-tile.

CEMENT STYLE

Cement floor tiles pick up the grey and "add just the right quantity of pattern," says designer Daleet Spector of an understated bath. "And they are cool and refreshing on bare feet. The area is lavish but in a very contemporary, understated manner."

COLORED GROUT

Gray-grouted Nemo subway tiles line the walls of the apartment's next bath.

VINTAGE GLAMOUR

In an art-deco bathroom, mother-of-pearl liner frames the Arpell Bianco tile by Artistic Tile.

CHEVRON FLOOR

At a New York City toilet designed by Alla Akimova, the play is really on the floor. Tiles in Vetro Bianco on the vanity along with the walls reflect light beautifully. (The chevron, written of Dark Emperador and Thassos marble, was custom cut by Manhattan Renovations.)

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COMPETING PATTERNS

"This Windowless powder room beneath the stairs feels hidden away from all," says designer Andrew Howard. "Total excuse to go big!" It is covered in Taj Trellis around the ceiling and three Schumacher wallpapers: Samovar and Topkapi on the walls.

GOLDEN HONEYCOMB

The mod The powder room is enlivened by pattern of Hicks Grand wallpaper by Lee Jofa in a Chicago townhouse.

RUSTIC FINDS

Cole and Son's Woods wallcovering from Lee Jofa provides thisConnecticut the little powder room big personality of home.

TIDEWATER TONES

From the Shower of a New England farmhouse designed by architect Nate McBride and interior designer Kari McCabe, sandblasted wall tiles were selected to evoke sea glass. Sherwin-Williams paints in Tidewater the wood floor.

RED AND BLACK

When your Weekend home is filled with guests, there is a bathroom that is robust essential but that doesn't mean it could have fashion. Matt O'Dorisio made the boys' toilet to incorporate a massive trough sink and a pendant from Schoolhouse Electric Supply & Co..

SUBDUED BLUE

The powder Room was plain and forgettable until designer Kristen Panitch gave it personality with Cole & Son's Orchid, "the wackiest of all wallpapers in the house." Gilt mirror from Hollyhock.

PEACOCK DETAILS

A classic Georgian mirror seems to float at a corner of this powder room contrary to the habit peacock-feather wallpaper. Benjamin Moore Impervex in Gulf Shores is on the door.

MINT STRIPES

Designer Angela Free installed tiles to form wide stripes in a guest bath in a San Francisco. "Stripes are a pleasant, graphic design component which can bring movement and pattern into a room, but maybe not at a busy manner," she says. By wrapping the pattern around the space, she opened it up and created "flow, a borderless space."

ANIMAL INSTINCTS

Designer Miles Redd triumphed at his mother's passion for poodles in this powder area update.

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SPRING GREEN

Designer Kathryn M. Ireland's Greta wallpaper in Reverse Green adds charm into a guest tub in a Cape Cod getaway. The slipper chair is covered in Red in her Roses linen.