Each month, designers share their vision of the ideal end-of-day escape in H&H. For some, the best shower room is smooth with an all-white, glassed-in shower — a quiet place to recharge. Others think showers must be showpieces, and relish experimenting with texture, pattern and shine. We can’t pick just one look, so here are 10 the most showstopping designs from house & Home. Which shower is your idea of perfect?
With its handsome metal frame and built-in marble bench, this huge shower makes a severe statement. designer Nam Dang-Mitchell finished off the ensuite with stylish sconces and a set of full drapes. “It makes a shower room feel a lot more civilized and less scientific — like it’s an extension of the rest of the home,” she explains.
Photographer: Colin Way
Source: house & home March 2016
Designer: Nam Dang-Mitchell
Designer Allison Wilson’s third-floor shower room has a lovely look thanks to a brought back vintage bathtub and standard antiqued-brass fixtures. A window inside the basic subway-tiled shower floods the room with light.
Photographer: Angus Fergusson
Source: house & home February 2016
Designer: Allison Wilson
This whimsical family bathroom, created by H&H editor Kai Ethier, gets a dose of high-end from a pair of rain and handheld showerheads. The tiles in the space are a smart high-low mix: timeless ceramic train tile on the walls, a strong marble pattern on the floor.
Photographer: Valerie Wilcox
Source: house & home June 2016
Designer: Kai Ethier
Actor Yannick Bisson’s principal ensuite features clean lines and expansive glass his-and-hers showers. Walnut vanities and limestone tiles help ground the large, airy space.
Photographer: Alex Lukey
Source: house & home March 2014
Designer: Architect, Gordon Ridgely designers and Associates; builder, Upside Development
In this sophisticated principal bath, an extra tall, all-white shower feels just as luxe as the freestanding tub. The cherry blossom photograph adds a touch of soft color to the otherwise white space, and is water-resistant.
Photographer: Alex Lukey
Source: house & home January 2016
Designer: Samantha Farjo
“My husband and I understood we desired a white room because nothing feels as bright, clean and calm,” says senior editor Sally Armstrong of her principal bathroom. The challenge? Ensuring it didn’t feel sterile. “I set about adding details that would inject character and color,” she says. A blue ikat-patterned Moroccan tile lends a welcome jolt of life to the space.
Photographer: Virginia Macdonald
Source: house & home Ask A Designer: Kitchens & Baths, 2015
Designer: Sally Armstrong; Kelly Buffey
Retailer and homeowner Jill Kantelberg brought the warm oak flooring from her principal bedroom into her ensuite for a seamless transition, adding a strong tile on the floor of the shower stall for a trendy hit of pattern.
Photographer: Alex Lukey
Source: house & home June 2015
Designer: Jill Kantelberg
H&H alum Mandy Milks’s shower has character to spare with its clawfoot tub and warm brass fixtures. A basic linen shower curtain and worn wooden stool round out the charming, unpretentious look.
Photographer: Michael Graydon
Source: house & home March 2013
Designer: Mandy Milks, Mazen El-Abdallah
At just 128-square-feet, this shower room needed a calculated design to feel bright and spacious. enter designer Ashley Botten, who chose a clean-lined vanity, very little design and a mod glass heavy steam shower. “The details are very subtle, but I think this is what makes the room so peaceful,” she says.
Photographer: Alex Lukey
Source: house & home June 2016
Designer: Ashley Botten
Designer Sam Sacks provided this family bath a dose of her eclectic signature style with a hand-printed blind, weathered stool and glam gold shower fixtures. “When you’ve been tearing around after youngsters all day, there’s something absolutely divine about being able to rest your worn out bones somewhere special,” she says. We couldn’t agree more!
Photographer: Alex Lukey
Source: house & home June 2016
Designer: Sam Sacks