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Master Bath Design Ideas in 2017

CHIC CONSOLE

Designer David Kleinberg established the look of the traditional bathroom's sink-stand on a French iron console.

MODERN TILES

In this Andy Warhol-inspired apartment, the fluted bathroom tiles add texture to the natural palette.

CLAW-FOOT TUB

In a Palm Beach home, the master bath walls have been painted a custom watery blue. Homeowner Liza Pulitzer Calhoun picked the cast-iron claw-foot bathtub since it seems "so favorable."

BOTANICAL PRINTS

Designers Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman struck a balance in this Manhattan apartment's master bathroom. White walls offsets that the vibrancy of this print onto chair and the windows, and the tones are picked up by a dhurrie.

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ZEBRA STRIPES

Striped palazzo curtains hang on either side of the sunken tub in a Los Angeles house, giving a profound contrast to the pastel green ceiling and walls.

GRAY TONES

"I love a glamorous toilet," designer Marshall Watson says. He turned the master bath of a Florida home with crystal chandelier, a cast-iron tub, customized dressing table, and floor-to-ceiling windows to a spa-like oasis.

BAY VIEWS

At a Long Island beach house decorated by Rob Southern, a six-by-nine-foot shower includes two showerheads plus magnificent bay views. An interior window opens up the space .

GRAND ENTRY

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

CONCRETE TUB

In a Palm Beach condominium, designer Vicente Wolf put the cast-concrete tub on a slab within the glass shower stall to create it "a sculptural focal point."

DUELING SINKS

At a California beach bungalow designed by Chad Eisner, symmetrical sinks flank the sides of the master bath.

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NAUTICAL FINISHES

For his Nantucket house's master bathroom, designer Gary McBournie chose Waterworks hardware at unlacquered brass, so that it would tarnish and age. His goal was to tie back all the details into the feeling of the house.

AGATE WALLS

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

MOROCCAN MOTIF

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

NATURAL WOOD SHIPLAP

At a Charleston guest home, the master bath's sinks are by Kohler, the unlacquered brass fittings are by Watermark Designs and the shower is wrapped in Alabama white marble. The sconces are 1930s Italian. The walls have been lined in cypress shiplap using a finish.

SUSPENDED MIRROR

In an Atlanta family home, the downstairs bathroom includes a pragmatic Oak Hill DXV console spout, which designer Matthew Quinn notes is both elegant and durable. The shower and bathroom are hidden behind drapes in Cabana Cloth from Thibaut's Portico set of Sunbrella fabrics. Solitude is allowed for by suspending a mirror in front of the window.

STRIATED

Make up to get a nonexistent linen cupboard with tactical storage. A mirrored medicine cabinet in a New York apartment steps 2 feet deep to match towels. The shelves within are staggered around the plumbing, and a custom vanity conceals bins for laundry and dry cleaning.

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TROPICAL REEF

Background by Fornasetti for Cole & Son adds a playful note into a Bahamian bathroom.

SWIRLING BLUE

Java Grande wallpaper from China Seas is a bold backdrop for a Florida house's powder room. The mirror is vintage. Gramercy Glass washstand, Restoration Hardware.

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SILVER TRIM

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

VINTAGE PALETTE

At a boy's toilet, turquoise tiles by Mission Tile West make a 1930s-inspired vibe.

BUILT-IN FRAME

A geometric design encloses the mirror and sconces at a New York bath, with tile by Studium.

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BLUE OMBRE

The master bathroom walls in a Manhattan penthouse are tiled in Bisazza's Mughetto, and the flooring in Ann Sacks's Savoy.

GOLD LEAF

"I have always loved these glass gold-leaf tiles ... they're really so Liberace!" Says Bailey McCarthy of the Davlin collection of Ann Sacks. An antique chandelier and Calacatta Gold marble create the renovated master bathroom a showstopper.

HONEYCOMB

Glass doors put a bathtub on full screen, so Matthew Quinn played up the opinion using Origami Kiki marble flooring out of AKDO. The jagged pattern and hexagonal shapes "are lively, but the neutral palette makes sure it is not too loud visually," he states. He kept the remainder of the shower discreet using AKDO Soft Gray marble tiles.

SLEEK SILVER

Designers James Michael and Phoebe Howard found the inspiration for a New York City apartment at the Hollywood hit Something's GotId Offer. The side-splash of Asher Grey marble tiles is from Ann Sacks.

CHECKERBOARD FLOOR

The shower stall of a California guest bathroom is clad in Carrara marble tiles out of Stones Unlimited and the Soho marble tiles are from Exquisite Surfaces.

VINTAGE GLAMOUR

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

WHIMSICAL COMBO

Graphic Escher tiles by Amethyst Artisan and zebra wallpaper lift a children' bathroom in an apartment decorated by Miles Redd.

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TIDEWATER TONES

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

GOLD ACCENTS

The habit Corian sink in the powder room of this Massachusetts home looks as if it's been thrown out of a slab of marble. Son & Cole wallpaper through Lee Jofa offers a vision of light golden florals.

RED AND BLACK

When your Weekend home is always full of guests, there is a bathroom that is robust a must but that doesn't mean it can have fashion. Matt O'Dorisio made the boys' toilet to include a massive trough sink along with a pendant from Schoolhouse Electric Supply & Co..

DEEP BLUE

The Sink in the guest toilet is a subtle nod to the earlier days as a kitchen home of this Charleston home. The Polo Blue on the walls of Benjamin Moore provides a pop of color to this home.

MATCHING DETAILS

This The powder room of Florida home has cheery background from Grow and Madison.

PINK PEONIES

"I Desired every inch of this powder room to be particular,"says designer Colleen Bashaw of this bold space. The background is the Peonies of Brett Design. The brass console has been fitted using a Waterstone Faucets fixture, and also the habit back counter tops and splash are produced with Stone Surfaces' Black Full granite.

MULTI-HUED

Creating an Idyllic bathroom designer DD Allen, for a Long Island house select a palette that is blue but did not limit herself to one shade. The custom blue of this Venetian plaster walls that are polished picks up the blue at the flooring tiles. Waterworks Classic Undermount bath tub. Venetian Plaster by JJ Snyder Studio. Architecture by Michael Pierce.