The bathroom gets used more than any other room in the house. Five things worth settling before the work starts.

1. Three surfaces, three different tiles. Walls one tile, shower floor another, the floor outside a third. Run the same tile everywhere and the room closes in on you.

2. Walls don’t have to be white. Sage, navy, greige all hold up. Keep the colour restrained, keep the ceiling flat white, let the daylight do the work.

3. Make the shower bigger than you think. A bench, two heads, no curb, room for two.

4. Build a niche into the wall inside the shower. Somewhere to set the shampoo, no wire caddy hanging off the head.

5. A barn-style sliding glass panel. One rail, two rollers, the glass slides sideways. Takes less room than a hinged door and it is easier to keep clean.

These are design concept renders, not photographs of finished jobs.

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