A standard tub alcove in an older second-floor bathroom is already the right footprint for a walk-in shower — no walls moved, no plumbing relocated.

The t

In this Needham, MA basement the drop ceiling came out completely. The joists were painted black so they recede, and the lighting was set between the beams

Three bathrooms, one at a time. Each room from the whole space down to the shower head, the niche and the glass rail. Sage green with a black pebble floor,

Six showers, no narration. Sage, navy, greige, sea glass — walls do not have to be white.

Design concept renders, not photographs of finished jobs.

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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.

Bathroom design ideas — six modern walk-in showers and wet rooms.

White tile walls, a small dark mosaic on the shower floor, and a third tile again on the

Half framing, half storage.

The existing framing came first — the parts that were done wrong came out and went back correct, and the rest was laid out for

What this family actually wanted was simple: get the microwave out from over the stove.

Swapping the machine is the easy part. Open the cabinet and you se

There was a wood deck out back, sitting on posts over a sloping yard. The boards and railing had weathered pale and rough. The stairs ran straight down alo