Bathrooms

Lacquered wallpapers bring a vibrancy of colour to the bathroom.

The concrete tile transitions into the plaster shower for a seamless look.

The new casita bathroom features a custom concrete sink, plaster walls, and custom concrete tile.

New cement tile from Mosaic del Sur, Hansgrohe fixtures, a shower plate from Bette, and Farrow & Ball’s Chappell Green paint round out the room.

The space-saving Murphy tub, as Reckendorfer calls it, was jury-rigged by the previous owner to tuck into a cabinet, which features a water heater and towel rack. Placed on a hinge, it’s easy for one person to lower it into place.

For the bathroom, Reckendorfer wanted a shower for daily use, but opted to keep a 1950s bathtub that she discovered in her basement. “I studied graphic design and photography, so visual things are so important to me,” she says. “I love sleek, light-filled Scandinavian designs, but I also love flea markets and pieces with history.”

A cave-like master bathroom in response to the natural surrounding of the outside.

In 1968, Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen designed the 112 faucet and mixer series and a line of in-wall accessories for Vola. In 2014, the Danish company updated the classic design by adding a deep copper finish.

Though we love the custom teak-and-steel sink, shelving, shower caddy, mirror, shower, and vanity by Pat Carson Studio, the real coup of this bathroom is that the window at left goes from transparent to opaque with the touch of a button. The Duo Poliert dispensers beneath the shelf are from Blomus. A toilet opposite the sink is from Toto.

The en-suite master bathroom features an IKEA vanity and a curb-less shower clad in Palau Celeste tile.

An Almond bathtub by Porcelanosa is accented by a tub filler from Hansgrohe.

The bathroom is poured-in-place concrete surfaced in laja stone, a local material chosen by the architect to evoke the region’s thermal baths. The space opens to a private garden via two doors—one in the shower, the other behind the toilet. The shower fittings are from Paini.

A deep soaking tub complements a shower lined with marble and wooden slats. A double vanity sits opposite.

A salvaged antique tub stands beside a sink by Waterworks. Town and Country Surfaces supplied the Malaga cement tiles that color the floor.

The wet bathroom, clad in Savoy penny tile by Ann Sacks, helped optimize the home’s petite footprint.

Graham Hill, a sustainability advocate whose TED talks have delved into the benefits of living small, put his own lessons into practice at his 350-square-foot apartment, which he shares with his partner and two dogs. Quick transitions, like drawing the FilzFelt curtain, convert the living space into a bedroom.

The minimalist bathroom boasts Cararra marble surfaces, Hansgrohe faucets and shower fixtures, and a skylight by Velux.