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ss. A bathroom can maintain all its functionality and also look beautiful and be inviting at the same time. I’m sure that looking at your own bathroom now you can come up with a few ideas of how you’d design it differently if you had the chance, things you’d like to change and elements that you’d like to add. Here are a few of the most common ways in which you can update your bathroom and change it for the better: Bathroom Remodel DIY Rethink the walls The walls of a room set the style and define the ambiance that...

Photography by Mallory Fletchall of Reserve Home Reserve Home founder Mallory Fletchall’s Brooklyn apartment is the epitome of modern. Her once laminate-clad kitchen boasts breezy blue-green cabinetry and hand-painted floor tiles, while in the living room plush velvet furniture and a chandelier with smart bulbs fill every corner with color. But for the longest time, the bathroom was from a much different era. “It was very ’90s,” recalls Fletchall. The sliding-glass shower door had floral etchings, and the bulky medicine cabinet and vanity light made the small room feel claustrophobic. “It was far from the sanctuary where I could enjoy...

“After” photos by Kate Glicksberg for Sweeten Homeowners: Bellamy, an executive at The GAP, and Zak, a senior environmental scientist, posted their project on Sweeten Where: Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York Primary renovation: Three stories of a 2,400-square-foot Brooklyn brownstone Notable: Swapping the positions of their renovated garden rental and owners’ duplex Result: Better functionality for the two-family building Sweeten general contractor Sweeten’s role: Sweeten matches home renovation projects with vetted general contractors, offering advice, support, and financial protection—at no cost to the homeowner. Guest post by Sweeten homeowner Bellamy Finding their circa 1900 Brooklyn brownstone home After a grueling year-long...

Bathrooms both big and small can become sensational spaces when given the right aesthetics, but where to begin? This extensive gallery of incredible bathroom design comes to us from worldwide bathroom product manufacturers, Cocoon. Timeless elegance threads through this inspirational modern collection, along with a tangible passion for craftsmanship and the prolific use of natural materials. The three ideals come together to form bathrooms that are not only stunning but innately comforting, and confidently radiate distinct personal identity. These are inviting spaces that evoke a blissful feeling of shelter, safe from the outside world. A place to rest, unwind and...

In fact, they are quite common in secondary bathrooms as well because typically more than one child or family member has to get ready for school or work at the same time too. The range of styles for modern double bathroom vanities has also expanded far beyond the plain types of decades past. Choices include having two separate basins on a single vanity or separate units that are combined with a cabinet or as a pedestal. These are some of our favorite recent styles. Modern Retro Combo Done is a trendy gray, this monochrome bathroom features double vanities that have...