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seafoam green vintage bath with clawfoot tub and starfish and shell collection

Beachy Bathrooms

Who doesn’t love bathrooms with colors and motifs that suggest the ocean? I’m crazy about simple cottage bathrooms with vintage tubs. I know they aren’t breaking any new ground, they’ve been shown on every blog from here to Patagonia and they are even taking a seen-one-seen ‘em all quality. But still… What I find attractive [...]

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romantic pink, green and white feminine bathroom with claw foot tub alcove

Pink and Green Feminine Bath

Layering fabrics helps create a romantic tub alcove. Pink and green is a favorite color combination to use for little girls, but it’s seldom seen in grown-up baths.  The not so young will dream about evening soaks in this beautiful space.  Eyes are immediately drawn to the cluster of crystal chandeliers above the clawfoot tub.  [...]

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Shades of Purple Bathrooms

Violets can range from periwinkle to plum Purple became a favorite color when I was a teenager and I’ve always worn it. And while it had a wild in/out swing over the 20th century — in vogue during the 1920s and ’60s and out of style otherwise — its current revival for home decor seems [...]

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bathroom with white tile painted with Sherwin Williams Hinting Blue

Bathroom Blues

What could be more natural than the color of water? Thoughts of a light, bright and soothing color for a bathroom reminded me of two that work well with white tile and beadboard.  Both are light but vivid blues I have long admired – Farrow & Ball’s Borrowed Light  – which is pale but intense [...]

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BM Seafoam painted master bath with Memoirs Stately pedestal sink

Seafoam Bathroom

Design ideas collected over time are the basis for a classic bath The prototypical seafoam and white “spa” bathroom could be  called a new classic. Variations are as numerous as shades of green and vary from old-fashioned hues on the tasty side of mint to the elusive color of water. The hallmarks include a white [...]

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