The perfect modern bathroom has become a "pamper space"--a personalized, private, luxurious spa-like retreat for relaxing and unwinding. And now, with this ultimate reference, homeowners can realize their dream design to fit available space--and budget. Susan Breen (Creating Your Dream Kitchen) tours all-American dream bathrooms and surveys the myriad design choices and materials, from color and floors to soothing multiple shower heads and trendy real-furniture vanity units. Among her tantalizing suggestions: His and Hers retreats with separate grooming areas; shower towers with body sprays; an indoor/outdoor shower with bench and Zen garden; a bathroom coffee bar and fridge for making fresh juice; and a bath suite with a Mom's sitting area with TV, stereo, and intercom.
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Carp swimming in a landscaped pond, one frog tile in a kids-only bathroom, and a tub on wheels, intended for inside and for outdoors. All of these items are hallmarks of elegant bathrooms and, for the most part, expensive design situated in California. What designer-author (Creating Your Dream Kitchen, 2005) Breen excels at is giving readers, experienced or not, an overview of the practical matters associated with renovation and remodeling. For one, there are materials, from surfaces to fixtures and fittings. Breen also includes multiple sidebars, including safety tips and terms to know (and no, face-frame and toe-kick are not part of a ballerina's vocabulary). A gallery shows off a selection of more than 13 finished bathrooms representing a true of design styles, even though all spell major bucks. Barbara Jacobs
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