bathrooms Archives - Emily A. Clark

Getting Your Bathroom Guest Ready

Dec192018

This post is sponsored by The Home Depot.

Since I know many of you will be having house guests this Christmas, I’m sharing some fun little additions I found online at The Home Depot for the girls’ bathroom that may help you get yours ready, as well, if you want to do a quick refresh. I added new white towels (the big bath sheets!), chrome wall hooks, and some pretty decorative touches.

I know to shop The Home Depot for paint and tools, but I’ve never considered them for blue and white ceramic elephant stools. . . I was surprised at several of the decor pieces I found on their site, including blue and white jars and these pretty fluted vases.

Another big perk: The Home Depot offers flexible delivery options with either free in-store pick up or 2-day shipping to home. There’s still time to get what you need before guests arrive!

Peel & Stick Wallpaper: Powder Room Picks

Oct102018

I’m following up my post about peel and stick wallpaper for kids’ rooms with more pretty patterns that I think would be perfect for a powder room. There are several reasons I think wallpaper is a perfect option for a powder room. They’re small so less paper is required, and they can handle a “big” pattern since there won’t be much of it. And if you have a really open floor plan, you can still do something special with a powder room since it’s its own space. It doesn’t necessarily have to flow with everything else. Go crazy. Pick the zebras. ;)

Katie Rosenfeld

Kids’ Bathroom Renovation: Subway Tile + Chrome

Nov152017

If you’ve recently been through a bathroom renovation, you probably know that even the smallest decisions can often become the hard, keep-you-up-at-night design dilemmas. I still have a few finishing touches left to do, but the boys’ and girls’ bathroom renovations are complete, and I wanted to show you a couple of the details I chose.

Like most people, we were working within a budget and with the mindset that this renovation will (hopefully) take us through many years. For those reasons, and because the house is pretty traditional, it was important that my design decisions were fairly classic, giving us the biggest bang for our decorating buck. But, boy, is it tempting to do something really bold and maybe even a little over the top in this crazy game of “Pinterest one-upper.”

I eventually decided on two classics: subway tile and chrome. There are so many good patterned tiles out there right now and beautiful brass fixtures, but. . . These are our kids’ baths. And again, I didn’t want to invest in elements that I would be “over” in the next five years. But just because you go classic doesn’t mean you have to predictable–right?

shower curtain // garden stool // bamboo shade

In the girls’ shower, I opted for a 3×6″ white subway tile with a navy “stripe” going all the way around. (Those tiles are 1/2″ x 6″, from a local tile shop.) It looks more black then navy in the photos but definitely reads more blue in person. I wanted to stay away from doing too much black and white since that can sometimes look a little more retro than I wanted.

Finishes can be tricky, and I know brass is all the rage. But, I just feel like simple chrome–especially for a kids’ or guest bath–is here to stay, especially when paired with mostly white. It’s a combo that always works. My designer friend Rebecca recommended the Cassidy shower head by Delta Faucet and I loved the oversized design and shape right away. A more modern design in a classic finish is a nice compromise. (I still used brass touches–drawer pulls, mirrors, lighting–and will show you that later.)

The shower head is adjustable, by the way. It took me a couple of weeks to figure that out. . . ;) And, in case you’re wondering, I’ve snuck in a few showers in the girls’ bathroom and you do get plenty of water.

Hope this helps some of you who are knee-deep in renovation decisions. What bathroom design elements do you consider “classic?”

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