With the year coming to an end, it’s time to look back and show you a stunning selection of the top 18 best bathrooms of 2016. These master baths are the stuff of design fantasies—and perfect inspiration for a 2017 makeover.
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Though the bath may be the most utilitarian room in the house, there’s been a movement in recent years to turn it into a spalike space that invites lingering. Take these 18 stunning master baths from the pages of Architectural Digest this year. There’s no doubt that the owners and designers took great care with regard to the rooms’ overall aesthetic and place within the context of their homes. From freestanding tubs and repurposed furnishings to luxe marble finishes and airy layouts, each of these enviable master baths feels like anything but an afterthought. Click ahead to see what we mean. They just might inspire you to rethink your own space—a sure way to get 2017 off to a good start.
Photo: Nikolas Koenig
A Rewire chandelier is suspended above a Kohler tub with Lefroy Brooks fittings in the master bath of a downtown New York penthouse designed by Christine and John Gachot.
Photo: William Abranowicz
A tub by the Water Monopoly anchors the master bath in actress Meg Ryan’s Manhattan loft.
Photo: Roger Davies
In a Los Angeles guesthouse designed by architect Marc Appleton and David Netto, the tub, washstands, and fittings in the master bath are all by Waterworks.
Photo: François Dischinger
The upstate New York home of designer Sara Story features a master bath clad in dramatically figured Paonazzo marble; the freestanding shower was designed by Dirk Denison.
Photo: Matthieu Salvaing
In the mirrored master bath of fashion editor Giovanna Battaglia’s Stockholm apartment, midcentury Hans Wegner furniture contrasts with a Victorian-style claw-foot tub.
Photo: Henry Bourne
Painted mirror panels create an unexpected backdrop to a tub from C. P. Hart in the master bath of Nadja Swarovski’s English country home.
Photo: Richard Powers
In an Aspen, Colorado, home designed by Shawn Henderson and architect Scott Lindenau, the centerpiece of the master bath is a custom-made Japanese soaking tub with Dornbracht fittings.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
The minimalist master bath in architect Steve Mensch’s Rhinebeck, New York, home makes the most of its Hudson River views.
In a Hamptons home designed by architect Annabelle Selldorf and Joe Nahem, the custom-made vanity in the master bath is a striking blend of Corian and reclaimed white oak.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
Designed by David Netto and architect David Hottenroth for a Hamptons home, the master bath has a Wetstyle tub with Waterworks fittings, a Paul Marra spool chandelier, Roman shades of a Larsen linen blend, and a chair from Cove Landing.
Photo: François Dischinger
In the East Hampton, New York, home of publishing-world powerhouses Pilar Guzmán and Chris Mitchell, the Carrara-marble-lined master bath is accented with a vintage Sori Yanagi stool.
Photo: Björn Wallander
In Alex Rodriguez’s home in Florida, the bath features Waterworks sink fittings mounted on a sheet of mirror, a vintage Senufo chair from Jalan Jalan Collection, and a Malayer carpet from Woven Accents.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
In the Hudson Valley, New York, home of photographer Pieter Estersohn, the master bath’s sarcophagus-style marble tub, equipped with antique French fittings, is joined by an 1830s armoire and a William IV sideboard repurposed as a sink cabinet.
Photo: Roger Davies
A Waterworks tub with Kallista fittings stands in the master bath of Kourtney Kardashian’s Calabasas, California, home, which was designed by Martyn Lawrence Bullard.
Photo: Douglas Friedman
In the Manhattan loft of Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, a Ralph Lauren Home light fixture illuminates the master bath’s Victoria + Albert tub, which has Dornbracht fittings; the mirror and chair are antique, and the penny tile is by Waterworks.
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Photo: Scott Frances
Clad in cipollino marble, the master bath in a New York townhouse designed by Sawyer | Berson is equipped with a circa-1940 hanging light from Carlos de la Puente Antiques, sconces by Hudson Valley Lighting, and Lefroy Brooks sink fittings.
Photo: Simon Upton
In screenwriter Peter Morgan’s London home, designed by Rose Uniacke, an alabaster pendant light from Gallery 25 accents the adjoining bath; Rose Uniacke Editions sconces flank the mirror, and a leather-clad chair from Hilary Batstone sits near the tub.
In an Axel Vervoordt–designed home in Dallas, the master bath has the atmosphere of a boudoir, appointed with a Chippendale secretary bookcase and an exuberant Venetian corner cabinet laden with blanc de Chine.
Source: Architectural Digest
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