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Mediterranean Bath Designs You'll Want to See

April 15, 2016
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Tile Is the Star
Mediterranean baths combine earthen surfaces, rustic finishes, antique furnishings, and sunset hues to create serenely welcoming retreats. These fabulous bathrooms are sure to inspire you to weave warming Mediterranean influences into your bathroom designs.
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A Magical Medley

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Rustic, refined, and woven surfaces moor this bathroom in periods past. Patterned tiles and a copper tub supply glossy finishes that balance the rougher floor tiles and the stone pediment embellishing the doorway. Tapestrylike strie wallpaper upholsters the far wall to warm up the bathing alcove.

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A Study in Contrasts

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Polished, primitive, and pretty combine to fashion a panache-filled powder room. Always-elegant marble appears as the countertop and a vivacious vessel sink, which partner with hand-painted tiles as breezy counterweights to the heavier iron sconces and weathered vanity.

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Pretty Patinas

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Successful Mediterranean bathrooms rely on fine furnishings, fetching fixtures, and posh accents. This bathroom's bright white walls and inlaid floor tiles accentuate stained wood finishes, bronze chandeliers, and arched doors detailed with bronze door plates that swing open to invite sea breezes inside. Burnt-orange velvet fabric dresses an antique chair to introduce luxe texture and rich color into the space.

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Time-Honored Ideas

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Whether ancient or reproduction, architectural relics go a long way in establishing Mediterranean style. From the rustic tiles underfoot to the carved stone vanity and stone-framed mirror, this bathroom emphasizes old-world forms and textures.

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Italian Influences

Footed Bathtubs

Think authentic! Narrow casement windows take their cue from historic Tuscan homes, as do this bathroom's bronze fittings and limestone tiles displayed on the floor and walls. Although neutral in hue, the limestone appears in different shapes, sizes, and applications to keep interest high without disrupting the bathroom's peaceful vibes.

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Stately Outlook

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Weighty silhouettes, a mix of stone and brick, and frieze-like embellishments on the cabinets combine to give this bathroom an age-old viewpoint. Small mosaic tiles on the tub stairs highlight the mirror and create a curve above the window in the brick-lined bay that houses a soaking tub.

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Tactile Pleasures

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Who wouldn't want to run their hands over this bathroom's touchable surfaces? Integrated plaster walls, a reclaimed beam, and a tiled tub surround contribute period-past dimension that amplifies interest in the neutral space.

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Charming Contours

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Pumped-up profiles and scintillating silhouettes make for fine-looking Mediterranean bathrooms. We love how this tiled backsplash provides color, pattern, and protection, while highlighting an arched window and tablelike vanity that boasts a fetching facade.

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Vintage Notions

Mediterranean Baths
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Bronze fixtures, hammered-copper finishes, and travertine wainscoting give this elegant bathing alcove Tuscan flair -- a style reinforced by the substantial wall niche, plastered walls, and noteworthy casements. An ornate chair and equally attractive sconce underscore the room's Mediterranean style.

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Continental Attitude

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Take your cue from Spanish haciendas, Tuscan villas, and Provencal farmhouses when choosing bathroom surfaces and construction materials. Artistic accents -- including colorful tilework, saltillo tile floors, iron sconces, and distressed cabinets sporting strap hinges -- pay tribute to historic Spanish homes.

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Rethinking Rustic

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Incorporate vintage or new light fixtures, steel windows, and drapery rods seemingly weathered by time. These sculptural bronze sconces and chandelier sparkle with gilded accents that pick up on the colors of the tiled "area rug," which introduces touches of Mediterranean blue.

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Grand Gestures

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Incorporate found objects, such as gilded mirrors and handcrafted cabinetry, to create opulent Mediterranean designs. This bathroom features a substantial stone counter, a bronze faucet, and silver embellishments on the vanity. Blue-accented wainscoting tiles work with the stone tile floor and the beamed ceiling to supply notable details at every level.

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Simply Striking

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Minimize color and pattern to maximize a bath's old-world style and pampering properties. This bathroom's tone-on-tone wall and floor tiles set a serene scene; the tiles are just dark enough to allow the slipper tub to advance into view. A timeworn stool handily sums up the bathroom's color story while serving those soaking in the capacious tub.

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Extra-Special Pieces

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Mediterranean bathrooms and powder rooms should feel distinctive and collected. Every item in this powder room -- the carved sink set atop turned legs, the wall-mount faucet, the lovely looking glass, the tiled wainscoting -- contributes a singular patina or pattern to the design.

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Shapely Setting

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Opt for tantalizing tile treatments when designing a Mediterranean bathroom. This simply furnished bathroom gets a lovely lift from two types of tiles. Coppery brown tiles emphasize the vanity wall and handily showcase a pair of shapely mirrors; white and black tiles supply a classic foundation.

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Mediterranean Motifs

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Shapes reflective of a specific region bring authenticity and timeless spirit to today's Mediterranean designs. Hand-painted tiles, iron cabinet pulls, a finely figured mirror, and filigreed sconces forge a strong Spanish connection in this Mediterranean-style primary bathroom.

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Formal Statement

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An ode to Grecian design, this bathroom brings earthen materials to the forefront. A pair of stonelike columns frames a carved-stone tub placed invitingly in front of a large arched window. Swirly patterns in the travertine floor also direct attention toward the bathroom's focal-point alcove.

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Ancient Appeal

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Shop salvage yards and flea markets for old house parts that imbue even the newest bathroom with been-around-awhile character. This floating vanity is built upon reclaimed (and very weathered!) corbels mounted to the wall. The tiled vanity and carved-stone sink mimic the colors in the wainscoting tiles.

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Water Music

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The colors of sea and sky make a splash in Mediterranean baths. Leaning toward Spanish, this bathroom sports aquamarine tile surfaces that play well with the vanity and tub's plastered surround, as well as the terra-cotta floor tiles and natural cabinet finishes. An ornate mirror flanked by simple sconces underscores this bathroom's assembled-through-time appeal.

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