Bathrooms

Six simple ways to add character, style, drama and warmth to your bathroom

If you're looking for ways to spruce up your home, the bathroom is a great place to start — and Amelia Thorpe has some ideas.

How to create a warm, decorative bathroom for a country house

Interior designer Nicole Salvesen, co-founder of Salvesen Graham, offers advice on adding warmth and decorative detail to a bathroom.

Creating a graceful, beautiful and above all cosy bathroom in a period house in Wiltshire

Emily Todhunter took a restrained approach to the decoration of her Wiltshire bathroom. She explained more to Arabella Youens.

A bathroom in an 18th-century farmhouse where practicality meets elegance

Nina Campbell combines comfort, practicality and elegance in this serene bathroom scheme.

How to make your bathroom feel luxurious

Louise Jones reveals the essential ingredients of an luxury bathroom, from slipping into showroom tubs to bookshelves by the basin.

How Catchpole & Rye take bathroom inspiration from classic Victorian plumbing

To create strikingly beautiful designs, Tony O’Donnell, founder of Catchpole & Rye, seeks inspiration in the past.

Why less is definitely more when reinventing estate buildings

To avoid an institutional air use a lighter touch, suggests Interiors Editor Giles Kime.

Bathtub in the bedroom: Should you try it at home?

Arabella Youens examines the growing trend for baths in bedrooms.

A classic 1930s bathroom with exotic charm and an unexpected touch of bling

The bathroom at Upton House in Warwickshire was featured in Country Life back in 1936.

Beautiful bathrooms: How to design your lighting, draw the eye and make the most of your space

Bathrooms are typically the smallest room in the house - interior designer Joanna Wood shares her top tips and tricks on how to make yours truly special.

A 19th-century bathroom in an 18th century home that works perfectly for a 21st century family

Jamb’s co-founders have created a timeless bathroom in their 18th-century London home. They showed it to Amelia Thorpe.

The joys of a shower which offers a touch of luxury and theatre on a daily basis

A beautiful bathtub is a splendid feature for any bathroom, but given how often you use the shower it makes sense to get something which feels special every day.

Traditionally trendy: The stunning bathroom of a completely refurbished Grade II-listed Georgian rectory

The bathroom in a Georgian rectory owes its handsome good looks to traditional joinery, parquet floor and fittings. Rachel Leedham paid a visit.

The latest news in bathrooms: from designer tiles to Japanese saunas

Amelia Thorpe brings us the latest news in designer bathrooms.

The best things to add to to your house to increase its value, from party barns to dressing rooms

11 steps to creating a perfect bathroom for your house

When the interior designer Joanna Wood moved to an 18th-century manor house in the Cotswolds, she had an opportunity to create a space that combines a bathroom with a dressing room to provide the perfect retreat from her busy life, as Arabella Youens discovered.

Why we’re renewing our love affair with traditional bathrooms

Modern bathroom design has thrown the baby out with the bathwater, says Giles Kime – but the classical fittings we used to love are making a comeback.

The British bathroom company with 200 years of quality behind it

Samuel Heath's beautiful bathrooms have been a British institution since 1820. Arabella Youens spoke to the boss to find out how they keep up standards, almost 200 years on.

The surprising secret of marital harmony: not two bathrooms, but two basins

Michael Caine swears by separate bathrooms. You don't need to go quite so far, says Giles Kime.

The marble bath so beautiful the rest of the room was designed around it

Giles Kime admires a pared-down space capped off with an antique marble bath that sets the tone.