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Oh and DH’s style tends more towards contemporary and I’m more farmhouse/ tradition/ transitional, but the search term that yields the best results for our combined aesthetic is modern farmhouse. Searching images with that might help.

@periwinklebee: we talk about how we are going to renovate a lot. We don’t DO anything about it, because $$$$, but we sure do talk

We just did a huge reno and I did three bathrooms, we live in San Francisco so are much more space constrained but I tend to think that you can do lots of different bathroom styles that will work in any environment. I really love our big shower and infinity drain/curbless set up. If you can do that I highly recommend. We also had to put radiant heating in our house so have a towel warmer/radiator in our bathroom that is fantastic. Wall me if you want to trade emails and I can send you some of the sources I found and some pictures of the finished product.

Double shower heads and frameless shower doors

@periwinklebee: omg you’re getting a house!!! I’m so happy for you! Going to walk you

Congrats on finally taking the plunge!!

We bought into a gut/reno of a townhouse in our town so I’m sorta in the midst of this too but we have a designer doing a lot of the heavy lifting.

Visit the Kohler design center in nyc if you can, lots of ideas there.

Are you in ny/ct/nj? I have some stone/tile reccs if in NJ

Impt in master: tankless water heater if you have a tub. No jets in tub. (We are doing freestanding). Heated floors if you can swing it. Good lighting. Lots of good lighting. Drawer storage vs cab doors. If you do floating cabs try to make sure there is room to tuck a step stool underneath in the kids bath. Try to avoid moving plumbing unless you want to increase your budget. Likewise, spend the money to move plumbing if it going to get you close to your dream bathroom

When choosing flooring make sure it’s not super slippery.

I’d try to hire a designer if you can; it will make the process way more seamless and they might have contractor reccs as well

Spend some time of a Houzz creating ideabooks

Good luck and congrats!!

@periwinklebee: Congrats on the house! I too am in MA and just closed our first suburbs house today. I've built 2 houses and renovated a few bathrooms so I am happy to share local resources with you if you want! Just wall me

I would first think about layout - and what you want - do you want a tub? glass shower? to move anything? double vanity where there was only a single? Moving plumbing is expensive so that is something to consider.

I use Houzz a lot for inspiration pictures! Your master can still be contemporary while also being classic and I think it's ok to have the master bath not be perfectly in line with the other locations since it is very, very private. But yes, modern farmhouse seems like a good place to start. When you mentioned your house, I thought of this bathroom as sort of encompassing a contemporary farmhouse feel:

https://www.houzz.com/photos/blessings-golf-course-home-craftsman-bathroom-phvw-vp~120315381

@periwinklebee: I don't have a lot of suggestions about bathroom remodels becuase I haven't done one yet and have just barely started to think about it. But I really love the faecets and handles that come out of the wall, rather than sit on the sink itself. I hate cleaning around the faucet and handles and having them up on the wall seems amazing. I would also really love a steam shower.

@agold: One thing to consider around this though is that if you ever have an issue with something you will have to open up the whole wall. Same with the toilets with a tank in the wall. It will make any repairs way more expensive since you would have to deal with drywall patching and painting etc.

@snarkybiochemist: oooh that is such good advice. And I dislike rainfall showers too, they trigger a weird sensory reaction for me that drives me crazy, plus what if you don’t want to get your hair or face wet?
@KNS: never considered that before and all the inspo pictures I like have expensive tile on the wall
@periwinklebee: I’m learning so much from skimming off your thread

@snarkybiochemist: @LCTBQE: I also dislike rainfall showers. I know they are fancy and people love them (including my husband) but I just feel like the water is in my face and it’s harder to wash my hair.

@periwinklebee: @Foodnerd81: @snarkybiochemist: @LCTBQE: I never realized there were rain shower haters out there Yes, you should definitely find some time to stay at a nice hotel to test out a rain shower, and other elements, the more research the better. I find them so relaxing, like standing under a waterfall. I'm also 5'11" so with the non-rain showers a lot of the time I need to bend back to get the top of my head wet. Our shower head is high enough that I don't need to do that at home, but it's still not as nice as a rain shower.

@karenbme: I don’t hate them at large, I just hate them for *me*—I can totally see the appeal. I’m 5’10” and have also run across annoyingly low traditional shower heads, especially in those 50s houses where the ceiling is super low—they’re like the shower version of using an extra low toilet in a grade school bathroom.

@Littlebit7: yes second the sprayer for cleaning! And dog washing

@periwinklebee: by this logic I need a sprayer in every room in my house.