The document contains 49 pictures of bathroom design ideas with captions describing each design element. Some of the key design elements showcased include: the use of natural stone slabs and tiles in various patterns, shapes and colors; recessed shelves, seats and niches; integrated tubs, fireplaces and aquariums; custom water jet designs; hidden lighting; and accent materials like onyx, glass and mosaics. The pictures provide inspiration for innovative and luxurious bathroom designs that incorporate natural materials.
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2-1: Solid wall with fix glass between shower and tub.
2-2: Arcs make a tall ceiling looks no so high.
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3-1: Marble insert with small pattern make the bathroom don’t look so solid and
uniform
3-2: the tub top becomes the shower seat.
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4-1: TV or aquarium inside the shower walls. This is original but difficult to archive
4-2: Fireplace over tub, provides a unique and romantic touch.
4-3: Under mounted tub, tub top becomes shower seat.
4-4:Bringing a ceiling down using framing and crown molding. Also delimit the
shower ceiling in order to use tile on it preventing future mold grown.
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5-1: Incorporating a space where store the towels into the design
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6-1: Original seat shape inside the shower
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7-1: Using natural stone like a background and support piece for a light fixture
7-2: Mirror incorporate light
7-3: Faucet coming from the wall
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8-1: Use of an Onyx stone ( translucent ) and lighting in order to bring out the beauty
of this semiprecious stone
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9-1: Use of an Onyx stone ( translucent ) and lighting in order to bring out the beauty
of this semiprecious stone
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10-1: Use of an Onyx stone ( translucent ) and lighting in order to bring out the
beauty of this semiprecious stone
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11-1: A water jet custom wall design personalize any wall and its can be made in any
size, design pattern, stone color combination.
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12-1: Even if I would never do this in my bathroom I have to recognize that this
person was really creative going out of the box just having the idea of a clear tub,
where the water appear to be floating on the air.
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13-1: Integration of tub and fireplace
13-2: Solid and uniform look using no so busy travertine slab pieces
13-3: Under mounted tub
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14-1: Integration of tub and aquarium provide a relaxing experience but maybe will
be to hard to maintain for somebody who is traveling a lot.
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15-1: Simple and elegant tridimensional – modern style fireplace using solid slab
pieces
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16-1: Incorporating water jet designs into the marble pieces.
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17-1: Use of an Onyx stone ( translucent ) and lighting in order to bring out the
beauty of this semiprecious stone
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18-1: Indirect and hide lights creates nice floating effects and enhance stone beauty
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19-1: Enclosing the shower create a false ceiling on top where decorations can be
use, all this lose the so tall appearance of a high ceiling room
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20-1: Use of custom water jet design to create borders and center piece for the floor (
medallion)
20-2: Recess marble step into the tub
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21-1: Use of custom water jet design to create borders and center piece for the floor (
medallion)
21-2: Marble Columns
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22-1: Create tridimensional forms using natural stone, its create shelves, storages or
display areas.
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25-1: Water jets allows to create contours and layered designs
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26-1: Another possible application of water jet is on glass works ( non tempered glass
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27-1: Custom shower using a mix of natural stone and most important the use of solid
marble slab pieces, which don’t look so flat because the profiles on their edges create
tridimensional finishes that make them really elegant and unique
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28-1: Use of Glass block inside a shower
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29-1: Enclosing shower using walls
29-2: Raising a little wall between the tub top and the shower seat.
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31-1: Curved walls are difficult to do but at the same time they are beautiful and
flows following other curved objects.
31-2: Integration of stain glass designs ( it can be done using water jet technology )
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32-1: Recess area for shower plumbing fixture that creates a usable seat and/or shelf.
32-2: shower enclosure.
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33-1: Use of natural Stone columns and arcs, help to frame and enclose areas.
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34-1: Simple but nice way to use different stone tile size and patterns to frame and
create design that brakes the flatness look of just tile on the walls
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35-1: shower jets provide a massage effect but they need a good water supply in
order to provide enough water pressure.
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36-1: The effect of reflection or mirror on the slab pieces are difficult to do, because
in order to create that beautiful effect both slabs has to be from the same mountain,
same lot, same block and what it is more difficult to obtain, they must be 2
consecutives slabs on the process of cut slabs from blocks on the stone
manufacturing process. Then one of then has to be polished on the back side and flip
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38-1: Use of mosaic tiles and/ or glass tile to great accents
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39-1: Sometimes in order that the shower can be access by a person on a wheelchair,
no threshold can be use. This is really complicated on a building because of the risk of
water filtration through the floor to unit below. In those cases fiber glass
underlayment, and other extra precautions must be used, plus regular shower pans.
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40-1: Accent of a dark stone over a light background
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41-1: Shower’s walls have been cover using slab pieces cut consecutively from the
same slab.
41-2: Wall Shower jets
41-3: Recess shelves for shampoos and other items
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42-1: Trim work using stones, really nice and unique finish touch.
42-2: Recess wall, decorative shelf and/or seat
42-3: Use of small 1x1 stones tiles on the shower floor preventing it will be to much
slippery and act like and accent too.
42-4: Shower handles outside of the shower area prevent get wet opening the water.
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43-1: Traditional shower ceiling rain fixture on a dark finish.
43-2: Use of mirrors on the shower walls.
43-3: Shower hand sprayer allows to bath a child more easily
43-4: Recess shelves
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44-1: This recess shelf is hidden from be view of somebody standing outside of the
shower. It is a nice way to keep the “mess” of all the shampoos hide.
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45-1: Enjoy and relax looking TV from your Tub.
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46-1: Hidden lights add character to any shower.
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47-1: Use of a TV and Fireplace on the Tub area.
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48-1: Use of a solid slab piece of stone like an accent on a shower wall.
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49-1: The shower wall where the shower handles are located have been brought to
the front. Check also the use of different sizes, patterns, colors and shapes of natural
stones tiles.