Best Baths Week: Day 1

It’s one of the most hard-working rooms in the house—and often the room most in need of a little sprucing up. It’s the bathroom, and this week we’ll be sharing a few of our favorites—each brimming with fresh decorating ideas—with you.

Photo by Kimberly Gavin

Location: Vail Valley, Colorado Wow Factor: Interior designer Robyn Scott honored this home’s owners’ wishes for a “Zen, organic, simple” space by creating a monochromatic palette—mainly warm browns and cool grays—and spicing it up with occasional pops of color. The walls are clad in subtly veined limestone slabs. “It feels almost velvet-y, it’s so rich,” Scott says of the material. The lighting underneath the floating Italian sink fixtures “gives the room an ethereal feel,” she adds. The shower wall’s spectacular slab of onyx (detail below) serves as a dramatic piece of art (and shot of color) in the otherwise subtle space. Learn more here: http://www.mountainliving.com/article/zen-mastered

Photo by Teri Fotheringham