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The Bathroom Edit

Illustration: an elegant Australian bathroom with limewash walls, an arched window, a freestanding stone bath and a fluted timber vanity, golden afternoon light — Illustration · not a real project

Bathroom renovations with style

Bathroom design, edited

Styles, layouts and the details designers use to renovate a bathroom with style, from the rooms that won Australia's design awards this year.

Read the 2026 trends

By room

Illustration: an ensuite with a long double vanity and two round mirrors, warm white walls and timber floor-look tiles

Illustration: a powder room with dramatic dark floral wallpaper, a small marble basin on a brass stand and a vintage mirror

Illustration: a wet room bathroom: one continuous tiled floor with a linear drain, an open shower with no screen and a freestanding bath beyond

Illustration: a small ensuite with a corner shower, a compact wall-hung vanity and pale terrazzo tiles, clever and bright

By style

Illustration: a Japandi bathroom: pale oak vanity, a round ceramic vessel basin, warm white microcement walls, a linen towel, a small bonsai

Illustration: a contemporary Australian bathroom: large-format warm grey porcelain, a floating stone vanity, brushed nickel tapware, a frameless shower

Illustration: a coastal bathroom: white vertical timber lining boards, a sage green vanity, woven basket, sandstone-coloured floor tiles, morning light from a window

Illustration: an Art Deco bathroom: deep green mosaic tiles, curved arch mirror, black and white marble floor, polished brass tapware

Illustration: a mid-century modern bathroom: walnut vanity with tapered legs, terrazzo floor, mustard yellow finger tiles, globe wall lights

Illustration: a wabi-sabi bathroom: lime plaster walls in warm clay tones, a carved stone basin, aged brass tap, rough timber stool

From the journal

Illustration: a bathroom with a fluted timber vanity stained pecan brown, a stone top and warm brass tapware

TrendsBathroom trends 2026, from the bathrooms that won this year's awards

Illustration: a microcement shower and bathroom in warm greige, seamless walls and floor with no grout lines, a linear drain

MaterialsMicrocement bathrooms: what designers think

Illustration: an interior designer's desk with tile samples, timber and stone swatches, a floor plan sketch and a tape measure, top-down view

DesignersHow much does an interior designer cost in Australia?

Illustration: a sage green bathroom: green vertical tiles, white basin, brushed brass tap

ColourBathroom colour schemes that work

Illustration: a bathroom vanity lit by a backlit round mirror and two wall sconces at face height, evening mood

LightingBathroom lighting ideas, and the rules around water

Illustration: a light-filled master ensuite under a skylight with sculpted stone basins and brushed gold tapware

AwardsThe best bathrooms and interiors from Australia's 2026 design awards