Today’s Arts & Crafts Revival has brought us bathrooms that are “sanitary white” and also bathrooms with more warmth and decoration. Bath styles from the first third of the 20th century vary considerably: think of transitional Victorian built-ins, then white tile, and finally the intensely colored fixtures of the Art Deco period. So much choice!

Penny round, hex, or square, mosaic tile lends itself to utilitarian floors that are showpieces of pattern.

Cabinets, fixtures, and tile for modern interpretation: A look at revival design approaches.

Traditional Arts & Crafts elements—wood, tile, classic fixtures—are the basis for rooms that meet modern expectations.

An old-fashioned bath is still the favored style, even in new construction. Here are two examples of existing bathrooms from the Arts & Crafts era.

Bungalow bathrooms before 1920 were of the “sanitary white” persuasion. Not so the bathrooms built after the mid-1920s!