Waterworks: Inventing Bath Style
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Book Overview
The perfect bathroom is a stylish, inviting space that is both functional and appealing. It is a place of tranquillity, refreshment, and renewal -- a refuge from the busy world. Waterworks: Inventing Bath Style offers all the inspiration and practical advice needed to create this perfect bathroom, no matter what the budget or space. Drawing upon more than twenty years of experience in bath design, author Barbara Sallick explores the essential requirements of every bathroom -- its fixtures, fittings, and surfaces -- and provides hands-on advice in selecting tile;??placing fixtures; introducing lighting; choosing faucets; finding storage space; working with ceramic, stone, glass, metal, and mosaic; adding accessories; and creating a beautiful space that meets your needs. Stunning color photographs showcase a number of exquisite bathrooms that range in style from romantic to streamlined, utilitarian to indulgent. Waterworks: Inventing Bath Style explains and celebrates the simple luxuries of a well-designed bathroom, from the floor on up. Filled with tips for working successfully with designers, architects, and suppliers, this invaluable guide ensures that a new or renovated bathroom adds comfort, style, and value to any home.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:060960421X
ISBN13:9780609604212
Release Date:May 2001
Publisher:Clarkson Potter Publishers
Length:192 Pages
Weight:2.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 8.3" x 10.3"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Great help if you're doing a vintage bath
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
If you live outside of a major metro, and you're planning a Victorian/Edwardian/thirties period kind of bath, you're pretty much relegated to choosing things online out of Restoration Hardware and other "period" purveyors. Local showrooms focus mostly on newer-build kinds of installations. A book like this is really helpful in that it lets you get a good look at some lovely period bathrooms. There are several groups of multiple photos of the same bathroom so you can see a material like the tile in all the areas of the installation. I admit to really having been grateful to having had this book when the floor tile I had ordered turned out not to be available and I was caught having to quickly choose something else. The author has a strong bias which I mostly agree with, but sometimes questioned. (She says acrylic bathtubs have it all over cast iron -- the one area where new materials have superseded the lovely old authentic ones).
A great addition to your decorating library
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book gets into the nooks and crannies of bathroom decorating. Details are abound and you end up learning more than you ever thought you would about the bathroom. From tiles to apothecary, nothing is overlooked. The rooms pictured are flawless. This will not disappoint! A+++
The best bath book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Waterworks is one of the best bath books I have ever seen from a teaching standpoint. The book offers great advice about selecting fixtures, a variety of surfaces and adding accessories among others. Every aspect of designing the perfect bathroom is covered in the right amount of detail. I especially loved the section, "finding creative storage solutions" in a bathroom and the images complement each section to truly bring the bathroom descriptions alive. A must have for anyone trying to remodel a bathroom. Also makes for a great "coffee table" book, sure to start an evening of fun conversations.
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