30 beautiful bathroom designs that ooze spa-like style

The bathroom in this updated California bungalow has been elevated to the status of ultimate pampering zone with the addition of a freestanding bath, marble-lined walls and antique art. “It was important to me to give the bathrooms personality and make them spaces where you can truly relax,” says interior designer and homeowner Krista Collard.

Simple subway tiles have been used on the floor of this lovely Lakehouse-style bathroom to stunning effect. Interior designer Kate Walker wanted to create a space that blended Hamptons style with modern farmhouse elements.

Featuring floor-to-ceiling windows, this bathroom by Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors, perched on a clifftop overlooking the Great Ocean Road, makes you feel immersed in the landscape. It’s no wonder if took out the title of Best Bathroom in the 2021 Australian House & Garden Top 50 Rooms awards.

Each of the bathrooms in designer Kate Walker’s Mornington Peninsula home have a distinct personality. This one features Zellige Aqua Gloss wall tiles, with a statement floor featuring a combination of Fatima’s Reflection and Ghosted terrazzo.

Beautifully bright and breezy, this coastal abode’s bathroom features glam finishes and fittings. Elegant Casa honed-limestone wall tiles are offset by gold tapware and an engineered-timber vanity front.

The owners of this lovingly restored beach abode wanted their bathrooms to have a luxury-hotel feel. The light and bright space boasts a decidedly Hamptons vibe.

Indulgent soaking is easy in this coastal home’s bathroom which boasts views filtered through automated aluminium louvres.

A luxe warehouse aesthetic pervades this monochrome bathroom which features a modern country- style freestanding tub.

This sophisticated family home blends Italian design and Art Deco style. Bella porcelain panels are used on the bathroom walls instead of tiles for the look of marble without the cost or maintenance.

Exquisite Carrara marble wall and floor tiles from Marble & Ceramic Corp distinguish this heritage home’s classic-style bathroom.

A soothing neutral scheme is the hallmark of all the bathrooms in this Federation terrace. This space was renovated in a classic style, with grey tonal materials and more wall panelling in place of tiles to give the spaces warmth and character.

This refined family home’s bathroom received the couture treatment, with the upper walls covered in Giverny Mandolin fabric.

The stylish black screen creates a sense of privacy in this chic industrial-style bathroom within an updated warehouse home.

This industrial meets farmhouse style bathroom housed within a 1920s beach reateat features mirrors and a trough-style basin that were custom-made in Indonesia.

The highlight of this luxe ensuite within a restored historic home is the bath with custom chrome finish.

Carrara marble hexagon tiles line the walls of this beautifully modern bathroom within this striking coastal home.

This Mornington Peninsula property’s main bathroom features warm-grey honed Turkish limestone and Spanish handmade white tiles on floors and walls with Zimbabwe charcoal-coloured granite benchtops finished in a linen texture.

Subway tiles have been laid vertically for interest and the illusion of height in this Hamptons-style home’s chic timber and stone bathroom.

Trawling eBay to find these antique Spanish floor tiles was a real win for the bathroom within this Art Deco-style home.

Carrara marble tiles, French doors, plus a freestanding bath – there is a lot to love about this bathroom within this Victorian-era terrace.

The luxurious bathroom in this mid-century modern inspired home features an almost hidden walk-in shower that allows the lovely garden view to be fully seen and Ciottolo Grande terrazzo flooring.

Drawing on advice from interior designer Justine Hugh-Jones, Eugenie Kelly installed a double-ended freestanding bath, positioned under an arched window, with white tiled walls and marble hexagonal floor tiles in her beautiful Arts and Crafts-style home.

A fireplace is a great talking point in this light-filled bathroom within a century-old home.

Fittings with a 1920s feel connect a new bathroom to this period cottage.

Lively green, grey and gold floor tiles are a colourful surprise in this renovated 1950s Queenslander’s charming bathroom.

This functional family home’s bathroom incorporated white tiles with black grouting as an inexpensive way to create pattern in the space.

The stylish bathroom in this Federation home in Sydney opens out onto a balcony with two French doors, creating the ultimate luxury space to relax and enjoy the world go by. “I wanted it to have a modern European and coastal Mediterranean feel,” says designer Lara Fanuli.

For the brave extension of this period home in Melbourne, the same brick flooring used outside was continued into the bathrooms. An undulating timber-batten ceiling was also continued from the main living room into the space, filling it with interesting textures.

The ensuite bathroom in stylist Steve Cordony’s sprawling country estate embraces the home’s historic story and combines oregon floorboards, antique mirrors and flowers picked straight from the garden outside. It’s the perfect blending of contemporary and traditional style.

When renowned interior designer Greg Natale first saw this apartment in a landmark building in Newcastle, he describes how its white bathrooms were crying out for a “pick-me-up”. Now, a Liano freestanding bath sits on Greg’s own ‘Marmoll Rubato’ floor tiles from Teranova.