All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Looking for bathroom remodel ideas? (Of course you are, that’s why you’re here!) Whether you’re making small upgrades, going for a full overhaul, or just daydreaming from your desk, a bathroom renovation can make a big difference in the feel of your home (and your skin care routine). So it’s no wonder that along with the kitchen, this practical space often takes top priority when it comes time to remodel. But choosing a brand-new look isn’t always easy, so we’ve gathered an array of bathroom decor ideas from top designers and the hallowed pages of AD for inspiring ideas for your own renovation. This includes relaxing tubs, glamorous vanities, and sleek showers. From crisp and approachable to luxurious and extra, see stylish spaces that mid-afternoon daydreams are made of.Bathroom: Robert Peterson1/57Create an archwayArchitectural details always make a big impact. A bathroom archway, like the one in this space by Copper Sky Design + Remodel, feels delightfully spa-like. “Adding an archway to a shower like this is an unexpected touch that brings extra charm and character to the space,” says Micaela Quinton, the director of design at Copper Sky.Photo: Christopher Delaney2/57Consider your detailsAs seen in this bathroom designed by Doreen Chambers, thoughtfulness about small details like hardware and linens is one way to add interest to a bathroom design without making it too busy. “My client loves a spa environment: crisp, clean, classic with minimum embellishments,” Chambers tells AD. “The satin brass faucets, drawer pulls, sconces, and pendant light were the sparkling jewels in the crown.”Photo: Leonid Furmansky3/57Pair cork and colorIn this flexible bathroom design by Cordero Pardee, bright blue doors and cork walls combine for a lively environment. “We chose the blue as a serene counterpart to the textured cork and plywood grain. Their impact is variable,” Galen Pardee tells AD, explaining that the effect of the color depends on whether the doors are opened or closed in this adaptable bathroom design.Photo: Mike Van Tassell4/57Don’t forget to accessorizeIn the midst of larger bathroom remodel plans, it can be easy to forget about the floating elements you’ll add in once the space is finished. In this bathroom by AD PRO Directory firm Lindye Galloway Studio, a mix of pieces make all the difference in creating a cozy bathroom design. “We added the plant to bring the beautiful outdoor nature vistas inside and imbue a sense of serenity in the space,” Galloway tells AD. “The stool and towel rack add a practical yet pretty touch to the enviable standalone bathtub.”Photo: Shade Degges5/57Make a wet roomWet rooms are both functional and visually exciting, as exemplified by this bathroom design by Galloway Studio. “We wanted to create a strong focal point in this bathroom and the wet room concept brought that to life,” Galloway explains. “The white steel frame paired with the marble walls adds undeniable visual impact.”Photo: Richard Powers6/57Expand your room with a full height mirrorMany apartment dwellers know the pain of a tiny bathroom footprint. Louis Lin, founder of AD PRO Directory firm Studio Louis Lin, recommends using a double height mirror placed strategically against the wall’s edge to create the sense of more space, as he did in the pictured project. “A corner built-in vanity allows the mirror to reflect on both axes, therefore maximizing the optical illusion,” Lin tells AD. “Nevertheless, as long as the mirror is installed right against a room corner, the double-size effect can be achieved.”Photo: Austin Lei7/57Choose a warm color paletteStudio Keeta used warm tones in this bathroom to create a sense of calm. “The materials and silhouettes were selected to honor the home’s 1930s Spanish Colonial architecture,” says Studio Keeta founder Kristina Khersonsky. “The handmade terra-cotta-toned floors were selected as an homage to the home as well.”Photo: Dustin Halleck8/57Get playfulThe central goal of this bathroom remodel was to “bring some boldness to the space,” says Elizabeth Mollen, founder of AD PRO Directory firm Stone Textile Studio. With wallpaper by Counterparts Studio, custom hand-painted flooring, squiggly mirrors, and oodles more patterns, it’s safe to say the mission was accomplished.Photo: Robert Canali9/57Give it an unexpected twistVisually separating the different areas in your bathroom is one way to add an element of surprise to your bathroom remodel. Contrasting Fireclay Tile in this bathroom by Studio Anand Sheth does just that. “I love designing for discovery,” Sheth tells AD. “This bathroom’s contrasting tile in the powder room was a way to introduce that sense of play. Because the bathroom lacks natural light (a condition inherited from the original architecture), I wanted to create visual depth and movement using color.”Photo: Merissa Libbey10/57Use a wood bathtub surroundOrganic elements are essential to this bathroom design by AD PRO Directory Firm Yond Interiors. “We wanted to continue the earthy feeling that we started with in the rest of the home and wood was a natural choice,” explains founder Julia Miller. “The room has so many other hard finishes like tiles, plumbing, and stone, so we felt that adding in another wood element brought in some softness and warmth that the space needed.”Photo: Amy Bartlam11/57Center on a fireplacePerhaps not the lowest lift when it comes to bathroom remodel ideas, adding a fireplace to your primary bathroom is sure to radically shift the vibe toward relaxation. Inside actor Sam Page’s home, designed by Allie Boesch, the bathroom is pure California cool thanks to a coat of crisp white paint, but a fireplace can also lend itself to a rustic or traditional-leaning bathroom.Photo: David Krause12/57Switch your laundry and bathroomIf you’re unhappy with the location of a bathroom in your home, consider whether you’d be better off swapping it with your laundry room location. While it might not always improve the flow of your space, it may work—and it’s a lot easier than knocking down walls or eating into a different room’s footprint. This is exactly what homeowners David Krause and Ayan Chatterjee did with their bathroom remodel in upstate New York, resulting in a much happier space compared to the windowless bathroom that became the laundry room.Photo:  Marili Forastieri13/57Think creatively about natural lightIf you’re working on a full remodel, you needn’t stick too close to typical design convention. Design to your specific wants and needs in creative ways—especially when it comes to natural lighting. At fashion designer Derek Lam’s Fire Island home, designed with Neal Beckstedt, the primary bathroom walls are constructed with translucent corrugated sheets of polycarbonate plastic to let natural light in without totally ceding privacy.Photo: Nicolas Mathéus14/57Slim down the sinkIf the bath remodel you’re working on isn’t a powder room or guest bathroom, considering going for a sink that’s on the slimmer side and skipping the full bathroom vanity. When you’ll never use that space for loads of toiletries, it’ll just go to waste and is better put to use for other bathroom elements, or simply for more breathing room in the space. Extra points if you go for a built in sink, like in in this Jacques Grange–designed space.Photo: Paul Raeside15/57Combine two roomsWhen interior designer Scarlett Gowing approached this Victorian home, she took strides to respect and enliven its historical elements. But since it had been redesigned many times over, with many purposes other than that of a family home, she also needed to see through some more dramatic interventions. One of those interventions was for this bathroom, for which two tiny rooms got combined into one.Photo: Christian Harder16/57Transform a small bathroom into a big showerIf you’re blessed with extra space, turn your tiny bathroom into a massive walk-in shower. Of course this would require you to build out an adjoining additional bathroom space with a toilet, sink, and the like, but if you have the space to spare, it’s just about the most transformative change you can make. Designer Mike Moser did just this at a Greenwich, Connecticut, home, lining the walls and floor with Arabescato marble.Photo:  Matthieu Salvaing17/57Thoughtfully divide your spaceWhile you needn’t go as creative as the circular mirror that stands as a partition in this Beirut bathroom by David/Nicolas, you have the opportunity to be intentional about how your bathroom is divided during the remodeling process. Whether that means blocking off the toilet from the rest of the room or creating a distinct zone for you and your partner respectively, consider how your bathroom layout effects your everyday habits.Photo: Bruce Damonte18/57Skip the double vanityIf you’re always running out of room for toiletries, foregoing a double vanity for extra countertop space might be the move. We love the look of the primary bathroom vanity in this San Francisco home by Mork-Ulnes Architects. The sink is on the right side rather than being dead center, leaving plenty of room for makeup and skin care products to spread out.Photo: Jenna Peffley19/57Add a shower ledge or nicheShower caddies regularly disappoint and can quickly bring the sophistication level of a bathroom down, so naturally one of the sleekest bathroom remodel ideas will leave your space without a need for a caddy. Adding a shower ledge or niche, especially with the bathroom tile you’re using in the rest of the space, makes for a low-key yet still impressive space—just take a gander at this Jamie Haller–designed bathroom in Pasadena.Photo: Kyle Knodell; Styling: Jamie Perez Herrera20/57Replace the tub with a better showerIf you don’t ever use a bathtub and it’s taking up tons of your bathroom’s square footage, swap out that tub for a shower to get some of that footprint back. That’s exactly what architect Brett Masterson did in this apartment’s bathroom remodeling project, immediately upgrading the space from builder grade to bespoke with a custom marble sink and brass faucets.Photo: Shade Degges21/57Install an extra cabinetBe realistic with yourself—will your bathroom vanity drawers or shelves be enough for all of the lotions, hair products, and other toiletries you keep on hand in the bathroom? If not, work out a space in your bathroom for extra storage, and choose something that matches the color scheme of the rest of the bathroom so that the piece doesn’t look like an afterthought. Designer Huma Sulaiman decided on a green tone for the vanity and wall cabinet in this primary bathroom to bring out the greens in the J’adore quartzite of the countertops.Photo: Max Burkhalter22/57Create an unexpected tile patternThere’s a method to the madness of the black-and-white tile in Ellen Van Dusen’s bathroom. She found inspiration in the artist François Morellet, who “made these red-and-blue checker paintings where he went through the phone book and assigned a color to even numbers and a color to odd numbers to create a totally randomized pattern. I decided to do that with my bathroom using the phone numbers of my friends and family.” The black shower head disappears into the tiling, while the overall wall and floor tile cohesion provides a sense of immersion.Photo: Tash McCammon23/57Pick moody blue tonesAmong the best of the best bathroom inspiration, Matiya Marovich carried the Art Deco vibes all the way into this stunner of a space. He carried through the same blue tile used in the kitchen and dining rooms, and the curved mirror picks up a shape found throughout the home.Photo: Oberto Gili24/57Go grandThe high-end primary bath of a Minneapolis home designed by Michael S. Smith shimmers with antique-mirror panels and a ceiling silver-leafed by artisan Maureen Lyttle; the chandelier is a circa-1930 design by Elsa Schiaparelli for Baguès, and the tub fittings are by P. E. Guerin.Photo: Kyle Knodell25/57Pattern aplentyNikki Cannon’s tiny bathroom remodel proves that you don’t need tons of space to add personality to a less-than-palatial bathroom. Her before and after is basically an ode to finding the right wallpaper, in her case Rifle Paper Co.’s gold pineapple print, and making it sing. If you’re going to go for subway tile as Nikki did, be sure to use black grout for the classic dimensional look.26/57Keep it spaciousThe primary bath of a New Jersey estate renovated by architect Annabelle Selldorf and designer Matthew Frederick contains a Mies van der Rohe chair by Knoll and a tub filler by Boffi.

If you've suddenly recieved an invite to a beta test for The Witcher 4 and have been telling all of your mates about it, I've got bad news. CD Projekt has just warned fans about a beta test scam that's going around, with folks being offered phony opportunities to play the game early. Read more

Oh, Jimmy...We all know just how influential EarthBound is at this point. Despite initially underselling and putting people off with weird marketing campaigns, the game (and, in turn, series) is one of the most beloved games on the SNES. So it's no wonder that EarthBound-inspired games are a dime a dozen.Here's one that may have flown under the radar for many, however — Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass from solo developer Kasey Ozymy, a "guy from Texas" who loves Japanese and Japanese-style RPGs. His debut game, made entirely in RPG Maker, launched on Steam and itch.io in August 2018. And now, Ozymy's studio, Starseed Games, is partnering with publisher Electric Airship to bring the turn-based RPG to all consoles, including Switch.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

In Brief Posted: 1:27 PM PDT · April 16, 2025 Image Credits:David Paul Morris/Bloomberg / Getty Images Zuckerberg: Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted $6B buyout offer During Meta’s antitrust trial this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted his company’s offer to buy the social network back in 2013, Business Insider reports. Court documents revealed that Meta, then called Facebook, offered to buy Snapchat for $6 billion (reports at the time said that the dollar amount was $3 billion). In response to questioning from an FTC attorney, Zuckerberg said he thought Snapchat “wasn’t growing at the potential that it could” and that his company would have improved the app. “For what it’s worth, I think if we would have bought them, we would have accelerated their growth, but that’s just speculation,” Zuckerberg testified. The government brought up the failed acquisition attempt to support its argument that Meta aims to preserve its dominance in the social media landscape by acquiring rivals, rather than competing with them directly. The FTC is looking to force Meta to restructure or sell Instagram and WhatsApp, arguing that the company spent billions to acquire the apps to fend off Facebook competitors, creating an illegal monopoly. Topics

Breakdown & Showreels Godzilla x Kong – The New Empire: Skar King’s Arena by Weta FX By Vincent Frei - 16/04/2025 From glowing lava flows to epic creature clashes, Weta FX shares how they built the massive subterranean arena at the core of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Watch the making-of and witness the scale behind the spectacle! WANT TO KNOW MORE?Weta FX: Dedicated page about Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire on Weta FX website.Kevin Smith and Ludovic Chailloleau: Here’s my interview of Kevin Smith (Overall VFX Supervisor) and Ludovic Chailloleau (Animation Supervisor) – Weta FX.Alessandro Ongaro: Here’s my interview of Production VFX Supervisor Alessandro Ongaro. © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2025

It’s been two years since David Chipperfield Architects (DCA) carefully restored Venice’s Procuratie in Piazza San Marco, a 16th-century landmark featured in far too many photographs to count. Denise Scott Brown’s pigeons come to mind. Ahead of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, San Marco Art Centre (SMAC)—a new institution at the intersection of visual arts, architecture, fashion, technology, and film—has moved into the old decorated shed’s second floor. SMAC’s 10,700-square-foot location in the Procuratie has sixteen galleries within the building originally attributed to Mauro Codussi, Bartolomeo Bon, and Jacopo Sansovino, later renovated by DCA. Today, Procuratie is owned by Generali Real Estate, which hired David Chipperfield Architects to renovate Procuratie and now leases space to SMAC. “SMAC fills a gap in Venice’s rich cultural landscape. We focus on content that sheds light on the unexpected, that challenges conventions and poses rigorous questions,” SMAC cofounders Anna Bursaux, David Gramazio, and David Hrankovic said in a statement. Renaissance-era beams were left exposed. (Adriano Mura/Courtesy Generali Real Estate) Sixteen galleries flank off a 260-foot corridor. (Andrea Artoni/Courtesy Generali Real Estate) “We are a spontaneous and experimental organisation, testing traditional models of arts institutions and exhibition making,” SMAC’s cofounders added. “We welcome collaboration, providing institutions, artists, and creative practitioners with a platform in Venice. We believe that the arts open new possibilities for human co-existence and allow for cities and communities to thrive.” SMAC’s sixteen galleries are arranged along a 260-feet corridor, whose details were revived by DCA, albeit instilled with a contemporary vision. The walls are clad in light grey Venetian marmorino made of crushed marble. The floors are white terrazzo. The enfilade’s original doors were preserved, while some Renaissance-era beams were left exposed. SMAC’s museum quality conditions and full climate and humidity control will help conserve this historic architecture. Modern circulation weaves the historic spaces. (Alessandra Chemollo/Courtesy The Human Safety Net) The venue has 15-foot ceiling heights and 58 windows in total which overlook Piazza San Marco. Visitors enter SMAC through a private courtyard, Corte Maruzzi, which guides visitors to a new, monumental staircase designed by Chipperfield. On the second floor, aside from the galleries, there are two event rooms with Napoleonic-era frescoes, where exhibition partners, curators, and the general public will coalesce. Coinciding with the Biennale, SMAC’s inaugural programming will feature two solo exhibitions one on Harry Seidler, an Australian modern architect; and another on Jung Youngsun, a Korean landscape designer. On May 8, San Marco Art Centre and The World Around will host a symposium about the future of contemporary architecture.

The Westminster Meetinghouse (aka the Westminster Congregational Church) was built in 1770 by Canterbury, Connecticut residents who in the 1760s, created a separate religious jurisdiction, the Westminster Society, due to their reluctance to travel long distances to Canterbury village for required religious services. Local resident John Parks donated land to be used as a public green, as well as a site for a cemetery and this meetinghouse. Sherebiah Butts, captain of the local militia, was engaged as master builder and architect, who along with his sons and other helpers, constructed the church by 1770. The original church, originally a square-plan meetinghouse, initially faced east, but was rotated to face south by around 1840, when the entire structure was remodelled in the prevailing Greek Revival style. The church is said to be one of the oldest continually utilized meetinghouses in Connecticut.

In the wake of the abrupt termination of the Mitre contract to run CVE Programme, a group of vulnerability experts and members of Mitre’s existing CVE Board have launched a new non-profit with the intention of safeguarding the programme’s future. The CVE Foundation’s founders want to ensure the continuity, viability and stability of the 25-year-old CVE Programme, which up to today (April 16) has been operated as a US government-funded initiative, with oversight and management provided by Mitre under contract. Even reckoning without the impact of Mitre’s loss of the CVE programme contract – which is one of a number of Mitre-held government contracts axed in recent weeks – and has already led to layoffs at the DC-area contractor – the CVE Board members say they already had longstanding concerns about the sustainability and neutrality of such a globally relied-upon resource being tied to a single government. Their concerns became suddenly heightened after a letter from Mitre’s Yosry Barsoum warning that the CVE Programme was under threat circulated this week. “CVE, as a cornerstone of the global cyber security ecosystem, is too important to be vulnerable itself,” said Kent Landfield, an officer of the foundation. “Cyber security professionals around the globe rely on CVE identifiers and data as part of their daily work – from security tools and advisories to threat intelligence and response. Without CVE, defenders are at a massive disadvantage against global cyber threats.” The founders said that while they hoped today would never come, they have spent the past year working diligently in the background to create a strategy to transition the CVE system into a dedicated, independent non-profit. Unlike Mitre – originally a computer research spin-out at MIT in Boston that now operates multiple R&D efforts – the CVE Foundation will be solely dedicated to delivering high-quality vulnerability identification, and maintaining the integrity and availability of the existing CVE Programme database on behalf of security professionals worldwide. The foundation says its official launch marks a “major step toward eliminating a single point of failure in the vulnerability management ecosystems” and safeguarding the programme’s reputation as a trusted, community-driven resource. “For the international cyber security community, this move represents an opportunity to establish governance that reflects the global nature of today’s threat landscape,” the founders said. Although at the time of writing the CVE Programme remains up and running, with new commits made to its GitHub in the past hours, reaction to the contract’s cancellation has been swift and scathing. “With 25 years of consistent public funding, the CVE framework is embedded into security programmes, vendor feeds, and risk assessment workflows,” said Tim Grieveson, CSO and executive vice-president at ThingsRecon, an attack surface discovery specialist. “Without it, we risk breaking the common language that keeps security teams aligned to identify and address vulnerabilities effectively. “Delays in sharing vulnerability data would increase response times and give threat actors the upper hand,” he added. “With regulations like SEC, NIS2, and Dora demanding real-time risk visibility, a lack of understanding of risk exposure and any delayed response could seriously hinder the ability to react effectively.” To maintain existing levels of resilience in the face of the shutdown, it’s important for security leaders to ensure organisations have a clear understanding of their attack surface and their suppliers, said Grieveson. Added to this, collaboration and information sharing in the security community will become even more essential than it already is. Read more on this story Mitre, the operator of the world-renowned CVE repository, has warned of significant impacts to global cyber security standards, and increased risk from threat actors, as it emerges its US government contract will lapse imminently. Chris Burton, head of professional services at Yorkshire-based penetration testing and security services provider Pentest People, said he hoped cooler heads would prevail. “It’s completely understandable there are concerns about the government pulling funding for the Mitre CVE Programme; it’s a troubling development for the security industry,” he said. “If the issue is purely financial, crowdfunding could offer a viable path forward, rallying public support for a project many believe in,” added Burton. “If it’s operational, there may be an opportunity for a dedicated community board to step in and lead. “Either way, this isn’t the end, it’s a chance to rethink and reimagine. Let’s not panic just yet; there are still options on the table, as a global community. I think we should see how this unfolds.” At a more practical level, Grieveson shared some additional steps for security teams to take right now: Map internal tooling dependencies on CVE feeds and APIs to know what breaks should the database go dark; Identify alternative sources to maintain vulnerability intelligence, focusing on context, business impact and proximity to ensure comprehensive coverage of threats, whether they be current, emerging or historic; Accelerate cross-industry intelligence sharing to proactively leverage tactics, tools and threat actor data.

Expired US government funding nearly disrupted this global security system. How can we prevent this from happening again in 11 months?

The fifth annual Gayming Awards, which will be broadcast on July 8, has a strong selection of indies, as well as plenty of triple-A favorites.