10 Great Bathrooms for Teens

Anyone who has gotten into a spat over a borrowed comb or sink passage knows that a well-thought-out design helps maintain family harmony. For example, ample storage space and good circulation are essential for bathrooms used by siblings, and they are also appreciated by singles who love products. But functionality isn’t everything, especially if your goal is to create a space for your child that they will enjoy as they grow into young adults. If you’re creating a brand new bathroom for your growing child, take inspiration from these 10 young and sophisticated bathrooms designed for teens.

1. Blue for two people

Teenage girls and their mothers collaborated with interior designer Sabrina Alfin to create a classic yet fresh look for this San Francisco bathroom. This 100-square-foot space features a bathtub, a separate toilet (the sisters’ lifesaver when they’re ready for school), a shower with a 24 x 15-inch alcove, and a spacious custom vanity.

Painted in Benjamin Moore Kensington blue and topped with durable quartz similar to Calacatta marble, this dresser offers each teenager their own sink and drawer, two of which have sockets for hairdressing utensils.

Classic white metro and mini mosaic herringbone tiles and vintage-inspired lighting and fixtures give the room a timeless look, while a basket of impregnated plants, impregnated stools and a bathroom mat with pom-pom tassels on the walls add a youthful touch.

2. Top Up

When the two tall boys grew up and their attic bathroom was no longer enough for them, the owner of a Texas cottage-style bungalow raised the roof to create the fun 147-square-foot bathroom pictured here. Shea Pumarejo, a designer at Younique Designs, kept the house’s cabin style and coastal theme and freely added color, starting with the wooden tiles that covered the backsplash and the coordinated colored ceiling. The steam-canister fixtures, including the sconces between the mirrors, are one of the many coastal-style details in the room – other details include the stacked walls and showers (not visible here) and porthole-shaped windows on the doors. Also not shown in the picture are a toilet hidden behind a pony wall and ample built-in storage that harmonizes with the white freestanding double vanity.

3. Vintage Vibes

Designer Sarah Kraus Bartelson transformed the 40-square-foot guest bathroom of her home in Winter Park, Florida, into this retro industrial-style bathroom for her 13-year-old stepson and occasional visitors. The update included the installation of a new 30 x 60-inch white alcove acrylic tub and a vintage-style sink with brushed nickel faucets on a custom wooden vanity. Two oversized alcoves above and next to the sink and another alcove on the shower wall of the bathtub provide much-needed surface area and storage space for toiletries.

Maintaining a white and gray color scheme, Kraus covered the shower walls and floor with 8 x 8-inch glazed tiles that mimicked the look of traditional handmade cement tiles, and supported the niches with coordinated mini mosaic marble tiles. Matte black plumbing fixtures and warm wood accents complete the cool look approved by teenagers.

4. Soft and Subtle

A teenager in the Milwaukee area is the muse of this beautiful 60-square-foot bathroom. These “artists” are her parents, architect Cleve Brakefield and designer Megan Brakefield. Blackfield Design Collective. Megan designed (Clive made plans) a two-sink dresser, painted by Sherwin Williams in an unusual grey, half of which can only be seen here. It features a dresser area in its center, as well as recessed doors with a distinctive arched profile. The countertops are marble-like quartz in harmony with the marble hexagonal tile floor, and the hardware and frames are classic polished nickel.

Opposite the vanity is a shower bathtub combination with glass doors and glazed tiles in the style of white Zeliger, and the toilet is located next to the vanity. The walls (simple beige by Sherwin-Williams) and accessories are slightly pink. This color, combined with the gray-green paint of the vanity, gives the bathroom a soft, somewhat retro look, perfect for 14-year-olds, but sophisticated enough for users of any age.

5. Traditional and shiny tweens

For this New Jersey bathroom, two tween girls crave sparkle and fun. Their parents wanted to stay true to their home’s Victorian architecture. Compromise: Miriam Silver Verga, interior designer at Mimi & Hill Interiors, opted for classic and neutral permanent elements such as double vanities with Shaker-style doors and Calacatta marble countertops and backsplashes. Then, she experimented with elements that were easier to change, including gleaming chandeliers, oversized plexiglass cabinet knobs and Rebecca Atwood’s lush botanical print wallpaper.

Verga also replaced the bathtub shower combination with a large corner shower with a frameless clear glass enclosure and a spacious alcove. It’s not a glittering chandelier, but the girls will probably appreciate it as they grow.

6. Black, White, Bold

Sandwiched between the boys’ bedroom and guest room, this transitional bathroom in Dallas needed space for two people and a cool, approachable style. The kitchen design concept presents all this in timeless black and white tones.

The 66-inch-wide freestanding vanity cabinet features recessed doors and a 3 cm thick quartz countertop. Throughout, the designers used Carrara white and black marquina marble tiles: the accent wall was a 6-inch hexagonal black and white mix. Luxurious gold fixtures and hardware add to the glamour.

7. In the Jungle

The couple had several requirements for remodeling Seattle’s bathroom, including keeping the existing bathtub, toilet, and flooring intact; Two sinks were installed in the space of two teenage children; And an alcove is integrated into the shower area. Their aesthetic goals were less modest: they wanted a fun and sophisticated look with a theme of African wildlife.

Ellen Weiss Design achieved their goal by adding a number of additional amenities, including a quartz-topped wooden vanity with two undermount sinks, giraffe print tiles, elephant pattern artwork, and alcoves that extend the full width of the shower. As a bonus, the original unused built-in medicine cabinet is now open storage, adding more counter space and colorful jungle print wallpaper.

8. Gorgeous Farmhouses Thrive

The interior designer designed another bathroom for her children with a green and pink color scheme and gave it a retro farmhouse feel. Bobby Jo Engelby designed a waterfall (Sherwin-Williams) for his 16-year-old daughter’s home in the Charleston, South Carolina area, topped with a container sink and warm poplar countertops. driftwood veneer, then a whimsical faux fur stool with acrylic legs was added.

Mint green paint on the walls (Brilliant Chandelier, Clark + Kensington), glass floral sconces, antique mirrors, and cabinetry with bamboo details add to the vintage feel. Engelby installed subway tiles up to the height of the chair railing, which extended to the large walk-in shower behind the far wall.

9. Colorful Classics

The star of this 91-square-foot children’s bathroom in Greenville, South Carolina is the Envy custom quartz-top vanity cabinet painted by Sherwin-Williams. Homeowner Cathleen Seay and her sister collaborated with architect Kirsten Schoettelkotte of Tindall Architecture Workshop to design the space for Seay’s 16-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son. They started with classic permanent fixtures, such as vanities and basket tile floors. They then got creative with the décor, combining high and low with details such as colorful Mansure & Co. interiors on window seats, vintage French enamel coat hooks, and affordable bamboo shutters.

10. Refreshing and Clean

In San Francisco, Hideaki Kawato (lead designer and project manager) and Stephen Shoup (principal) of the Architecture Lab transformed a dark, outdated bathroom into a bright, efficient full bathroom for the three brothers (ages 11,14, and 16) to use a wall-hung dual-flush toilet (not shown here) and a sleek floating custom vanity topped with a solid surface material called Krion, complete with two integrated trough sinks to create a clean, Airy feel. Blue 8-inch square terrazzo tiles from France add a subtle sheen, and translucent satin-etched glass windows behind cabinets and a new horizontal skylight above the vanity bathe the room in natural light. The room not only has a beautiful appearance, but is also equipped with practical new features. These include hinged glass shower doors, shower-width alcoves, sliding hand-held shower heads that can accommodate users of different heights, and a pull-out laundry box in one of the vanities.