For the boy’s bathroom, I wanted something fun and masculine.  Not young kiddish but something that they will enjoy having for years to come.  So, I let them help make a lot of design decisions with me.  (By this I mean, I listened to their likes and dislikes and found options that I approved of.  Then I let them pick from there.)  My husband and the boys both loved all of the matte black options, and they are sleek, so I didn’t mind.

So, I started my design for the boys bathroom from a picture that I saw that had a dark blue vanity. I really liked it.  The picture had a white hexagon tile floor with black grout that was really neat looking.  So, I started off with a hexagon theme.  However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I did not want a tile floor in their bathroom.  The thought of cleaning grout around a teenage boy’s toilet was just a big no-no.  I decided to carry the Luxury Vinyl Plank through their bathroom as well.

The hexagons were still a fun accent, so I wanted to incorporate them somehow.  I ended up adding them to the cabinet knobs and the shower curtain.  (I love it, but if someday hexagons make me feel the way my old gold toilet did, they are things that can be easily changed.)

For the cabinetry color we chose to go with Sherwin Williams Indigo Baltic.  Storage is important in a bathroom and having two boys share a space, it was necessary that they each had their own area within the space.  So, I put the sink in the middle and each boy got three drawers on either side of the sink.  

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Just like in my bathroom, I wanted to go with a one piece top but have it multi colored so I ordered Corian again.  I wanted a light concrete gray color with white sink.  When we were at the countertop store, I had narrowed my decision down to two options.  I showed the boys and they both immediately picked the same one (which was the opposite of what I was leaning toward) and so we went with it.  I mean if they can agree on something, then it’s a win for me. We chose the Delta Arvo faucet in black (I have the same model in nickel in my bathroom).

For the vanity light, we kept with the black and found some square glass with slightly rounded corners.

We chose a Black framed mirror with rounded corners that complimented the look.

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I found the neatest toilet paper holder. Instead of that spring holder that you have to get in just right, this one has a bar that just lifts up and you drop it on. Then you put it back down and it is held in place. It is pretty fabulous!  (I have the same one in nickel in my bathroom.) There was a matching towel bar available.

We went with the pull-down cellular shade in blue for the window.

And I love our stone bath mat. Not water everywhere or soggy towels and rugs. These things are great. I have one in all of our bathrooms.

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For this next detail you have to understand that I spent a lot of time thinking and rethinking every detail of my house.  I knew how my kids seem totally content to live in a disaster zone.  So, I spent time trying to figure out how I could make it as easy as possible for them to keep things cleaned up.  I got to thinking about how houses used to have laundry chutes.  Having my laundry upstairs didn’t make this seem necessary but it did spark a thought. My laundry room is on the other side of the wall to the boy’s bathroom.  Instead of a laundry chute, I decided to add a laundry pass through. The boys open their cabinet door and drop their clothes in, and that’s it.  When it’s time for me to do laundry, I have a drawer that opens in my laundry room, and I can pull out all of the laundry.  It’s fabulous!  (When they remember to use it.  Ugh.  I really do try.)  

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They boys wanted a tub/shower combo, so we went with a fiberglass model of that. They picked out a bathtub/shower faucet from the Delta Modern 14 Series that they liked the first time that they went to the hardware store.  And they stuck to their choice every time we looked.  It actually worked out perfect with all of the other rounded corners that I picked out.  

Note: This is the story of my decisions for designing our new house. I have listed many of the products and design choices that I have chosen because I find it so annoying to find something that I like and then am never able to find out what it was. So I have decided to use all of the work that I have done to share my story and hopefully help you make some of your own decisions. I wanted to give you a resource I wish I had. Happy Planning!

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