Jordan’s rare clients who request the open concept most often reference a hotel they stayed in as inspiration. It can be a bit jarring to use the bathroom without privacy, and that’s been the biggest barrier for people to overcome.” “Many people have opted for open concept design in rooms like the kitchen, but we haven’t seen that as much with the bathroom. Jon Jordan, certified contractor and owner of Evergreen Home Exteriors & Remodeling in Tacoma, WA confirms the sentiment: Since bathrooms are often deal breakers or makers, buyers apprehensive to combine private spaces will give homes with this trend a quick pass. Tasker, who sells 71% more homes than the average Milwaukee agent, has encountered several listings with open-concept suites in the past couple of years, all of which spent an above-average time on the market.Įven when perfectly executed, which becomes more difficult at lower budgets, open concept bathrooms reduce privacy to a level few people can willingly commit to. I don’t know it just doesn’t seem normal to me.” “I think whoever designed it thought it was a great idea and I just don’t think it was. They said, “it feels like we’re in a motel,” Tasker shares. “I showed one like that in the spring in a higher-priced house, and the people did think it was odd. Top Milwaukee real estate agent Pat Tasker doesn’t believe so. Here the trend faces the ultimate litmus test for mainstream adoption: Will the everyday homeowner embrace the open concept bathroom as seen on Houzz? Open concept bathrooms trial in America’s suburbsĪs with many trends that start in NYC’s upper crust lofts and Hampton retreats, open concept bathroom design has gradually spread into American suburbs. “It was that whole idea of transporting someone and telling a story and transplanting you to another place and another experience,” Shaw comments. It was very zen and it had the Buddha head,” recalls Shaw.Īmong those fortunate enough to participate in the travel boom of the 1990s, the owner had experienced open concept design abroad and wanted to bring a piece back home. And it was the first time I saw an open concept bathroom, in a relatively small New York apartment in a fabulous building. “I was invited to a party in this lovely building, a famous building in the East Village called the Christodora on Avenue B that faces Thompson Square Park and that’s where David Bowie and Iman used to live and Moby lived there. Shaw, whose portfolio includes commercial spaces for illustrious record labels like Island, Def Jam, and Universal Music Group, along with a multitude of moguls’ private homes, first remembers seeing open concept bathrooms crop up on home soil in the private residences of Manhattan’s globetrotting, Jivamukti yoga-loving urbanites. “You would see it if you were going to a beautiful spa in the Maldives, but you wouldn’t necessarily see it anywhere in New York in the early 90s.” Image Source: (Quang Nguyen Vinh / Pexels) I used to spend a lot of time in Costa Rica and that idea of an indoor-outdoor bathroom is just part of the vernacular there,” shares Jessica Shaw, Director of Interior Design at The Turett Collaborative. “Where we first started seeing it was in other countries. These elite hotels, however, were not the first to pioneer the open-concept bathroom. From the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas to the Waldorf Hilton in London to the Renaissance Capital Hotel Beijing, guests experienced unified spaces with mixed reactions, depending on their relationship to their travel companion. The open concept bathroom began to draw media attention in the late 2000s as cosmopolitan hotels across the globe fashioned rooms with baths and showers visible from the bed. Source: (Jermaine Ee / Unsplash) Open concept travels from spas abroad to elite Manhattan abodes In conversation with design experts, we’ll explore the origin of the open concept bathroom trend and its recent foray into primary residences across America. Scroll through the comments of any article discussing the trend and you’ll find a heavily skewed ratio between the appreciative and the repulsed. Last year, Elle Decor listed open concept design master suites as a top trend in 2019, celebrating the convergence of the shower, tub, and yes, even the toilet into the bedroom.īut the design remains controversial when it comes to real world livability.
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