Bathrooms: Designs for Living

by Wanda Jankowski

From the humblest pint-sized powder room to extravagant spaces equipped with saunas, jacuzzis, and exercise equipment, bathrooms are at the very core of any home. Not just a functional space designed to accommodate tasks associated with hygiene and grooming, today's bathroom is a haven, a respite from a hectic world. " Designs for Living" is bursting with ideas for enhancing the beauty and efficiency of every bathroom, in every size, for every budget. Whether you're planning a full-scale remodeling job or just looking for a simple solution to update the look of the room, this volume provides pages upon pages of creative solutions. Inside you will find helpful tips decorating with paint and wallpaperchoosing surface materials such as marble, tile, or granite to set a mood in your bathroomfurnishing and accessorizing your spacestorage for baths of every sizelighting techniquesworking with a professional bathroom designerdesigning a child's bathroomadvances in technology, an

176 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1997

About the author

Wanda Jankowski is well known to many in the lighting and interior design, and architecture fields. She has been editor-in-chief of Architectural Lighting magazine since 1989. From 1980 to 1985 she was editor-in-chief of Lighting Design + Application magazine and the Journal of IES, both publications of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). Prior to that she held various editorial positions with the Society and served as staff coordinator for the International Illumination Design Awards Program.

Ms. Jankowski holds a BA from St. Joseph's College and an MA from St. John's University. She has published several books with PBC International including Kitchens and Baths (1993), Designing With Light: Residential Interiors (1991) and The Best of Lighting Design (1987). Ms. Jankowski has authored articles for magazines and newspapers on a variety of subjects, including light, and she is a member of the Authors Guild.


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