The Ultimate Bath by Barbara Sallick

I bought this while planning a bathroom redo and ended up reading it cover to cover before I'd picked a single tile. Sallick walks through layout and function the same way she does style, which helped me figure out where the towel bars and lighting actually needed to go.

The photography alone is worth it—I've been flipping through the tile and fixture spreads for inspiration before we even start renovating. Sallick's layouts are practical too, not just pretty rooms, and the section on lighting finally made me rethink our windowless guest bath.

The photography alone is worth it—I keep it on the coffee table and flip through the tile and fixture spreads for inspiration. Sallick covers practical layout stuff too, not just pretty rooms, so I actually used a few ideas in our bathroom redo.