Interior Design Studio · Serving Seattle
Bathroom Remodel Design in Seattle, WA
NU Curations designs bathroom remodels for Seattle homeowners: layout, tile, vanities, and lighting composed as one calm, cohesive room and documented so your licensed contractor can build it exactly as designed.
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A bathroom concentrates more decisions per square foot than any other room in the house: tile on three planes, stone, plumbing fixtures, lighting, storage, and hardware, all visible at once. When those choices are made one at a time, the room reads as busy. When they are designed as a single composition, even a compact Seattle bathroom feels calm and considered.
Our Seattle projects, including Queen Anne Crestside and Seattle Townhouse, include bathrooms designed exactly this way: every tile layout drawn, every fixture specified, before demolition ever starts.
What our bathroom remodel design service includes
Bathrooms are small rooms with big decision density: tile, stone, plumbing fixtures, lighting, and storage all in a few square feet. We design the whole room as one composition before anything is demolished.
Layout & space planning
Vanity placement, shower and tub configuration, and storage planned around how the room is actually used, from busy family baths to calm primary suites.
Tile & stone design
Floor, wall, and shower tile selected and laid out with intention: patterns, transitions, and niches drawn before the tile setter starts.
Vanity & fixture selections
Vanities, sinks, faucets, shower systems, and hardware specified as a cohesive set, with finishes that hold up to daily use.
Lighting & mirrors
Flattering, functional light at the mirror plus ambient layers that make the room feel considered rather than clinical.
Contractor coordination
We prepare the drawings and specifications your licensed contractor builds from, and stay available for design questions during construction.
Styling & finishing
Towels, art, and finishing details layered in after construction so the room feels finished on day one.
Bathroom design from our Seattle-area projects
How much does a bathroom remodel cost in Seattle?
Seattle-area remodelers publish fairly consistent ranges, with local construction costs running roughly 15 to 25% above national averages. Most bathroom projects land in one of three tiers:
Refresh
$15,000 to $30,000
Keep the layout, update the finishes: new vanity, tile, lighting, and fixtures that transform the room without moving plumbing.
Full remodel
$30,000 to $55,000
A gut renovation of a full bath with a new tile shower, vanity, flooring, and lighting, typically within the existing footprint.
Primary suite
$60,000 to $95,000+
Primary-bath level scope: custom tile work, heated floors, a freestanding tub, and layout changes that turn the room into a retreat.
Ranges reflect construction market costs paid to your licensed contractor, based on published Seattle-area remodeler guides; design fees are quoted separately after consultation. Older homes can surface discovery conditions that affect construction budgets.
How a bathroom remodel design project works
Our process is designed to replace uncertainty with momentum, whether you are refreshing a hall bath or building out a primary suite.
- 1
Start with a consultation
We learn who uses the bathroom, what is not working, and what you want the room to feel like.
- 2
Get a clear design direction
We shape the layout, tile, fixtures, and lighting into one cohesive plan, refined with your feedback.
- 3
Hand off a buildable plan
Your licensed contractor receives complete drawings and selections, so bids are accurate and construction starts with clarity.
- 4
See it through with confidence
We stay involved through construction questions and finishing details so the built result matches the design.
Why Seattle homeowners choose NU Curations
Most of Seattle's beloved older homes were not built for the way we bathe now. Craftsman-era houses in Wallingford, Ballard, and Ravenna often came with a single compact bathroom, and the postwar ramblers of View Ridge and Wedgwood still carry their original mid-century baths, sometimes tile and all, sixty years on. The design challenge is rarely square footage you don't have; it is making every inch of the footprint you do have work harder: smarter vanity storage, a shower that replaces a little-used tub, lighting that flatters instead of glares.
Seattle's newer townhouses pose the opposite problem: bathrooms that are efficient but characterless. There, tile, stone, and lighting choices are what turn a builder-grade box into a room with a point of view.
We design both. Queen Anne Crestside includes a green-marble primary bath and a mural-wrapped powder room; the Timara House bath pairs a freestanding tub with floor-to-ceiling tile. Each was drawn and specified completely before construction, which is exactly what we would do for your home.
Neighborhoods we serve
- Ballard
- Wallingford
- Queen Anne
- Capitol Hill
- Green Lake
- Ravenna
- View Ridge
- West Seattle
Client Experience
“My wife and I enjoyed working with Neha. She was able to take the vision we had in our head and turn it into reality! She was very easy to work with and had great ideas we never imagined before. We are so happy with the finished product and would definitely work with her again!”
Erik, NU Curations Client
Bathroom Remodel Design across the Seattle area
Frequently Asked Questions
Based on ranges published by Seattle-area remodelers, a finish-level refresh typically runs $15,000 to $30,000, a full remodel $30,000 to $55,000, and a primary-suite renovation $60,000 to $95,000 or more. Those are construction costs paid to your contractor; design fees are quoted separately.
Roughly ten to twenty weeks end to end: design and selections take about four to eight weeks, and construction runs from three to four weeks for a cosmetic update to six to ten weeks when the layout changes. Tile and fixture lead times are usually the pacing item, which is why we finalize selections before demolition.
Usually, yes. Continuous tile, a wall-hung or light-legged vanity, a glass shower panel instead of a curtain, larger-format mirrors, and layered lighting all visually expand a compact bath. We design those moves as a set, so the room feels intentional rather than tricked out.
All of them. Recent NU Curations projects sit in Queen Anne, Ballard, and central Seattle, and we regularly work with homeowners in Wallingford, Green Lake, Ravenna, Capitol Hill, View Ridge, and West Seattle.
No. NU Curations is an interior design studio, and construction is performed by your licensed general contractor. We design the bathroom, document every selection, and coordinate with your contractor so the build matches the plan. If you do not have a contractor yet, we are happy to work alongside the one you choose.
Permitting is managed by your licensed contractor as part of construction. Our role is to provide the design documentation and selections your contractor works from, and to keep the design intent intact through the permitting and building process.
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