Room for the Chaise

• Some bungalow bathrooms are anything but cozy. The rooms are as spacious as large bedrooms, and the tub gets lost in the drafty expanse. Add a dreamy wicker chaise to a too-large bungalow bath for an instant resort. The chaise is the ideal spot for relaxing with a mud pack, soaking up the steam for a hot bath or tossing a robe. A detailed Victorian-style chaise is complemented by old-fashioned tile, milk glass wall sconces and a big porcelain pedestal sink.
  
  

Heavenly Spa

• Turn the unused space in the attic into an extra bedroom and a spa bathroom with a soaking tub. A rainfall shower head fits in the peak of a gable, and tile halfway up the wall protects the wood frame from moisture. A skylight in the roof over the tub would be a nice touch for this upstairs bath. Most original bungalow bathrooms are charming and old-fashioned with showers or vintage tubs. While the downstairs bath remains a period piece, the new attic spa becomes a garden getaway in the sky with the addition of a few steam-loving ferns and all that light.
  
  

Clever Corner

• A custom cabinet might be just the thing to take advantage of an odd layout in a small bathroom. If a big vintage sink is tucked under a window, have a cabinet built to fit into the corner beside it with a tri-fold mirror that spans the corner and hugs the walls above the cabinet. There's room for the toothpaste and other grooming supplies and cosmetics in the cabinet. The three mirrors bounce lots of light from the window around the room and are close enough to the sink to be useful. Flank the corner cabinet with bright wall sconces to illuminate the mirror at night and on overcast days.
  
  

Painted Lady

• A Victorian bathroom treatment in a bungalow is slightly kitschy with a sense of humor and lots of luxurious touches like deep-red plush towels. Plain white subway tile nearly two-thirds of the way up the wall is topped with a border of elaborately painted tile and a pale matte wall. A freestanding claw-foot tub has a brass rim, old-time open shower plumbing with a shower head and no curtain or enclosure. The double sink sits in a marble slab on curvy metal legs and a pier glass mirror with dark mahogany frame hangs over the sink. The room cries out for an ornate chandelier that works on a dimmer.The rest of the furniture in the room is similar dark wood: a small chest to hold soaps and supplies, topped by a bowl and pitcher; a three-legged stool with turned legs to hold bath towels; a miniature bentwood rocker for decoration; corner shelves for collectibles; and framed sepia-toned prints hung above the tiles.