Does Anyone Actually Like the Peekaboo Bathroom Trend?
The Sanderson Hotel, London. Call us old-fashioned, but we’re still not at peace with the whole peekaboo-bathroom thing. As the NY Times also mentioned recently, the idea of having a shower, bathtub or even a toilet that’s viewable from the rest of your hotel room is just not everybody’s idea of a great design trend. The NYT article mentions the Hotel Le Germain in Toronto as one voyeuristic bathroom culprit. In this case, there are blinds to cover the glass wall of the shower but you can’t operate them from inside the stall so if you’re not prepared in advance, your bathing habits will be exposed for your companion (who, in the NYT’s case, was a 26-year-old woman’s father. Eek). Apparently designers think they’re doing us a big favor by upsizing bathrooms and making them prominent (and visible) parts of the room. There are various justifications, including making it luxurious and experiential as well as helping you to orient yourself in an unfamiliar space (a problem we never knew we
