It's nice when you like your design choices. I love the view, but brrrrrr.

Next project: a sauna, then run out and jump in the snow. Uff-da!

Yes, maybe a bigger rug or at least a more fluffy one for winter time. Where is your cottage?

Sauna is my dream!!!! I would love that.

the cottage is in Nova Scotia, sort of in the woods but on a lake and near a ski hill. Hill being the operative word, no mountains really around here.

Love it. If you think it looks sparse, maybe a valence over the window?

A larger rug would look good.

Brrrrr on the view! I'm sitting at my son's gym class and they have the large garage-like door wide open ... mid 70's with a nice breeze.

Robo, it's full of warmth and charm! I don't think it's sparse, rather uncluttered and fresh. I can absolutely see why you're feeling so happy! Enjoy!

I'm with TR on this. Especially since I'm the chief cook/housekeeper/chambermaid at our lake place I completely buy into "uncluttered and fresh" cottage decor for a getaway home.

Your view is charming and beautiful!

Chispa now you know why I was so eager to get to Ca last year!!

Love it!!! I don't think it's sparse either. People arrive with sooo much stuff it's nice to have space for guests. What color did you end up with on the wall? It's so pretty!

What a nice and welcoming bathroom! Love the color and look of your floor tile, too. Not sparse to my eyes, but the only piddling thing I would add is a little something on top of the Queen Anne to give it a more visual "purpose". Pretty snow shot, but then, it has been in the high 80sF this week here.

It looks great and that view is awesome. The bathtub is so cute! Wont be too much longer before that snow is gone!

Gardener, the trim is chantilly lace and the walls are ballet white, both from Benjamin Moore. Ballet is such a light beige that it would need a bright white trim color in order to stand out much from the trim. Which I found out to my dismay when I had to repaint all the window trim in this room because it was oil-based Chantilly lace that had yellowed. The wainscoting was a dark grey blue that I found sucked the life out of the room.

Gyr_falcon, good comment on the side table. I really don't like it there and I think adding a bath vignette on top or even a couple of candles could help a lot.

So charming. Love it. Is the floor heated?

What about changing the table orientation, with narrow side centered on window and table serving as a tub toiletry holder, a couple of jars with bath salts, and a natural sponge

What a lovely bathroom! I agree that some larger, cozy rug might work well in there, but what I see is one beautiful retreat. Love that tub! The view is gorgeous but, my goodness, do you all get the snow up there!

Pretty bath and gorgeous view!

To warm it up, you may want to do a valance, but if not, definitely add a towel to the empty towel bar. Or multiple towels will look more lux. Maybe a couple of bath towels with a decorative hand towel on top. While I like the look of the bath mat, it isn't large enough. You could also add one in front of the sink. The table by the window isn't adding anything, esp as it's off center. I'd rather see a chair or a bench to sit on...nice to have a place to sit to dry one's toes. Maybe a shelf attached to the wall to the right of the window to put some stuff on, like a container with cotton balls, lotion, a scented candle, or the like.

But you are well on your way even as it is.

Annie, I could be mistaken, but I believe the empty towel bar you are referring to is a grab bar for safely getting out of the tub.

The floor is heated...but it is -15 to -20c this weekend so I can't say it's heated a LOT.

I definitely want to add a larger mat and I was thinking about in front of the sink! and I agree about the table, it bugs me too.

The empty rack is a grab bar I had installed, getting out of the tub is kinda dicey without.

Very nice!

Love it!

Ah I see, it is a grab bar...no reason why it can't get a towel too, though.

What a beautiful, warm room! Nice job, robo!

What's your opinion on red as a slight (<10%) accent colour in this bathroom? I was thinking I saw some kilim look rugs at homesense the other day and I could pick a few of different patterns/same colorway to throw around the room. I also have a vintage red captain's chair.

I love it! Quite charming.

Since your floor is heated, can you safely put a rug on it? I have a heated bathroom floor and if I put a rug on it, the tile heating system would overheat. It's a no-no for my floor heating system. There's no heat running beneath any of my furniture or fixtures.

Oh no, it's radiant water heat. I can't imagine it heating up too much.

side note: I couldn't imagine even an electric system heating up that much? Rugs/carpets can lower the efficiency of in floor but I can't imagine them being forbidden?

It looks very nice! The spot where the table is, under the window, would be great for a little upholstered bench/chair/ottoman. It would add a little softness without cluttering up the simplicity.

Love it.

Our entire home has under-the-floor hot water radiant heat and, yes, rugs are totally OK on them. Our floors are all brick and we have large, medium and small Persian and needlepoint rugs on them throughout.

My bathroom floor is electric. That's the difference.

I'm sorry, Dyh, I didn't see your earlier post. I didn't intend for it to sound like I was discounting your comment at all. I just hadn't read it. I've always wondered about the electric heated floors, They look so much easier to install when I see a home remodeler put one in on an HGTV show. But, they've never mentioned that fact about the rugs. It's a good piece of information to know. We have the rubber?/plastic? tubing that I think was laid on top of a base cement floor. It's been 23 years, so I can't recall anymore. We may have cement poured over the piping. That's always had me a bit worried, as it could be a nightmare to fix if it sprang a leak.

The electric floor heat is low-voltage, just enough to keep the tile from being cold. It's not a heating system.

While I can see red in the bath, I do prefer the soft color palette you already have going...so much more relaxing.

Beautiful!!

Maybe this will be an occasion for my local Craigslist Turquoise Painted Chair person. I know we all have one!

Love your ideas: a few red accents and kilim rug. Would look great!

Aren't heated floors the best? Love mine. I do use a rug, just not the kind with rubber backing.