From Julie & Sarah:
The Ace Hotels in Seattle, Portland, Palm Springs, and New York all feature simple, black-and-white baths, with easily sourced hardware-store and industrial elements. Photos from Flickr.
Remodelista readers can get a special discount and offer at the new Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs: ten percent discount off online room rates plus daily complimentary breakfast for two. Provide the promotion code of ACE OASIS. Go to Ace Hotel & Swim Club for booking information.






Recreate the look at home with the following elements:



Above: Throughout the Ace hotels, the designers use plumbing pipe as towel bars. According to the New York Times, Roman & Williams (the designers of the Ace Hotel in Manhattan) will introduce a line of robe hooks and towel bars based on these designs.

Above: The Industrial Toilet Roll Holder, from Oxford, Ohio-based Wire & Twine, is $35.


Above: In the bathrooms at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs, the designers used the Kohler Stillness Widespread Lavoratory Faucet ($330.51) and the Kohler Stillness Shower Valve ($280.98); both from HomeClick.

Above: A 6-by-8-foot, off-white, 100-percent cotton Canvas Tarp is $22.80 at Tarps Plus. At the Ace in Palm Springs, the designers used tarps as wall coverings and as curtains; they can also be used as shower curtains.


Above: Fixtures from Portland, Oregon-based Schoolhouse Electric provide a stylish, vintage look. Clockwise from top: the Alabax Surface fixture is available in black or white porcelain and is $119. The Benedict Sconce is available in black or white porcelain and is $69. The Lewis Pendant has a glass socket and comes in black or white porcelain and is $99.

Above: Halco Globe Bulb; $1.30 at 1000 Bulbs.

Above: Ohmega Too in Berkeley offers handmade alder wood Recessed Medicine Cabinets, made by a local craftsman; $495 at Ohmega Too.

Above: Steel Schoolroom Wastebasket in black, gray, or almond; $10.94 at Global Industrial. 

Above: Perforated Steel Cabinet; and Perforated Steel Basket; go to Intérieurs for information.

Above: Wright's Peak Wire Tall Storage Shelves; $395 at Sundance Catalog.