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Separate showers and bathtubs and mosaic tiling are common features in custom bathrooms today. File photo
Local experts talk trends in custom bathrooms
By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
Modern bathrooms have large
tiled showers and sometimes even
a separate bathtub.
Michael Roy of M&R Custom
Homes, who designs and builds
homes all over the state and has
completed some in the Farmington
Valley, creates bathrooms in
different sizes and styles, based on
the size and value of the home, he
said. But one thing is consistent in
his designs – all the master bathrooms
have separate showers and
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bathtubs.
e shower in the master
bath in a home he recently completed
in Plainville is about three
inches longer than a standard
shower and is completely tiled in
textured tiles with a mosaic border.
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e mosaic tile is a common
material in today’s bathrooms, he
said.
“e mosaic border: that is a
trending thing you see now,”
agreed his partner, Christine Castonguay.
Roy likes to incorporate mul-
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tiple colors and tiles into a bathroom
and shower, he said.
e oversized measurements
of the shower were not planned
from the start, but when Roy decided
to change the layout of the
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