Feature walls – AKA accent walls – are not yet passe, so don’t skip this one! One striking wall has the ability to transform a room from just-right to spectacular. And by feature wall, we mean real focal-point feature walls – not just a wall painted in a different color than the others.
Try to imagine these eleven bathrooms without the feature wall. They’d be nice, maybe even beautiful, but not at this level of jaw-dropping amazingness.
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It’s impossible to define a single characteristic that makes a wall into a feature. Sometimes it’s the luxuriousness, elegance, and drama of the material, like these work-of-art solid-slab stone walls:
![](https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/1d71291a0fa4b74a_9-0005/contemporary-bathroom.jpg)
![](https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/c00184b40235b465_9-8680/contemporary-bathroom.jpg)
![](https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/bba17b8600c90a20_9-9425/contemporary-bathroom.jpg)
Sometimes it’s the subtle, touchable texture:
![](https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/7d310ba205ddaf24_9-4952/contemporary-bathroom.jpg)
![](https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/84417da60be467c0_9-3799/contemporary-bathroom.jpg)
Sometimes it’s the strategic use of materials:
![](https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/85d13a9001941f0f_9-0508/contemporary-bathroom.jpg)
![](https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/631191460362fe3e_9-8743/contemporary-powder-room.jpg)
(That wall is stamped aluminum! Those homeowners had better make sure to waterproof that completely…)
And sometimes it’s just a well-executed pattern that takes the room from blah to bazinga!
![](https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/fcf1f95a03d5ebd0_9-1140/contemporary-bathroom.jpg)
![](https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/10e1d20103c676d1_9-2617/contemporary-bathroom.jpg)
![](https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/604143ef0f4b9de7_9-4582/modern-bathroom.jpg)
(Plus, this bathroom proves that you don’t need a full-sized wall to make a statement!)
But the wall material isn’t always what makes it eye-catching; sometimes it’s the shape, like this dramatically curved masterpiece:
![](https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/9b11e3e301544e28_9-8226/contemporary-bathroom.jpg)
How awesome is that?
What’s the most memorable feature wall you’ve ever seen (in any room of the house)?