Bathroom
Style: The team was able to redesign two bathrooms simultaneously without making them identical. “The bathrooms definitely relate to each other, but each has its now personality,” McLean says.For example, black mosaic shower floor tiles and white subway wall tiles echo the bold black-and-white wallpaper and bathtub in the main-level bathroom.To refer back to the wood-toned accent color in the main-level bathroom, the design team finished the custom vanity and nook shelves with a walnut stain. Creating spaces that go together doesn’t mean that they need to match. Rather, it is about creating cohesion in style, color and shape.“This may come in using the same floor tiles throughout but changing up the wall tiles, or using the same cabinetry [in both] but changing the floors. Or just using materials and finishes that complement each other without being the same,” McLean says. “Matching is boring!” Vanity and shelves: Custom Craft Cabinets & Millwork; vanity countertop with backsplash: Pure White, Caesarstone; faucet: Riobel; vanity hardware: Duluth in chrome, Restoration HardwareGeneral contractor: Blake Williams of Hillview RenovationsCustom building: Custom Craft Cabinets & ...
Design solutions: The team replaced the shower with the claw-foot bathtub from the upstairs bathroom and painted the outside of the tub black to go with the room’s decor. As for the glass block window, the finish carpenter cleanly framed it with white wainscoting and trim. “We created the top sill of the wainscoting deeper than usual so [the homeowners] could display some knickknacks,” McLean says.Flooring: Narrow Douglas fir planks, installed in a herringbone pattern, match the wood floors in the hallway. This wood tone is seen throughout the design in both bathrooms.Sink: Boulevard, American Standard; paint on custom wainscoting: Cloud White, Benjamin MooreRub-a-Dub-Dub, Add Color to Your Tub
BathroomKeep only the stuff you actually use in the shower stall. People complain about photos that look “too styled,” but I find them very inspirational. While I know the primary goal is function, it just makes me happy to have these useful things look pretty and uncluttered. Looking at the photos made me think about the jumble of products I had in my shower and pare them down to just the ones I truly use. My new attitude: Yeah, that exfoliating scrub was pricey, but it makes me feel too greasy and makes the floor dangerously slippery. That loofah thingee is something I’ve never really embraced and seems to be a mold magnet — gross! I only use that face mask once a month. The list goes on. Now I have just shampoo, conditioner, the good daily face gel, a bar of soap and a razor in there, and it means my shower stall is
AFTER: Part of remodeling the bathroom involved making it appear larger, but Stewart also expanded its footprint by 10 square feet by bumping out two of the shower walls. “Just 10 square feet can make all the difference in the world,” he says. The new shower is 59 inches long and 37 inches wide. “You don’t hit the walls,” the designer adds. It also includes a bench, a built-in niche and an architectural shower head. The bathroom previously received no natural light. New recessed lights improve the bathroom’s artificial light quality, and a new acid-etched window brings in diffused natural light. When he rebuilt one of the bumped-out shower walls, Stewart stopped the wall at 6 feet, 6 inches, and inserted the glass panel above it. Natural light from the interior of the condo streams into the now-bright bathroom all day. A fixed glass wall encloses the shower; Stewart included it as a way to reduce maintenance by minimizing moving parts, to simplify the space and to allow natural light to permeate the space. “The less solid walls you use, the larger a space will feel,” Stewart says. Browse more Rooms of the Day
Shower: Although plumbing lines could not be moved, the design team switched the positions of the shower and the vanity. By filling in the second doorway, the team had room to put in a shower with built-in shelves on one wall and a larger vanity on the other.Shower floor tile: Daltile
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