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Bath + Kitchen
Deanne Walczak of 360º Design
Julie Risman and Amanda Silva of The Inside Story Design
Interior designer Jaimie Nelson
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She used a single glass shower panel instead of a shower door to keep things looking open. “Since we didn’t use a baseboard, just all tile, we weren’t worried about warping any wood,” Nelson says.
designer Jaimie Nelson
Nelson chose a European toilet because they all liked the slim shape and character and its skirted bottom for easier cleaning.
One of the homeowners initially wanted the shower wrapped in marble tile, but Nelson informed them that it would be way beyond their budget. Instead, she found 12-by-24-inch marble-look porcelain for less than $6 per square foot and had it set in a stacked pattern around the entire room, floor to ceiling. The thin white grout lines blend in with the white of the tile. “I love how it turned out,” Nelson says.
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A rain shower head is one of my favorite styles,” says Yumilka Soto, interior designer and principal at Visual Studio Plus in Arvada, Colorado.
A compact floating wood vanity from Houzz was the jumping-off point for Kizzee’s style choices. The weathered wood cabinet with drawer storage and gray stone-look integrated ceramic countertop and sink led to her choosing the bold black marble-look porcelain wall tiles that span the sink wall and run floor to ceiling. “I wanted to do something fun and something bold,” Kizzee says. “It really made a huge statement with all of that black porcelain tile, and it really made the vanity stand out.”
Using a wall-mounted vanity allowed Kizzee to run floor tile underneath to visually expand the narrow footprint of the bathroom. It also makes it easier to keep the floor clean.
The vanity area features slim tube pendant lights in two sizes, a medicine cabinet and a black faucet that coordinates with the black vanity hardware and painted bathroom door.
If you want to avoid tripping over wet towels, ensure that you have sufficient space to dry them. The key to a tidy family bathroom is to make it easy for children to hang up their things. Towel hooks or bars set at appropriate heights can do the trick.
Go for flat-front cabinets without handles to keep dust and grime from collecting in nooks and crannies, and opt for wipeable tiles on the walls. Grout has a tendency to show dirt, so large-formats tiles with minimal joints are a good optio
The tub and shower set have a minimal design that’s echoed by the frameless enclosure.
Hausmann installed a custom wall-mounted cabinet to give the bathroom back some of the storage it lost by having an open sink. She recessed it into the wall about 8 inches to maintain the bathroom’s openness and placed it next to the sink so that soap, toothbrushes and other daily toiletries could be easily accessed. Open shelving on the right displays more curated accessories, while cabinet doors on the left conceal less decorative essentials, such as toilet paper. To give the cabinet a little more zing and tie it in with the rest of the bathroom, she painted the back of the shelves the same color as the toilet paper holder and stepstool, and she used vintage faucet handles she found at the Alameda Point Antiques Faire as knobs.
Designer: Projekt Home
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How High Should a Backsplash Go? Right to the ceiling. “In most cases, the backsplash should go to the ceiling,” Stark says. “This creates a seamless look and gives a kitchen more impact. An exception would be if the wall cabinets do not reach the ceiling. In that case, a shorter backsplash would probably be more appropriate.” “I like to install the backsplash up to the ceiling so no drywall is visible,” Velma says. “This eliminates an additional material and keeps the walls of the kitchen consistent.”
Matching backsplash and counters. “For a clean, timeless look in a modern kitchen, I love using the countertop material as a backsplash,” says Viktoriya Velma, founder and principal designer at Allure Interiors in Toronto. “I also love to play with the patterns and textures of porcelain and ceramic tiles, which can add texture and interest to a kitchen.”
Solid surface. For Julie Holzman, principal designer at Holzman Interiors in Stamford, Connecticut, nothing beats a solid-surface backsplash. “It’s easy to clean, has very little grout and doesn’t break up the look of a pot filler,” she says.
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Meliza Veloz Designs “We definitely used lots of organic materials in the typical nature of bohemian design, especially wood, between the honey accent table, the white oak base of the lamp or the dark mantel and ceiling fan,” Veloz says. “This client in particular loved cane and wicker, as seen in the featured baskets behind the couch, which are tied in throughout the whole home. We also utilized paint to frame out the TV (Iron Ore by Sherwin Williams) to create a frame effect and make it feel less visually obstructing.” Veloz used Houzz Pro to manage this project. “I used Houzz for the entire process,” she says. “ I used the Mood Boards, Selection boards and proposals — that came in very helpful in the project.” Designer tip. “Don’t be afraid to take up space,” Veloz says. “The gallery wall pictured on the right measures at approximately 12 feet in width and 8¾ feet in height, which is over 60% of the wall’s full surface area. Oftentimes homeowners will stray away from incorporating color at such a large scale, but when executed well those risks are what take a space from ‘furnished’ to ‘designed.’”
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