Saturday, April 12, 2008

Working on the Master Bathroom

We want the master bathroom to be a tranquil place, a place to relax, unwind and rejuvenate. It also needs to be practical for modern families who are often on the go. The master bathroom has double Kohler sinks, custom bathroom cabinets finished with granite, an oversize sunken soaking tub, and a large standing shower. The tile is a creamy, soothing color. The walls are a muted green, a healing color.
Here's a picture of the double sinks. You can glimpse the shower in the background, where we will be installing custom shower glass later this month.

The sinks are a square cut, one of my favorite Kohler sink designs. The four bathrooms throughout the house feature Kohler sinks.
We selected faucets that are simple, beautiful and highly functional. The handles are easy for children to turn off & on, and the finishes on the faucets are beautiful in form.
One of my favorite features of the bathrooms is the oversized soaking tub. The rectangular design matches the squared finishes on the double Kohler sinks. I built a custom frame to house the bathtub, inserting the tub at a diagonal. This took more time to design. I needed to maximize the available space to accommodate the diagonal fitting. But the overall effect is elegant and creates small sitting areas around the tub. Windwos frame the corner of the room, providing plenty of ambient light. We used decorative tile to finish the edges, and incorprated 4 different sizes of tile to create unique designs framing the tub. This allowed us ability to leverage the soothing cream colors of the tile without monotonous patterns. The overall effect is soothing to the eye, a clean, tranquil room.
I created custom cabinets in every bathroom, and am very pleased with how they are coming along.
The finish work for the custom cabinets is painstaking, but the result is wonderful.






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