At this jewel box property we paired a bold, dark and moody primary bedroom suite with a light and bright guest bathroom and ultra feminine guest bedroom / office.
This bungalow underwent extensive renovations on two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The original spaces were tight and had a less-than-ideal layout. Most problematically, the house was lacking in storage and the bathrooms were outdated. We reconfigured these rooms to maximize the use of the precious square footage, while optimizing the functionality of the spaces and customizing it for their specific lifestyle needs.
Background:
The homeowners had lived at this property for a few years and felt the size of the house, the layout and the lack of storage was not ideal. Though they considered moving and upsizing, they instead wanted to explore the possibility of staying if they renovated the house to precisely what they needed.
Design Brief:
The homeowners specifically wanted the feel of a lush, moody destination boutique hotel in the primary suite and a serene and peaceful guest bathroom. The guest room needed to be a functional office and a full bedroom, and it needed to function as a dressing room as well.
PRIMARY BEDROOM
To maximize storage and reduce visual clutter in the space, we removed one exterior door and created a custom closet that spans the entire length of the wall.We applied a textured grasscloth wallpaper on the door panels and we used a print wallpaper on the upper half of the walls in combination with different sheen paints on and below the chair rail moldings. The room had very low ceilings, old windows and mismatched flooring, so we replaced the window above the bed, added wainscoting, new molding, installed bedside USB outlets, recessed warm-dim lights, new sconces, and new carpeting.
Custom features:
- Cabinetry
- Window Treatments
- Cabinet Handles
- Throw pillows
Accessories pictured by: SOURCE x StudioSkara
PRIMARY BATHROOM
This primary bathroom required a full reconfiguration. Previously the pre-fab shower. unit was installed where the sink currently is, and the toilet was in the current shower's location, very much blocking the visual space upon entry. Because the bathroom is really quite small, we wanted to make sure the flow in the space was optimized.
This room was fully gutted down to the studs, and to make it so that the Zellige tile didn't end in slivers of tile, we floated the walls out a bit so we could end with full tiles on the edges. We also created this laying pattern to optimize the grout line pattern so that we didn't end with oddly sized pieces above and below where the wall meets the ceiling and floor. This room is small but it had an extremely complicated tile lay between the zellige and the stone mosaic floors.
For the vanity cabinet, we adapted a dresser and turned it into a vanity by shoring up the support, reframing the interior drawers and integrating it in with the built in countertop stone, which runs all the way through to the shower.
The towel niche arch's shape echoes the shape of the medicine cabinet and the niche hides the electrical outlets so as to reduce countertop clutter.
GUEST BATHROOM
Our client really really wanted to have a spa-like bath environment in this Guest Bath, and this bathroom also needed to house quite a lot of makeup and toiletries. We fully reconfigured this bathroom to optimize the use of precious square footage.
To achieve this, we transformed the bathtub from a small, short, alcove bathtub, into a deep soaking depth, ultra long tub with a stone tub deck, and a new window to look out at the garden with.
Because of the splash distance, we had to make the custom cabinet out of something that won't react to all the moisture and steam in the room, so we encased the vanity in a waterproof, resin infused wood panel that keeps sustainability and durability in mind.
We installed warm dimming LED strips behind the mirror so that the client can apply makeup under different lighting settings. This bathroom is quite small, and so to accommodate the client’s toiletries and makeup, we created custom drawers to optimize the storage space and ease of use of the vanity drawers. We created a wall niche behind the door to allow for bulky bathrobes and the limitation on the door swing.
