An Updated Guest Bathroom...for a Special Guest!

Today's Agenda:  I've come down with a terrible summer cold.  Hoping I'm over this soon...it's hard to keep my head up, it feels like a heavy bowling ball...argh...Anyway...

Here is another recent project that I was thrilled with how it turned out.   This guest bathroom needed a facelift.  It's a compact space so needed to be sure that everything was scaled appropriately and made the space seem as large as possible but still interesting and in character with the style and the location of this home.  Best part -- the owners' dog loves is really the one that uses it the most for his baths!  Check out his sweet face in the pictures below. And the pretty bathroom.  Remember to focus on the pretty, pretty bathroom.  He does sort of steal the show though...

Bathroom, before...

 

 

And, after!

 

 

 

The star of the show!

 

 

Today's Agenda:  Checking out whether there are any good sales or design events in DC this weekend...you never know!  Like last weekend - I checked Apartment Therapy's 'sales and events' and  I caught the Tribeca Loft Tour in NYC.  It was amazing.  3500-4000 sqft lofts with the best bathrooms I've ever seen.  Fun ideas too -- like using a vintage fridge for a printer/office supply station and one apartment only had one closet so they used armoires everywhere and it looked great. 

Speaking of bathrooms, I feel like I've mentioned this project I've been working on where there are a few bathrooms being renovated that I was brought in on to pick out the finishings and fixtures.  One is a completely new bathroom (and new 3rd story!) and the other two used to be one big bath that was gutted to be split into two.  Long story short, not everything is in working order and there are still some cosmetic things that need to be addressed (caulk/grout issues) but I'm happy to say that the bathrooms are lookin' good.  I'll post some more complete pictures with better lighting so you can really appreciate the colors of the beautiful tile (I took these at night!) but wanted to give you a peek at how they are coming along...One is the guest bathroom, one is the 7-year old son's bathroom and the other is the master bath.  The design goal was to have each one feel contemporary but different...I am loving how they are turning out! (oh, but if only everything worked...)

 

 

 

Bathroom Inspiration

Today's Agenda:  Culling through all of my tear pages and magazine clippings...there are lots!

In one of newspaper clippings, ran across a link to a local VA lighting store's blog -- dominionelectric.blogspot.com and stumbled upon this image:

Via dominionelectric.blogspot.com

Not so sure about the spacing between the mirror and the faucet and between the mirror and the lamps.  But I like that it's different but still doable and realistic.  Definitely going in my inspiration file.