Most of the destruction of our master bathroom in our new/old house is complete. The shower and closet have been framed and the windows have been ordered. That means we will start putting it all back together again soon? Fingers crossed!
Contractor Chris came to have a pow wow and he mentioned that it is time to make decisions about fixtures for the bathroom. Like, the sinks, toilet, and the faucets for the sinks and shower. He sent me to Ferguson Enterprises in Virginia Beach where I met Paige, a showroom consultant. The showroom is beautiful, by-the-way. You should go! So, since I already have a pretty good idea of where I'm heading, designwise, we moved pretty quickly.
Sinks, check! Caxton by Kohler. They're simple, beautiful and the right size.
Toilet, check! Key West by Mirabelle. Just a little traditional detail and not too expensive. Is it OK to love a toilet? (Whose idea was it to photograph a white fixture on a white background?)
Shower hardware and sink faucets, check! Cassidy by Delta. I love the vintage crossbar handles but without the more common hot and cold labels.
"What about lights," Paige asks? Um ... well ... we have this wierd wall behind the vanities where the ceiling slopes ... and one vanity and sink will be in the corner ... and the whole room is only 8x10 feet and ... I have no idea! This is the top of the same wall that is pictured above and where the double vanity is supposed to go. The ceiling slopes a total of two feet from 8 feet tall to 6 feet tall in the left corner (the rest of the 2nd floor has 9 foot ceilings but this was the original porch). The sloped portion is 42" wide. The total width of the wall is about 8 feet.
This is giving me a headache but, it is supposed to be fun! We had a general plan for, from left to right, a 24" cabinet with sink, an 18" stack of drawers, another 24" cabinet with sink and then the remaining 2 1/2 feet of space for shelves from floor to ceiling. But that would put the left sink crammed in the corner and how in the world would a mirror and lights fit? Especially considering the lower sloped ceiling on that side? My brain hurts. When that happens a good dose of graph paper never fails! So, here is my preliminary design idea.
The first solution was adding the six inches of nothing on the left side of the vanity which pulled the center of the first sink off the wall and out of the corner. The second solution was using narrow sconces (5") instead of over-the-mirror lights which would have been really crowded over the left side mirror. The last solution was reducing the width of the shelving on the top portion of the built-ins. Not bad for a first draft?
Now, imagine white cabinets with glass knobs, a Carrera marble counter top spanning wall to wall, those beautiful Delta faucets and Kohler sinks and these mirrors from Restoration Hardware. Yum!
I think we have a plan!
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