Designing an entire home is definitely my favorite type of project. This adorable San Roque home had great bones, with some nice built-ins throughout, a spacious floorplan that had undergone a room addition in the past, good size bathrooms, decent sized bedrooms and plenty of space to reconfigure the kitchen and create a true chef’s kitchen. It was blessed with gorgeous natural light and located in a quite neighborhood so I was eager to turn this cozy home into the beauty queen I knew it could be. The process took over a year. We did a few rooms at a time, leaving the kitchen and master en-suite for last.

Oddly enough, we began by tearing up the guest bathroom! This poor room was in serious need of some lovin’. The homeowners dreamed of a serene, zen-like space where their overnight guests would feel like they had checked into a spa. Ok, no problem! Consider it done!

The homeowners wanted a very neutral color palette with no dramatic colors or patterns. So I began by selecting a driftwood finish vanity paired with grey and white tiles, soft silver lighting fixtures, brushed nickel plumbing and elegant glass apothecary jars to hold some bathroom essentials that would double as decor. This simple design was elegant, yet serene and just what they wanted. With a plan in hand we hit the ground running.

Demo day is always fun, exciting and scary all at once. You never know what you’re going to find when you start tearing things up. We discovered that the electrical

The challenge was finding a ready-made vanity that would fit the entire length of the wall - 112” to be exact. Almost impossible. So I designed and drew a custom vanity and took my drawings to a local craftsman to fabricate. The vanity provides a ton of open storage for pretty little things and deep drawers to store the not so pretty things. The over-sized mirror was in perfect condition so we saved money by leaving it in. We did refinished the frame to match though.

By removing the overhead soffit we were able to place the sconces a little higher up which made a huge difference! We painted the walls in a warm taupey/grey, installed all new lighting and plumbing including a new toilet, kept the white wooden shutters and even re-used the existing glass shower surround!

The once colorful and eclectic bathroom, finally found it’s softer and quieter side! Now, tell me. How would you feel being a guest in this house? Relaxed? Peaceful? Pampered? All of the above for me!

Check out these dramatic before and afters.

Hope you enjoyed!

Up next in this San Roque Beauty…The master bedroom.

xo,

Claudia