Wednesday, March 16, 2011

"Gratuitous Nudity . . . "

Academy Award Winner, Colin Firth.

Greetings,  

Well, I had to find some way of getting you all to peruse through some amazing bathrooms!  I'm working on several projects at the office that are going to involve re-designing (or at least re-imagining) numerous bathrooms for clients.  

Designing bathrooms are always a challenge.  The specifications are usually quite technical.  But more importantly, the rooms are incredibly personal.  They is most likely the first room we each see in the morning.  And the last we see at night.  And frankly, we're in these rooms when we're naked.   A badly designed bathroom can be amazingly sad.  But, if beautifully done - they can be divine.

Enjoy . . . 

Barry Darr Dixon, for House Beautiful
(photo credit - Edward Addeo)
Beautiful tile work.  Great faucets.
And I love the use of the drapery treatment in the space.

Paolo Moschino, for House Beautiful
(photo credit - Simon Upton)
Intrigued by the unusual use of the hutch in this bathroom.
And I'm almost always 
a sucker for a free-standing bathtub. 

Johnny Depp

Dransfield & Ross, for Elle Decor  
(photo credit - Simon Upton)
Great re-imagining of the console as a vanity.
And love the dove gray colour of the casework

SMW Design, Atherton Residence
(photo credit - Eric Tagan Hooten)
A little corner in a project in Atherton.  We ended up
having to retro-fit the 
mirror on this adorable antique bamboo table.  

Neil Patrick Harris, television and broadway actor

John Jacob Interiors
Again - the blessings of a free-standing bathtub.
And a fireplace.  And great artwork.

Joe Nye, for House Beautiful
(photo credit - Roger Davies)
Masculine.  Clubby.  Great lighting.
And I
love that mirror.

Bradley Cooper, television and movie star

SMW Design, Tahoe Residence
(photo credit - Eric Tagan Hooten)
A great little bathroom as part of a guest
suite at a Tahoe vacation home.  

Mari Ann & Michael Maher, for Elle Decor
(photo credit - William Abranowicz)
And how amazing is this antique sofa as part of the bathroom.
And oh, to have that much space!
Don't forget to scrub behind those ears,
Scot