bathroom design ideas with clawfoot tub
hey, i’m lisa canning and i’m here in my clients’completed bathroom renovation in newmarket, ontario. this master bathroom was a little bit of a disaster —a very 1990s, retro, but not in a cool way disaster. there were all kinds of shiny brass going on and we gave ita complete overhaul. the inspiration behind this bathroom design was really about the contrast of old and new. it allstarted with a clawfoot tub that the client has had for many years, has reglazed it many times, and so we knewwe could give it a really beautiful brand new lease on life in this bathroom. we glazed it in a gorgeous navy blue colorby benjamin moore, and it’s very sophisticated and it’s the real focal point of the room. and then we contrasted it withall kinds of whites. but to keep interest and to keep it looking really sophisticated, we used a marble-looking porcelain tilefor the shower, we used a really beautiful octagon and dot geometric on the floor, and then lots of pale shades ofgrey and white to keep it serene and beautiful.
some of the custom elements in this bathroom include customcabinets on either side of a beautiful, already-made vanity. so instead of, you know, drywalling around a very awkwardnook around the vanity, we simply created custom built-ins mirroring the door cabinet profile and matching the paintcolor, so that you got a lot of function and a lot of style. this bathroom had some pretty interesting geometric patterns,in terms of its wall design and layout. so instead of working against them and ripping everything out, we wanted to use them,so instead what we did was we highlighted them — accentuated them with some really beautiful interior mouldings. so we didcrown, applied moulding and baseboard. all in metrie’s pretty simple collection, and it just creates gorgeous anglesand again, instead of making a very strange layout look strange, it actually highlights them and makes it look sophisticated. so again, this bathroom was all about the contrast of the old and the new. i wanted really sharp angles on all of ourplumbing fixtures, so i went with the delta ara collection,
which is really sleek and gorgeous, gorgeous, in terms ofits geometric design. white bathrooms are so popular but they can get a little boring if they’re not designed withgreat intentions. so in this space i wanted some natural textures, and rustic elements. so i brought in some beautifulpieces from artemano, all handcrafted, all artisanal, all look like they have been in the space in a way for a long,long time. to give, again, a bit of contrast, bring in a little bit of that old, bring in a little bit of handmade, in a verywhite space. function is so important to me when it comes to design. it is great if something looks beautiful, but if itdoesn’t function well for people, then that’s not really great for the end user. so in this space i thought a lot about function, including a towel bar as soon as you get out of the shower, so you’re able to reach for a towel really easily.and then in the built-ins, we created a space for a hamper to really easily fit in and slide out, as well as baskets tokeep everything nice and tidy. the biggest challenge in this
bathroom were the interesting angles that i inherited in thisspace. again, instead of fighting against them and adding a whole bunch of drywall and kind of creating big voids thatwouldn’t be useful, instead we worked with them. so, using really strategic design with custom built-ins and accentuatingthe angles with applied moulding, we were able to successfully make an otherwise very awkward space really beautiful. thisbathroom just makes me feel relaxed when i’m in it and that was the real goal of this renovation — to create somethingthat would feel really relaxing, very zen-like, so that at the end of your busy day, you can just take a really nicelong hot bath, or take a great shower, and just feel refreshed and rejuvenated, and that was really the goal of this spaceand i’m so happy with the result.