Modern/midcentury bathroom tile and cabinets-marble, light grey?
What do you all think of floating very light grey cabinets, marble floor, marble shower, white quartz counter? This is for a midcenturymodern home which will have light grey concrete elsewhere.
Here is my (poorly done) rough sketch of how I would like the bathroom back wall to look. The shower is on the left, the water closet is on the right next to tub (not shown):
Architect design (the door by the cactus is not shown):
Marble bathrooms:
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8 years agoYes, I like your ideas. The execution of the vanity could be tough. It may be better to do this with a window above and below, and the drain for the vanities lining up with the post that the mirrors are on/being contained in the same joint. The vanity will not quite float, no matter what, but rather appear suspended by thin elements.
You could go whole hog and do a big window behind the toilet but have that glass obscure.
The whole thing can be done, but an expensive detail to get it right.
Or you could do a glass vanity sink like in John Lautners' Sheats/Goldstein residence. Goldstein is actually donating his house rather than trying to sell.
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Thanks OutsidePlaying! I was thinking light grey concrete for the house, but use tiles in the bathroom. What do you think of option 1 below?
Option 1:
Shower:
-real marble shower walls
-shower bench in white quartz (or too many materials in shower?)
-light grey hex tiles (like that idea Outsideplaying!)
Rest of bathroom:
-real marble floors
-real marble on wall (not sure where yet)
-light grey vanities with thin white quartz counters
Rest of house:
light grey concrete throughout house (not master bath)
*This is my favorite option but I am nervous about using real marble now.
Option 2:
Shower:
-Fake marble shower walls
-Fake marble mosaic floor or light grey hex tiles
-Quartz shower bench
Rest of bathroom:
-real marble floors
-? fake marble on wall
-light grey vanities with thin white quartz counters
Rest of house:
light grey concrete throughout house (not master bath)
Fake marble:
- 8 years ago
Fake marble (or fake anything) always looks fake. Go for the real thing - go big, or go home!
What about a bleached grey wood vanity? You could even do the interior in a lacquered cactus green, would be like your Finn Juhl pieces.
Grey wood example:
This is what I was talking about on the vanity section:
rockybird thanked User - 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
Thanks guys!
I like the mock up you made Alison! That is what we are thinking, maybe with cable to support the mirrors, or like you drewthem. Thanks!!!
I do like the grey wood. I will definitely keep it in mind, but do you think it might look beachy? What do you think of cabinets in light lacquer grey like this:
Norwegian Summer Escape · More Infofloating like this-the only thing is this looks kind of boring:
K Hovnanian Line K · More InfoThanks Louislinus! The floor will not be concrete...it will be marble or some sort of tile. The rest of the house will be concrete. The thing is all my cabinets in the house are walnut and I want to try something new. :)
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Like you, I think the painted is uninteresting and falls flat with the rest of your house. Grey wood won't look beachy with cactus outside the window, and like the previous poster comment, wood will add texture. I'll see if I can find another example ...
Here is one.
Same wood, but not floating (couldn't grab the first photo)
Here is a grey washed teak vanity
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