Room of the Day: All-Out Relaxation for a Master Bath
Attention to details makes this tranquil space distinctive
Moving to the suburbs allowed this couple to create a master bathroom they could only dream about while living in New York City. Complete with an unusual strapped bathtub, a showstopping custom vanity, shelves for display and a marble backsplash wall, the bath can calm them after a long day as soon as they step across the threshold. Come take a virtual step in and say, “Ahhhh.”
The duo and their clients went through a lot of tile in search of the right fit for the floor. “The homeowners fell in love with this one from a local tile store. It’s composed of statuary marble with a dark gray inlay,” Hodgson says. The overall pattern breaks free of strict rectilinear lines. This motif is seen throughout the rest of the house too, as are metal accents like the chrome disk drawer pulls and bathtub straps in here.
The Roman shade’s pattern also pulls away from straight lines. It is a stripe with irregular edges that brings in softness and movement.
The Roman shade’s pattern also pulls away from straight lines. It is a stripe with irregular edges that brings in softness and movement.
Hodgson and Qualy sketched out a one-of-a-kind vanity and sent the drawing to their carpenter. “We wanted something a little different, and love the details on the doors,” Hodgson says. They also fell in love with the chrome disk pulls and drawer handles by Lisa Jarvis, which serve as “jewelry for furniture,” as Jarvis’ tagline says. In this case, the disks are the cabinet’s statement earrings.
The large mirror is custom and is inset into a tile frame within the larger statuary marble tile backsplash wall. Diamond-shaped mirrored backplates on the sconces are mounted directly onto the mirror.
Speaking of the mirror, you can see the steam shower and the door to a separate toilet room reflected in it.
Vanity paint: Silver Mist, Benjamin Moore; Etoile sconces and Scallop chandelier: Visual Comfort
The large mirror is custom and is inset into a tile frame within the larger statuary marble tile backsplash wall. Diamond-shaped mirrored backplates on the sconces are mounted directly onto the mirror.
Speaking of the mirror, you can see the steam shower and the door to a separate toilet room reflected in it.
Vanity paint: Silver Mist, Benjamin Moore; Etoile sconces and Scallop chandelier: Visual Comfort
Here is how the entire space is laid out. The area with the tub and vanity is 10½ by 13 feet; the entire bathroom, including the toilet room and steam shower, is 14 by 13 feet. You can see there is a lot of clear floor space in front of the vanity, which made choosing the right floor tile pattern important.
Here is a glimpse of the adjacent master bedroom. The designers subtly carried certain elements from the bedroom to the bathroom: the blue, gray and cream palette; the patterns on the rug and drapes that recall the patterns on the bath window treatment and floor tile, and the metal nailheads on the headboard that are echoed in the rivets on the bathtub straps.
Architect: Jordan Rosenberg
Contractor: RTH Builders
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Room at a Glance
What happens here: Long soaks, shaving, blow-drying, showering and other bathroom stuff
Location: Northern New Jersey
Size: 182 square feet (16.9 square meters)
Designers: Ali Qualy and Kasey Hodgson of Roost Interiors
The house was new construction, so designers Kasey Hodgson and Ali Qualy were starting with a blank slate. Their first move was to find a bathtub that would take advantage of the space in front of the large window. “We saw this tub with the metal strapping at a trade show in New York, and we knew it would make a striking focal point in here,” Hodgson says.
Working closely with the contractors during construction, the designers were also able to plan for recessed shelves at either end of the bathtub. The homeowners display favorite calming objects here, such as glass pieces, candles, coral and inlay boxes. The items provide nice places for the eye to rest during a rejuvenating soak.
Bathtub: The Nautica 68, Penhaglion; paint by Benjamin Moore: White Wisp (walls) and White (trim)