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Rod railings allow you to flex your creative muscle when it comes to the design details in and around your home. Unlike cable railing, which can be installed only in a straight line, rod railing can be curved or shaped to suit your home’s exact layout or aesthetic. It’s the perfect choice if you have a statement curved staircase. Viewrail’s rod railing can be ordered in any length from 2 to 20 feet (in 1-foot increments), and it can be bent to precise and consistent curves. And like all Viewrail products, the rod railing uses hidden fasteners to keep the look sleek and simple.
When you’re building or remodeling in a coastal area where corrosion is rife and features such as railing are exposed to the elements 24/7, you need to pay careful attention to choosing the right materials. Viewrail’s stainless steel rod railing is tough enough to cope in even the harshest coastal conditions. It’s made from 2205 ultra marine-grade stainless steel, which is the same material used on deep-sea oil rigs. This means it’s highly durable and rust-resistant, giving you peace of mind that it will look great and perform brilliantly whatever the weather throws at it.
gas fireplace is the back wall’s centerpiece. “The soft curves of the stucco fireplace and [its] herringbone interior provide a nod to the Southwest while remaining simple and modern,” Wolfe says. A build-in bench with a classic white brick base extends to the left of the fireplace to create an L-shaped seating area. Striped black-and-white cushions, a low
A chrome freestanding tub filler with metal handle includes a hand shower for rinsing off after a soak or for cleaning the tub. “The freestanding tub filler adds a level of bling to the bathroom,” Jacobs says. “Also with that window wall being an exterior wall, it wouldn’t be the best idea plumbing-wise to put those pipes there.”
The leather rolled-arm chair in this Victorian (1837-1901) country house by interior design studio Maddalena Minerva (with deVOL cabinetry) is one of the room’s many inviting, well-worn elements. Also note the limestone tile floor, which is a classic country house feature. In addition to natural stone (which was often locally quarried slate, limestone or flagstone), wood, brick and terra-cotta tiles are common flooring materials that hearken to olden times.
flooring - Curbless showers. A curbless shower creates a streamlined look with increased accessibility. Notice how the wood-look plank tile in this Orange County, California, bathroom runs front to back to give a clean look that accentuates the length of the room and provides a barrier-free entry to the shower — good for people with mobility issues. Stone-look tile in the shower pulls attention farther into the room, while a barely there frameless glass door and white finishes create a light and airy feel.
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Main feature. Three-by-12-inch handmade shower tile that evokes the warmth of birch bark and worn wood. “It has a rustic and refined quality, adding timeless appeal and visual texture,” designer Danielle Loven says.
Pull out shelf underneath wall microwave
We already know that high-end shower trays are easy to install and maintain — and easy on the eyes to boot. But there’s more: The best trays are expertly constructed of quality materials, with a solid finish designed to last for years. With its concrete-like feel and high-definition finish, this slim, durable shower tray checks all the boxes. It’s stunning but, more important, like all of the modern shower trays in this family of products, it’s made of Akron, a compound that’s been treated with a polyurethane-acrylic coating. Akron is smooth, impermeable, resists UV rays and doesn’t produce VOC (volatile organic compound) emissions. The tray is impact- and thermal-shock-resistant too. The exceptional durability of these trays (along with cladding panels of the same material) means you won’t have to switch them out just because you decide to repaint or refresh your bathroom in a few years. That can translate into substantial savings of time and money. With a modern shower tray as its foundation, be prepared to love your shower for a long, long time.
One of the other things we love about a shower tray is that it doesn’t take all day to install — yet another reason to choose it over tile, which can take a professional days to lay and grout. A shower tray’s unique design adapts to all spaces, sliding directly into a shower alcove. Once level, the shower walls are built around it. And since many shower trays are already designed with a pitch or slope, like this minimalist shower tray, there’s no need to create one underneath it for drainage. Finally, unlike conventional tiled floors, leaks won’t be an issue: The tray is completely waterproof. There’s more good news for your installer (or you, if DIY is your thing): If you’re placing a shower tray over a subfloor, the threshold is less than 2 inches, making it much safer to enter and exit the shower. That accessibility feature is something homebuyers look for in a house today. Because it requires so much less time and labor to install than a conventional tiled shower floor, you won’t have to wait to enjoy your chic new shower.
Pullout shelves make it easy to find shoes and put them away without difficulty.
Marble mosaic tile flooring runs throughout the space. “There are many surfaces intersecting in a small footprint in this space,” Winkler says. “Using one flooring surface was key to increasing a spacious feel. The marble pattern is gorgeous and interesting and keeps your eye moving to take in the whole of the room, but there is also enough opportunity for grout to prevent it from becoming too slippery.”
Because they are only here for weekends and longer vacations, they didn’t need a lot of pantry storage,” Tays says. The tall cabinets on the left and right here provide most of the food storage in the kitchen. The skip-sawn oak and finish matches the mudroom built-ins and the hardware is oil-rubbed bronze.
he stove had always been in the corner of the room, but it had a bulky hood and no windows above it. “My clients wanted to keep their existing stove, but they had no interest in a hood,” Tays says. “I knew I could fit a pop-up vent behind it, but they said they grill almost everything outside and didn’t want it.” While it’s a somewhat unconventional spot for a stove, moving the gas line would have been expensive and having it in the corner didn’t bother them a bit.
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A shallow bowl depth — say, less than 8 inches — is going to be the most comfortable bowl depth for those who are 5 feet, 4 inches or shorter,
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The black kitchen cabinets are made of a high-tech material called Fenix that’s super-matte, fingerprint- and scratch-resistant, and nonporous.
opens to the backyard through two pairs of steel-framed French doors. “Every other house, at least of my clients, would do a big sliding door or a folding door. The french doors have more timeless feel.” Ceiling fans, like the one pictured here, provide air circulation throughout the public spaces.
seating areas - game table - bookcases - fireplace
Like the large floor tile transitioning to small shower are tile
A cabinet above has dividers for baking pans, cookie sheets and party platters.
anchored the floor in a classic marble mosaic basketweave tile. Then she brought that same tile up beneath the chair rail as an accent.
Bright green golden sweet flag (Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’, zones 5 to 9) and ‘Setsugekka’ sasanqua camellias (Camellia sasanqua ‘Setsugekka’, zones 7 to 10) line the fence. “Both of these are evergreen. When the rest of the garden is sleeping, [the homeowners] still have the strong visual of these plants,” Batten says. “These camellias add verticality without taking up too much space horizontally, and they provide winter blooms.” The three-part composting bin in the corner was also part of the project. The homeowners can compost all their garden waste and then redistribute the soil in the yard.
The built-in benches flip up for storage. The homeowners keep cushions and gardening tools inside.
raised beds and the new fence are cedar
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Black-and-white checkerboard tile flooring, vertical shiplap walls, Carrara marble countertops and a barn light add country charm - and pair with red for kitchen
black tile and plaid flooring - pair this with red - white - black = dramatic
porcelain tile with a limestone look for the floor and walls.
transfixing light and bright appearance. But it’s the clever storage niches on a half wall in the shower that really grab attention. The top two recesses offer space for shower products of various sizes, and a small niche near the bottom provides a spot for propping a foot while shaving one’s legs. A hook on the half wall can keep a towel handy just outside the shower.
On the curb, she used the same darker marble she used on the countertop to tie two different parts of the room together. She covered the shower floor in 2-by-2-inch square Thassos marble tile and played off that geometry with a square drain in the center.
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floor tile anchored the space with pattern and provided a jumping-off point for the rest of the design. In front of the vanity, Elbaum added a vintage-inspired durable runner to further break up the flooring and add a soft touch underfoot.
suggested a mural wallpaper,” the designer says. “One of the homeowners and I searched for wallpaper at the same time, and she was the one who found this woodsy paper for a really good price. I agreed it would be a great fit.”
shower includes a fixed shower head and a sliding hand shower from the same polished nickel line as the vanity sink faucets and tub faucet. The shower floor is the same marble tile as the main bathroom floor but cut to a 3-by-3-inch size for better grip and to allow for a slope for drainage.
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A pony wall topped by glass separates the curbless shower from the freestanding tub in this Austin, Texas, bath. But designer Lilianne Steckel created visual continuity with a fresh green tile on the walls of both spaces as well as the pony wall itself. The floor tile, delightfully unexpected concrete with a brass inlay, is carried through both halves as well for a cohesive look that also allows for delineation.
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