Amy Eisenberg, kitchen and bath designer at Karen Berkemeyer Home, upgraded three bathrooms of the original 1990’s custom-built Georgian Colonial style home in Greenwich, Connecticut. Amy began this project by sorting out and combing through materials to hone in on the desired style. Pure white Thassos marble was the choice for field tile and to be used as a wainscot. Amy designed the niche as a strong focal point for the blue bath and brought a banding into the shower for the eldest daughter’s bath and the guest bath.

Much like a Monet painting, this floral mosaic crafted with jet cut blue celeste marble, Carrara marble, and pearly river shell surely sets the mood and provides a strong identity for this space. To add to the experience a rainshower head was installed. Thassos marble accentuated with blue celeste marble details gives that crisp clean classic look. The shower floor is a more functional celeste blue—instead of the white—while the main floor is a beautiful basket weave.

For the next bathroom, Amy recommended a glass collection with 6’ x 12’ glossy pale aqua glass tile for the shower walls and banded it with a gorgeous glass floral mosaic. The glass pencil works to transition the very thin glass mosaic and the thicker glass field tile. So much detail goes into the plan with tile design than the just selection of materials. A great installer is key. Places where materials transition, corner and change thicknesses create challenging puzzles and require experts. Challenging and intricate mosaic patterns are well worth the extra planning. They offer unparalleled impact. The floor was embellished with diagonally set glass pieces inserted into the larger Thassos stone tile on the main floor and used the same small square mosaic on the entire shower floor. The small matching 1” x 1” glass mosaic for the shower floor is perfect choice for friction and functions well to create the necessary floor pitch for proper drainage.

Photography: Jaime Martorano