The original Master Bathroom had two separate His & Her bathrooms complete with a toilet, vanity and a tub or shower, plus two separate His & Her walk-in closets. The four individual rooms and small narrow hallway created a claustrophobic maze. The homeowner’s desired to have a more open Master Bathroom without so many doors to contend with. One major challenge was to keep the placement of all the existing windows as is. The redesigned space is more open with a modern style which includes floating vanities and quartz counter tops. Contemporary styled faucets and the crystal cabinet hardware and wall sconces add sparkle to the room. The electric magnifying mirror is mounted to the wall and folds back out of the way. A new soaking tub replaced the old tub which had dated plumbing fixtures. A separated room for the toilet and walk-in shower has a pocket door for privacy when needed. Not shown is a large mirror that is mounted to one side of the pocket door that comes in handy when getting ready in the morning. The larger shower has a bench seat, shampoo niche and grab bars for safety. The windows remained in the same place but the glass block was replaced with clear view windows to take in the beautiful views. With a few minor tweaks, the His & Her closets remained as is, minus the doors. Now the homeowner’s can move about in their new Master Bathroom with virtually no doors to hinder them.

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Complete Home Remodel This full-home renovation transformed an outdated property into a modern, stylish, and functional living space. Every detail was thoughtfully updated to enhance comfort, aesthetics, and value while maintaining exceptional craftsmanship throughout. Project Highlights Complete interior renovation Brand-new luxury bathrooms with modern fixtures and finishes New luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the home Fresh interior paint in a contemporary color palette New recessed LED lighting and updated light fixtures Modern kitchen upgrades with new countertops, cabinetry, and finishes Updated plumbing fixtures and hardware New interior doors, trim, and baseboards Contemporary bathroom vanities and mirrors Modern tile showers with premium finishes Updated electrical devices and switches Improved open-concept living spaces Fresh, clean, move-in-ready design Every room was carefully remodeled to create a bright, inviting atmosphere while incorporating high-quality materials and timeless design elements. The result is a beautifully renovated home that combines modern style, functionality, and lasting value. Keywords

Complete Home Remodel This full-home renovation transformed an outdated property into a modern, stylish, and functional living space. Every detail was thoughtfully updated to enhance comfort, aesthetics, and value while maintaining exceptional craftsmanship throughout. Project Highlights Complete interior renovation Brand-new luxury bathrooms with modern fixtures and finishes New luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the home Fresh interior paint in a contemporary color palette New recessed LED lighting and updated light fixtures Modern kitchen upgrades with new countertops, cabinetry, and finishes Updated plumbing fixtures and hardware New interior doors, trim, and baseboards Contemporary bathroom vanities and mirrors Modern tile showers with premium finishes Updated electrical devices and switches Improved open-concept living spaces Fresh, clean, move-in-ready design Every room was carefully remodeled to create a bright, inviting atmosphere while incorporating high-quality materials and timeless design elements. The result is a beautifully renovated home that combines modern style, functionality, and lasting value. Keywords

The home creates a balance between modern architectural design and the incredible scenery surrounding it by preserving much of the natural landscape and taking advantage of natural sunlight and air flow. Plans were drawn using passive house principles – showing a continuous insulation layer with appropriate thicknesses for the Montana climate around the entire conditioned space to minimize heat loss during winters and heat gain during summers. Overhangs and other shading devices allow the low winter sun into the building and keep the high summer sun out. Glo European Windows A7 series was carefully selected for the Elk Ridge Passive House because of their High Solar Heat Gain Coefficient which allows the home to absorb free solar heat, and a low U-value to retain this heat once the sun sets. The A7 windows were an excellent choice for durability and the ability to remain resilient in the harsh winter climate. Glo’s European hardware ensures smooth operation for fresh air and ventilation. The A7 windows from Glo were an easy choice for the Elk Ridge Passive House project.

Complete Home Remodel This full-home renovation transformed an outdated property into a modern, stylish, and functional living space. Every detail was thoughtfully updated to enhance comfort, aesthetics, and value while maintaining exceptional craftsmanship throughout. Project Highlights Complete interior renovation Brand-new luxury bathrooms with modern fixtures and finishes New luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the home Fresh interior paint in a contemporary color palette New recessed LED lighting and updated light fixtures Modern kitchen upgrades with new countertops, cabinetry, and finishes Updated plumbing fixtures and hardware New interior doors, trim, and baseboards Contemporary bathroom vanities and mirrors Modern tile showers with premium finishes Updated electrical devices and switches Improved open-concept living spaces Fresh, clean, move-in-ready design Every room was carefully remodeled to create a bright, inviting atmosphere while incorporating high-quality materials and timeless design elements. The result is a beautifully renovated home that combines modern style, functionality, and lasting value. Keywords

An expansive marble-topped vanity features dual sinks each topped with industrial-inspired tilting mirrors framed in shiny chrome. The adjustable mirrors allow either a standing or seated person to position it for their best angle. Beneath the vanity, we created a “roll-in” cabinet without a kickboard, and hiding doors to accommodate mobility devices like wheelchairs or riding chairs. Floor tile: Porcelain, Archea Bianco Matte 24x36 Shower tile: Porcelain, Themar Bianco Lasa Matte 12x24 Shower accent tile: Porcelain, Myth Wave Gray Matte Cabinet style: Simple Shaker Cabinetry paint color: Swiss Coffee Satin Hardware: Shower, Crosswater Leyden Satin Nickel, Faucets, Handgrohe Metropol Classic Brushed Nickel Mirrors: RH Dillon, Traditional Pivot Mirror; West Elm Floating Round Mirror Toilets: Kohler Santa Rosa Sinks: Toto Undercounter Lavatory Sink Countertop: Silestone, Eternal Calcutta Gold, Suede

Complete Home Remodel This full-home renovation transformed an outdated property into a modern, stylish, and functional living space. Every detail was thoughtfully updated to enhance comfort, aesthetics, and value while maintaining exceptional craftsmanship throughout. Project Highlights Complete interior renovation Brand-new luxury bathrooms with modern fixtures and finishes New luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the home Fresh interior paint in a contemporary color palette New recessed LED lighting and updated light fixtures Modern kitchen upgrades with new countertops, cabinetry, and finishes Updated plumbing fixtures and hardware New interior doors, trim, and baseboards Contemporary bathroom vanities and mirrors Modern tile showers with premium finishes Updated electrical devices and switches Improved open-concept living spaces Fresh, clean, move-in-ready design Every room was carefully remodeled to create a bright, inviting atmosphere while incorporating high-quality materials and timeless design elements. The result is a beautifully renovated home that combines modern style, functionality, and lasting value. Keywords

THE SETUP This client lives in a great high-rise condo in downtown Chicago. Alicia has already remodeled a few areas of her home, including her kitchen and home office. The bathroom is one of the last big places the client wanted to update. The existing bathroom had a large, outdated whirlpool tub in the corner. It was a darker space that had a lack of natural light. There are no windows (due to the bathroom’s location within the high-rise building). So, the idea was to brighten up the space and give the client an updated, elegant primary bathroom that is more her style and tailor-made for her routines. Design Objectives: - Make the space brighter. - Create different daily routine stations to maximize functionality while keeping things clutter-free – a makeup station, a blow-dry station, and a sink-needs station. - Achieve the client’s specific style and function needs while also keeping the look and design open to future possibilities: different users of the space/resale clients. Design Challenges: - Toilet cannot be moved. (In a high-rise, you can’t really move plumbing around too much when reimagining a space) - Existing bathroom had a soffit that hid a lot of electrical wiring, so completely removing the soffit wasn’t an option. - The blow-dry station needs to accommodate the client’s preference for standing up. - Finding a place for the make-up station, which the client wants oriented for sitting. - Create storage within the shower that can eliminate the clutter of personal care products that are actually needed every day. Do this, while keeping the client’s favorite things about the existing shower: the shower bench, a tub filler faucet (for rinsing shaving cream when shaving legs) and a low niche for placing her foot when shaving her legs. THE RENEWED SPACE Design Solutions: - Extended a bit of wall near the toilet to give the commode its own area within the space, but without closing it off into a claustrophobic WC. - Worked within the reality of the existing soffit situation, reshaping it to align with the new shower. Can lights were also added. Installed a beautiful ceiling light fixture that works within the new soffit shape, commanding attention and adding light, as if the sofit shape was chosen for it. - Created a nice, furniture-looking 42”-high cabinet with pullout drawers to be the blow-dry station, complete with a mirror and a nice top. The pullout drawers are all powered, concealing a Dyson dryer and curling iron (and all the accoutrements) while keeping them plugged in, which is ideal for easy usage and put away. A stylish mirror on the wall above the cabinet, and proper lighting, make this the perfect blow-dry station. The top has a grommet that can accommodate a power cord should the client ever want to have a powered device on top of the cabinet. - Put the sit-down makeup station where the tub used to be, putting the mirror back into a new recessed wall just a bit, allowing the area to have more room. - Created a niche in the shower’s inner wall so that you can’t see it unless you are literally inside the shower. At the client’s request, it also has a hook so she can hang her loofa. Hiding the utility niche in this way allowed us to use the full main wall of the shower as a canvas for a beautiful accent stripe of raised decorative tile. The new shower has her old favorites, too: the tub filler, foot niche and bench. Alicia’s client loves her new primary bathroom, especially the blow dry area. It is very accommodating for her, as a tall lady, while being very easy to use. The drawers store everything. Being powered, they make using already-plugged in appliances very easy to use and put away. Her previous makeup station was a freestanding vanity with a single drawer, so beauty products were all over the surface top. With her new makeup station, everything is nicely tucked away and organized in drawers. The new lighting is fantastic and the colors are light and soft. The clients loves the overall look and feel of her new bathroom and raves about how well the functionality-minded design makes her morning routine – and her life – easier and enjoyable!

Complete Home Remodel This full-home renovation transformed an outdated property into a modern, stylish, and functional living space. Every detail was thoughtfully updated to enhance comfort, aesthetics, and value while maintaining exceptional craftsmanship throughout. Project Highlights Complete interior renovation Brand-new luxury bathrooms with modern fixtures and finishes New luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the home Fresh interior paint in a contemporary color palette New recessed LED lighting and updated light fixtures Modern kitchen upgrades with new countertops, cabinetry, and finishes Updated plumbing fixtures and hardware New interior doors, trim, and baseboards Contemporary bathroom vanities and mirrors Modern tile showers with premium finishes Updated electrical devices and switches Improved open-concept living spaces Fresh, clean, move-in-ready design Every room was carefully remodeled to create a bright, inviting atmosphere while incorporating high-quality materials and timeless design elements. The result is a beautifully renovated home that combines modern style, functionality, and lasting value. Keywords

Complete Home Remodel This full-home renovation transformed an outdated property into a modern, stylish, and functional living space. Every detail was thoughtfully updated to enhance comfort, aesthetics, and value while maintaining exceptional craftsmanship throughout. Project Highlights Complete interior renovation Brand-new luxury bathrooms with modern fixtures and finishes New luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the home Fresh interior paint in a contemporary color palette New recessed LED lighting and updated light fixtures Modern kitchen upgrades with new countertops, cabinetry, and finishes Updated plumbing fixtures and hardware New interior doors, trim, and baseboards Contemporary bathroom vanities and mirrors Modern tile showers with premium finishes Updated electrical devices and switches Improved open-concept living spaces Fresh, clean, move-in-ready design Every room was carefully remodeled to create a bright, inviting atmosphere while incorporating high-quality materials and timeless design elements. The result is a beautifully renovated home that combines modern style, functionality, and lasting value. Keywords

The potential of converting six laneway parking spaces at the back of the property into housing was apparent to architect Zuzanna Krykorka from the moment she laid eyes on the Parkdale, Toronto house her family ended up purchasing in 2018. Unique for a laneway house, the house has windows on all sides, bringing in lot of natural light while also interacting with the life of a city laneway. The "lit" house at night makes it obvious that this is an inhabited living space, occupants becoming part of the neighbourhood rather than tucked away in secret. The ground floor is a light-filled open-plan kitchen, dining and living room with views to the backyard framed by 3 massive 150 year old maple trees. Upstairs a spa-inspired bathroom with a large skylight surrounded by the tree canopy. Looking in either direction reveals that the central hall lines up with the north and south second-floor windows, again a nod to the house's laneway origins. Construction details follow passive house principles. The large window at the top of the stairs— again framing a view of the sky—is a feature called "the oculus." By night, the oculus glows warmly from the outside, while during the day it can be opened so as to function as a cooling shaft. Heating is provided by in-floor hydronic radiant on both floors powered by an electric boiler. A heat pump water heater does the domestic hot water. Meanwhile, dense-pack cellulose insulation retains this heat during the winter and minimizes the need for air-conditioning in the summer. But this system doesn't mean a stuffy interior: ventilation is enabled by Lunos "breathing wall" technology, a through-wall variable system that is coupled with a ceramic regenerative heat exchanger. Operating in pairs, these devices are installed directly through an exterior wall and provide continuous circulation without the need for duct-work, all of which has the added benefit of furthering the open, clean design aesthetic. The laneway house sits comfortably among the many garages of this Parkdale lane. With its steel roof, wood siding and dark robust exterior, it wears its Toronto garage vernacular proudly, an active part of the laneway urban environment. Project Details: Area: 1020 sf; 2 storey Height: 2 stories; 6m Rooms: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 powder room, open ground floor concept Mechanical: in floor hydronic heating both floors, electric boiler, separate domestic hot water heat pump water heater, 2 ductless mini split heat pump units upstairs Insulation: dense pack cellulose insulation, walls and ceiling, Roofing: corrugated metal roof Windows: triple pane high performance windows from Kastrup, Denmark

Complete Home Remodel This full-home renovation transformed an outdated property into a modern, stylish, and functional living space. Every detail was thoughtfully updated to enhance comfort, aesthetics, and value while maintaining exceptional craftsmanship throughout. Project Highlights Complete interior renovation Brand-new luxury bathrooms with modern fixtures and finishes New luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the home Fresh interior paint in a contemporary color palette New recessed LED lighting and updated light fixtures Modern kitchen upgrades with new countertops, cabinetry, and finishes Updated plumbing fixtures and hardware New interior doors, trim, and baseboards Contemporary bathroom vanities and mirrors Modern tile showers with premium finishes Updated electrical devices and switches Improved open-concept living spaces Fresh, clean, move-in-ready design Every room was carefully remodeled to create a bright, inviting atmosphere while incorporating high-quality materials and timeless design elements. The result is a beautifully renovated home that combines modern style, functionality, and lasting value. Keywords

Complete Home Remodel This full-home renovation transformed an outdated property into a modern, stylish, and functional living space. Every detail was thoughtfully updated to enhance comfort, aesthetics, and value while maintaining exceptional craftsmanship throughout. Project Highlights Complete interior renovation Brand-new luxury bathrooms with modern fixtures and finishes New luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the home Fresh interior paint in a contemporary color palette New recessed LED lighting and updated light fixtures Modern kitchen upgrades with new countertops, cabinetry, and finishes Updated plumbing fixtures and hardware New interior doors, trim, and baseboards Contemporary bathroom vanities and mirrors Modern tile showers with premium finishes Updated electrical devices and switches Improved open-concept living spaces Fresh, clean, move-in-ready design Every room was carefully remodeled to create a bright, inviting atmosphere while incorporating high-quality materials and timeless design elements. The result is a beautifully renovated home that combines modern style, functionality, and lasting value. Keywords

THE SETUP This client lives in a great high-rise condo in downtown Chicago. Alicia has already remodeled a few areas of her home, including her kitchen and home office. The bathroom is one of the last big places the client wanted to update. The existing bathroom had a large, outdated whirlpool tub in the corner. It was a darker space that had a lack of natural light. There are no windows (due to the bathroom’s location within the high-rise building). So, the idea was to brighten up the space and give the client an updated, elegant primary bathroom that is more her style and tailor-made for her routines. Design Objectives: - Make the space brighter. - Create different daily routine stations to maximize functionality while keeping things clutter-free – a makeup station, a blow-dry station, and a sink-needs station. - Achieve the client’s specific style and function needs while also keeping the look and design open to future possibilities: different users of the space/resale clients. Design Challenges: - Toilet cannot be moved. (In a high-rise, you can’t really move plumbing around too much when reimagining a space) - Existing bathroom had a soffit that hid a lot of electrical wiring, so completely removing the soffit wasn’t an option. - The blow-dry station needs to accommodate the client’s preference for standing up. - Finding a place for the make-up station, which the client wants oriented for sitting. - Create storage within the shower that can eliminate the clutter of personal care products that are actually needed every day. Do this, while keeping the client’s favorite things about the existing shower: the shower bench, a tub filler faucet (for rinsing shaving cream when shaving legs) and a low niche for placing her foot when shaving her legs. THE RENEWED SPACE Design Solutions: - Extended a bit of wall near the toilet to give the commode its own area within the space, but without closing it off into a claustrophobic WC. - Worked within the reality of the existing soffit situation, reshaping it to align with the new shower. Can lights were also added. Installed a beautiful ceiling light fixture that works within the new soffit shape, commanding attention and adding light, as if the sofit shape was chosen for it. - Created a nice, furniture-looking 42”-high cabinet with pullout drawers to be the blow-dry station, complete with a mirror and a nice top. The pullout drawers are all powered, concealing a Dyson dryer and curling iron (and all the accoutrements) while keeping them plugged in, which is ideal for easy usage and put away. A stylish mirror on the wall above the cabinet, and proper lighting, make this the perfect blow-dry station. The top has a grommet that can accommodate a power cord should the client ever want to have a powered device on top of the cabinet. - Put the sit-down makeup station where the tub used to be, putting the mirror back into a new recessed wall just a bit, allowing the area to have more room. - Created a niche in the shower’s inner wall so that you can’t see it unless you are literally inside the shower. At the client’s request, it also has a hook so she can hang her loofa. Hiding the utility niche in this way allowed us to use the full main wall of the shower as a canvas for a beautiful accent stripe of raised decorative tile. The new shower has her old favorites, too: the tub filler, foot niche and bench. Alicia’s client loves her new primary bathroom, especially the blow dry area. It is very accommodating for her, as a tall lady, while being very easy to use. The drawers store everything. Being powered, they make using already-plugged in appliances very easy to use and put away. Her previous makeup station was a freestanding vanity with a single drawer, so beauty products were all over the surface top. With her new makeup station, everything is nicely tucked away and organized in drawers. The new lighting is fantastic and the colors are light and soft. The clients loves the overall look and feel of her new bathroom and raves about how well the functionality-minded design makes her morning routine – and her life – easier and enjoyable!

Beneath the vanity, we created a “roll-in” cabinet without a kickboard, and hiding doors to accommodate mobility devices like wheelchairs or riding chairs.

Complete Home Remodel This full-home renovation transformed an outdated property into a modern, stylish, and functional living space. Every detail was thoughtfully updated to enhance comfort, aesthetics, and value while maintaining exceptional craftsmanship throughout. Project Highlights Complete interior renovation Brand-new luxury bathrooms with modern fixtures and finishes New luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the home Fresh interior paint in a contemporary color palette New recessed LED lighting and updated light fixtures Modern kitchen upgrades with new countertops, cabinetry, and finishes Updated plumbing fixtures and hardware New interior doors, trim, and baseboards Contemporary bathroom vanities and mirrors Modern tile showers with premium finishes Updated electrical devices and switches Improved open-concept living spaces Fresh, clean, move-in-ready design Every room was carefully remodeled to create a bright, inviting atmosphere while incorporating high-quality materials and timeless design elements. The result is a beautifully renovated home that combines modern style, functionality, and lasting value. Keywords

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Complete Home Remodel This full-home renovation transformed an outdated property into a modern, stylish, and functional living space. Every detail was thoughtfully updated to enhance comfort, aesthetics, and value while maintaining exceptional craftsmanship throughout. Project Highlights Complete interior renovation Brand-new luxury bathrooms with modern fixtures and finishes New luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the home Fresh interior paint in a contemporary color palette New recessed LED lighting and updated light fixtures Modern kitchen upgrades with new countertops, cabinetry, and finishes Updated plumbing fixtures and hardware New interior doors, trim, and baseboards Contemporary bathroom vanities and mirrors Modern tile showers with premium finishes Updated electrical devices and switches Improved open-concept living spaces Fresh, clean, move-in-ready design Every room was carefully remodeled to create a bright, inviting atmosphere while incorporating high-quality materials and timeless design elements. The result is a beautifully renovated home that combines modern style, functionality, and lasting value. Keywords