Karr Bick Kitchen and Bath designs a modern and spa-like bathroom for a historic Clayton residence

In 2018, Helms and Karr Bick’s proprietor, Jenny Rausch, redesigned 4 loos, together with this grasp bathtub, and added a fifth to a historic Clayton house. The room’s lengthy, slim footprint guided the designers’ decision-making, inspiring them to get inventive as they launched fashionable facilities whereas delivering a timeless, spa-like aesthetic.

On the householders’ request, Karr Bick added a moist space on the far finish of the room, with a full-size soaking tub and twin showerheads. Massive grey porcelain tiles line the partitions, and white quartz was chosen for the bathtub’s waterfall edge. To maintain the look constant, the staff selected grey porcelain tile for the ground and had it set in a herringbone sample. Helms says this association, with extra grout traces, is safer, lowering the chance of falls.

The half partitions main into the moist room maintain niches for cleaning soap and shampoo bottles, stopping muddle. Extra organizational options embrace the customized double vainness from Mouser Cabinetry, Robern medication cupboards above, and slim cupboards for storage on the alternative aspect. Wooden flooring was chosen for the vainness space as a result of that a part of the room stays comparatively dry; Rausch notes that it’s additionally extra snug to face on than tile.

The lavatory options DXV plumbing fixtures in polished chrome for a basic look, complemented by black-finished cupboard {hardware} and lighting.

“We combine metals on a regular basis,” says Rausch. “We normally use the rule that each one the taps are one end and lighting and {hardware} one other.”

A round mirror, which the householders sourced at Crate & Barrel, introduces a contact of gold. “We thought this was essentially the most magical factor,” Rausch says. “The roundness softens the arduous edges which can be sometimes seen in a toilet.”