In this issue, brilliant design minds come together to create mood boards and room schemes, delivering tips for those of us looking to elevate or renovate our bathrooms.
ur first house was one floor. Because of this, the duality of the main bathroom’s purpose could not be more incongruous: we wanted it to be an elevated bathroom for Shabbos or guests 20 percent of the time, and it needed to be a rubber-ducky-filled bathing space the remaining 80 percent.
To counter that issue, we came up with an ingenious idea that allowed us to divide the two, providing practicality and beauty all at once: the first part of the bathroom was a powder room, dramatic in black and nickel; and then a sliding door turned the other half into a space for kids, with ample real estate for their bath toys and a double vanity littered with pink electric toothbrushes.
Years later, my husband and I still conduct heated debates about whose idea this was. I distinctly remember coming up with the concept, sketched on a paper napkin, fibers ripping with my pencil and the ferocity that accompanies a creative idea. He, however, is certain it was space-planning brilliance on his end, and insists this no less than 46 times a year.
In this issue, brilliant design minds come together to create mood boards and room schemes, delivering tips for those of us looking to elevate or renovate our bathrooms. Their unique yet unified designs provide the right balance of escapist inspiration and practical execution, each with their own creative perspective. And hey — I think I could learn a thing or two about the harmony that results, or should result, from the imaginative process, don’t you?
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