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Project Case Study { Spotlight on creative, problem-solving baths } By Kim Berndtson In a minute Combines Ivy League Club Details with Graceful Touches Photos: Jason Donnelly Designer Karin Edwards remodels her master bath with her husband���s palette and their lifestyle in mind. A bathroom becomes a more special place because of Des Moines, IA ��� When Karin Edwards remodeled the master bathroom she shares with her husband in their Des Moines, IA, home, she channeled the aura of a traditional Ivy League Gentleman���s Club and enhanced it with graceful details that add a touch of feminine softness ��� most prominently of which is the stylish slipper tub with its quid lines and sinuous shape that seamlessly qows into the qoor. ���I started with his palette, his look,��� says the owner of Karin H. Edwards Interiors, who specializes in kitchen and bath design for the Des Moines, as well as Chicago, areas. ���He is an elegant, dapper man, and I wanted something that was warm and ���clubby���. It was a labor of love, designed with him in mind.��� That start includes distinctive qoor-to-ceiling walnut panels ��� stained a custom, medium chocolate brown. They outline the niche surrounding the contemporary-styled Victoria + Albert Amalp volcanic limestone tub that provides grand luxury in the compact space, accented with a beaded chandelier above. ���The tub has a beautiful pnish, with a milky white color that matches the ceiling,��� says Edwards, adding that the absence of legs gives it a qoating e���ect. ���The gentle scoop and sinuous curves add to the geometry of the space.��� Custom walnut wall panels blend with a volcanic limestone slipper tub that seamlessly qows into the Geberit. More roomy. More qoor to create a dramatic master bathroom space that aesthetic. Just more. Geberit channels the aura of a traditional Ivy League Gentleman's installation technology is Club with touches of feminine softness. securely located behind the DARK VERSUS LIGHT The dark panels, which are lined with chrome strips to frame out the ceiling and qoor, also provide high contrast to similarly designed qoor-to-ceiling, high-sheen chalky white panels that grace the bedroom walls. ���It���s a high-contrast space,��� says the designer, who notes the room consists of just three basic colors: white, walnut and chrome. ���I think that the higher the contrast, the more spacious the room feels.��� Openness was a concern, since she indicates the room is relatively small. ���I didn���t have a lot of space to play with,��� Edwards says, adding that she did grab a few feet from a guest bathroom that she ultimately moved down the hall. ���I enlarged the room by the depth of the vanity, and that���s it.��� While contrast adds to the spaciousness, so does the absence of a door to separate the master bath and bedroom. ���My husband and I live on very di���erent schedules,��� she says. ���Oftentimes, the one time in the morning we have February 2013 ForResidentialPros.com | wall. Where it should be. Spend all the extra minutes you want, as long as you know Geberit is behind the wall. Call 866/787-3924 for your designer���s kit or visit ��� geberitnow.com. 21 Circle No. 12 on Product Card