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Kitchen & Bath Design News
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October 2015
Designer's Notebook
By Ellen Cheever, CMKBD, ASID, CAPS
M
ost designers would agree
with me that planning
bathrooms is often more
challenging than kitchen spaces
because small rooms are combined
with extensive client "wish lists." The
challenges seem to vary between
types of bathroom spaces. Because
of this, I typically divide bathrooms
into three distinctively diferent cat-
egories of projects.
THE POWDER ROOM
The small frst-foor powder room
is one that clients often hope will
have elegant styling, as well as
fawlessly working fxtures. These
small spaces challenge our creativ-
ity to propose unusual products or a
unique installation to create a one-
of-a-kind guest space.
Image one is an example of one
completed last year.
MASTER BATHROOM SUITES
Master bathrooms can be big or
small. Regardless of size, consum-
ers typically want this bathroom to
be an adult retreat. Designers tell me
that large, well-designed, multi-head
showers are preferred over large
bathtubs in master suites. If a bath-
tub is included in the master suite, a
smaller tub for one person – rather
than the large bathing pools popular
10 years ago – seems to be preferred.
Stretching space and designing with details can help
designers transform small bathrooms into dream spaces.
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This powder room's original wall-to-
wall vanity was replaced with an elegant
piece of bathroom furniture inspired by
Asian design. The operable drawers are
cut out around the plumbing. The vessel
bowl and wall-mounted faucets work well
in a powder room setting.
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An elegant retreat for the lady of the
house features both a well-outftted
shower and a bathtub for one in a free-
standing platform.
3
Note the wall-hung toilet with
an elegant bowl, rather than a more
contemporary fxture.
Images courtesy of Ellen Cheever, CMKBD, ASID, CAPS,
Ellen Cheever & Associates, Wilmington, DE,
www.ellencheever.com, and Pietro Giorgi, Sr., CMKBD,
Giorgi Kitchens & Designs, Wilmington, DE,
www.giorgikitchens.com. Photography: Peter Leach, Peter
Leach Photography, www.peterleachphotography.com
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