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Beautiful serenity!

Kimberely Seldon! She's a fabulous designer.. I love her work in Style at Home, and Cityline!

Bathrooms can eat a lot of money. We are changing our bathtub for a double shower, frame-less glass door, glass mosaic tile for the floor and marble for the walls. I think we will be close to spend $5K in this reno. and it's only a shower!

Judging from the picture, I don't like that bathroom.

That trough sink reminds me of bathrooms in my elementary school and summer camp. It's simply the epitome of poor design. Other than to balance things on the edge of the sink, there are no shelves or countertops or even a medicine cabinet to conveniently place toiletries in this bathroom. Even the bar of soap is balanced precariously on the rear edge of the sink (try that with a wet bar of soap). The side of the sink doesn't even join the wall or include a shelf or other horizontal surface. I can just imagine the nightmare of trying to wash up there with toiletries balanced on the sink edge and things falling down the side of or into the sink and having to retrieve them.

The bathroom is a cleaning and maintenance disaster waiting to happen. It may look great right now in the pictures, but under normal use, that trough sink will collect dirt and stain along the sides and in the corners, just like the one in grade school. Since there appears to be no backsplash or wall tile, dirt, water, etc. will splatter against the wall necessitating frequent repainting. And if those faucet handles ever leak, the wall is gone, as there's no moisture resistant surface to prevent water from invading the wall.

Luxurious bathrooms should not only look nice but be ergonomically convenient and easy to maintain. Unfortunately there are designers who like to create spaces where the user must conform to the strict design formalities of the space, rather than the space accommodating the user. This is one of the best examples I've ever seen of that folly.

the cast iron register in the image is $100.00 a section, very nice.
trough sinks dont have a center drain by design, trough sinks are wet shelves so you can wash and set aside accoutrements before dressing.
the door knob is, intentional, the weakest entry to the space.

It is nice enough, but like John H, I have seen far too many trough sink/wall faucet setups lately and I cannot wrap my head around this trend. I would quickly tire of cleaning both a square-cornered sink, and the wall paint around the faucets that will inevitably get splashed, dirty, and/or soapy. To me this looks like a public restroom...the heat register and exposed plumbing increase that sensation. The color, lighting, shapes and materials just feel cold to me.

Really charming and lovely.