There’s one thing particular a couple of powder tub performed proper. Although usually tiny, it’s one house in a house the place friends pause and spot the small print. And in contrast to different rooms the place perform usually takes priority, a powder tub is a chance to create an expertise—a compact second of calm the place each materials can shine.
After we started planning our Zuma Seashore Home renovation, I knew our powder tub was actually small. However I’m all the time excited by a chance to create one thing that feels particular inside a minimal footprint. My design philosophy is that dimension doesn’t decide affect—intention does. And in an area this intimate, each floor, each texture, and each element issues.
The Problem: Making 20 Sq. Ft Really feel Luxurious
Let’s be sincere—powder baths usually get the leftover price range and “builder’s selection” therapy. In any case, it could seem to be only a primary utilitarian house. However to me, small areas are the place you get to be daring, the place you’ll be able to put money into these dream supplies which may really feel overwhelming (and be too dear) in a bigger room.
Measurement doesn’t decide affect—intention does.
The footprint we’re working with is tight, however that constraint turned our inventive catalyst. As a substitute of attempting to make the house really feel greater, we determined to lean into its intimacy and make it really feel wealthy, layered, and textural.
Zellige That Makes a Assertion
The star of this house is totally the backsplash. We’re utilizing this beautiful, unglazed pure trapezoid zellige tile from Zia Tile that runs all the way in which from the self-importance to the ceiling.
What I really like about this tile isn’t simply the nice and cozy, earthy tone—it’s the surprising form. Whereas most individuals consider zellige as these traditional subway or sq. tiles, these trapezoids create this unimaginable geometric sample that feels each timeless and utterly contemporary. The handmade high quality means every tile is barely totally different, creating refined variations in colour and texture that make the wall really feel alive.
Working it floor-to-ceiling was an intentional option to create most affect. In a small house, you need the attention to journey vertically to create the phantasm of peak, and this dramatic backdrop transforms what might have been a forgettable powder tub into one thing memorable.
Lighting That Feels Like Sculpture
Over the mirror, we’re hanging this placing black pendant from Lightology. It’s a daring selection, however I really like the sculptural high quality it brings to the house.
The black end will create lovely distinction in opposition to the nice and cozy zellige and brass accents, giving the house a contemporary, natural high quality that I’m utterly obsessive about.
Brass That Tells a Story
Like all through the remainder of the home, we’re utilizing unlacquered brass fixtures—particularly the identical faucet from Kallista’s One assortment that we selected for our major and visitor bogs.
I really like that unlacquered brass develops character over time. Every fingerprint, every water spot turns into a part of its patina and story. In a powder tub that may see numerous totally different arms through the years, I can already think about how superbly it is going to age.
The spherical brass mirror from Rejuvenation echoes this heat steel tone whereas conserving the traces clear and easy. The spherical form softens all of the geometric angles of the trapezoid tile, creating an ideal steadiness.
Partitions Like a Gentle Embrace
For the partitions, we’re utilizing the identical Patagonia Roman Clay from Portola Paints that we’ve chosen all through the home. This smooth, heat impartial has change into our signature end—it provides texture and depth whereas sustaining the serene, spa-like high quality we wish in each house.
In such a small room, the Roman Clay creates this cocoon-like feeling. The handcrafted texture catches mild superbly and provides a lot extra curiosity than common paint ever might.
Embrace Distinction: Rustic Meets Refined
On the counter tops, we’re utilizing Caesarstone in Marenstone—a surprising quartz floor with refined veining that appears like pure stone however with unparalleled sturdiness and consistency. The smooth, minimalist design of the Caesarstone creates this lovely juxtaposition in opposition to the natural textures all through the room, particularly the reclaimed wooden floating under it.
We’re incorporating a reclaimed wooden shelf under the countertop, which will likely be a superbly rustic foil in opposition to the smooth traces of the Caesarstone. I really like including no less than one reclaimed contact to each room, to deliver heat and historical past into what might in any other case really feel too treasured or polished.
This rigidity between refined and rustic has change into a signature in all my designs—the handmade imperfection of outdated wooden in opposition to the precision of the zellige and brass. It’s these surprising combos that make an area really feel collected moderately than adorned, lived-in moderately than staged.
On the flooring we’re utilizing Stuga wood flooring in “Ingrid”—a ravishing, pure wooden tone that grounds the whole palette and connects again to the natural supplies all through the remainder of the home.
Sure, I’m In Love With This Bathroom
We’re placing the identical beautiful ME by Starck Wall Mounted Bathroom from Duravit in right here that we selected for our different bogs, and I can’t let you know how a lot a well-designed rest room elevates a rest room. It’s actually a design element price taking note of, and this one is smooth, minimal, and (dare I say) lovely.
Small Area, Main Assertion
What I hope this powder tub conveys is that sq. footage doesn’t dictate intentional design. While you take time to decide on supplies you’re keen on, and convey consideration to each element, even the tiniest areas can really feel luxurious.
This room is all in regards to the energy of gorgeous supplies. From the geometric drama of the zellige to the residing end of the brass, each factor works collectively to create one thing that feels each timeless and utterly contemporary.
My dream for this house: when friends step into it, they take that momentary pause that occurs if you encounter one thing unexpectedly lovely. That’s the sensation I’m designing for, and I can’t wait to see it come to life.
