Project Details
- Project Name
- Tailored Fit
- Location
- Maryland
- Remodeler
- Carnemark design + build
- Project Types
- Custom Home
- Project Scope
- Renovation/Remodel
- Size
- 205 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2015
- Awards
- 2017 Remodeling Design Awards
- Project Status
- Built
- Room or Space
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Bath ,Storage/Closets
2017 Remodeling Design Awards
Bathroom Remodel over $50,000: Grand
When an older man decided his master bathroom no longer met his needs, he decided to update the space to fit his luxurious taste. The existing master bath had a set of French doors, a large Jacuzzi soaking tub, his and her vanities, and a water closet. He wanted to remove the tub and create a spacious oasis which he could use as he continues to age in place.
Carnemark design + build got the commission and no set budget for the job. Using the client’s taste as a major influence, principal Jonas Carnemark and his team selected high-end products and finishes that require little maintenance.
“He wanted things that were accessible and also beautiful,” says Carnemark. “We worked on trying to make a very gracious space with lots of storage.”
After removing the tub, Carnemark added a 6½-foot-by-8-foot shower with a sloping right field that allows water to flow into a linear drain running from a glass pane to the far window. A sectioned area on the left side of the drain has a valve that controls the water flow and serves as a place to dry off after a shower.
In the ceiling, a rain shower system was installed, but handheld fixtures close to the window give the client options on water features. A built-in bench and recessed shelf for bath products were incorporated into the flamed porcelain tile wall. The textured porcelain tile floor has slip-resistant coating.
The biggest challenge the team had to overcome was a street-facing window in the shower area. The neighborhood homeowners association would not allow any modifications to the exterior of the window. As a result, a thick pane of frosted glass with clear banding covers the double-hung window to create privacy without blocking sunlight.
The banded frosted glass was used in other elements in the bathroom: The water closet door and the barn-door entrance into the bathroom both incorporate it.
Two large vertical cabinets were built on either side of the water closet door for ample storage space.
A floating white vanity with a sink and mirror were placed right before the shower. Instead of the usual door-like opening for the medicine cabinet, this mirror can be slid upward with “just the lift of your pinky,” according to Carnemark. Inside, plugs, a demisting button, and pop-out magnifying mirror were all built in.
An automated wireless system was added so the client can use his cell phone or tablet to program the dimmable LED lighting and ventilation system.
“It is the very definition of custom,” said one judge. “It’s one of kind,” another judge added. “When you look at a lot of bathrooms, you see a lot of similar elements, you see a lot of repeats. This is like a jewel.”
Project Description
FROM THE FIRM:
With budget not being an issue, we sought to tailor the bathroom to our client's individual needs and desires, including partitioning off the water closet area to a separate room off of the space and providing ample, practical storage. With this gentleman’s superb taste and a "shoot-for-the-moon" mentality, we carefully selected stylish high-end products and finishes that need little maintenance and would last a lifetime. Our client requested an experience that would be sophisticated, but extremely easy to manage. Instead of multiple light dimmers and ventilation switches for the mechanics of the room, a wireless program was set up that put all of these functions on one simple apparatus. This automated, fully-integrated system allows the user to use his cell phone or iPad to program the LED lighting for timed dimming and to control temperature with the push of a button.