Steal This Look: A Modern Bathroom in Sonoma - Remodelista
At the start of my architectural career, I worked for an architect from the old school who believed that bathrooms should be tiled white, from floor to ceiling–end of story. San Francisco-based architect Neal Schwartz, a member of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory, has designed a bathroom in the pool and guest house of his Sonoma Hydeaway House... ...that fits the old school model of utility bathroom perfectly: The shower is an integral part of the room, with the drain hidden under a wood bath mat. Schwartz selected hard-wearing and easy-to-maintain finishes like ceramic tiles and concrete floors in the pool and guest house bathroom. Photography by Mathew Millman. Photograph by Neal Schwartz. In keeping with the functional and utilitarian aesthetic, Schwartz hung his shower curtain from a standard hospital track... ...which comes with small carriers for curtains and lengths of metal ball chain, and can be ordered in any bendable radius. “I know some people hate shower curtains, but looking at the price of custom glass shower enclosures, I think they make so much sense and it is always the first thing I suggest cutting out of a project to save money,” he says. Photograph by Neal Schwartz. “For the light, I just bought the base and then replaced the intended bulbs with those more funky Plumen bulbs, which I love,” Schwartz says. Schwartz conceals the shower drain in the middle of a room with a Mosaic Bamboo Mahogany Tub Mat; $24.99 from Bed Bath and Beyond. The architect uses ceramic tiles from Lea Ceramiche in Gesso and Warm Grey Grout from Mapei to achieve his classic white, tiled bathroom. A modern version of the double cross handle faucet from the Tara Line at Dornbracht keeps things simple. A minimally detailed Medicine Cabinet was sourced from the Robern M-series. Plumen bulbs add a unique point of interest to the classic white bathroom; $29.95. Schwartz ordered the Kirsch Cubicle Track for his shower curtain online, bent to his specifications. There are white shower curtains and there are white shower curtains. See Cotton Duck Shower Curtains from Brook Farm General Store for more.