Bathrooms With Meredith Swinehart
Our judges have selected the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for the finalists in each of 12 Considered Design Awards categories, on both Remodelista and Gardenista. You can vote once a day in each category, now through August 15.
In the Best Amateur Bath Space category, our five finalists are Daniel Meigs, Elizabeth Norris, Taliah Lowry, Zachary L., and R. McDaniel.
Project 1
Daniel Meigs | Nashville
, TN | Modern Bathroom Remodel
Design Statement: "After discovering some extensive water damage, I decided to renovate my second bathroom. This was a new endeavor—I'd only managed basic home repairs before. YouTube, a couple of home repair books, and my local hardware store were my keys to success."
Chosen by: Guest judge and Bright Bazaar founder Will Taylor, who said: "I admire how great this turned out, especially given the small budget, restrictive space, and that Daniel carried out the work himself—bravo! The handmade brass sconce adds a touch of elegance to the all-white scheme."
Above: "This Ikea sink, vanity, and mirror fit our budget and add interesting lines."
Above: "Espresso wood stain against white and light gray tones helps this small space feel open."
Above: "I found this handmade sconce on Etsy."
Project 2
Elizabeth Norris | Nantucket, MA | Nantucket Modern Bath
Design Statement: "I wanted a spacious bathroom with lots of natural light. I love the juxtaposition of the organic stone flooring and the clean modern tub. The large sliding barn doors frame the tub and allow the space to be open to the master bedroom."
Chosen by: Will Taylor, who said: "This space feels sophisticated but not ostentatious. I like the 'hidden' barn doors that blend into the white walls, and the marble room divider helps to create intimacy in such a large space. There's a good mix of textures between the rough stone tile and clean marble and bathtub."
Above: "A modern master bath."
Above: "Double sliding barn doors offer privacy or an open space."
Above: "A marble backdrop. The room opens to the outdoor shower."
Above: "Two wall-mounted vanities keep the space clean and modern."
Project 3
Taliah Lowry | Maui, HI | Home Sweet Home
Design Statement: "A selection of my bathrooms throughout three dwellings on our property that we have remodeled or built over the last few years."
Chosen by: Will Taylor, who had this to say about the project: "I was very impressed by Taliah's ability to make (seemingly) effortless design statements in each of these spaces. The palm wallpaper looks divine paired with the clawfoot tub and hexagonal tile. In the boys' powder room, it was an inspired decision to have the piping on display in front of the mix-and-match blue tiles. It would have been so easy to hide the piping and leave the tiles clean, but by not doing so it actually makes an otherwise simple scheme all the more interesting and structural to look at."
Above: "Antique ship bathroom."
Above: "Powder room."
Above: "En suite."
Above: "Boys' powder room."
Project 4
R. McDaniel | Los Angeles, CA | Studio Green Powder Room
Design Statement: "Part of a complete remodel of a 1940 home. I strived to preserve the vintage quality. This powder room is tiny—4.25 feet by 5 feet—and triangular. It has one small window with dappled light. I decided not to fight the dark. All the bathrooms were retiled with hexagonal tiles."
Chosen by: Remodelista editor in chief Julie Carlson, who said: "The daring dark, dark green paneling, brass faucet, and glass pendant evoke a gentleman's club loo. And the tilework makes it feel very jaunty."
Above: "A Newport Brass faucet, eBay towel bar find, and LiveAuctioneers vintage French mirror."
Above: "I added the chair rail paneling and painted it Studio Green from Farrow & Ball."
Above: "American Restoration Tile in a custom pattern that I based on one of A.R.T's designs."
Above: "The pendant light was in an upstairs hall when we bought the house."
Project 5
Zachary L. | Toronto, ON | Rowhouse Renovation
Design Statement: "The remodel of a typical Toronto row house bathroom on a budget. The tight space was visually opened up through the use of glass, natural light, mirror, and white walls. A mix of modern and traditional elements updates the bathroom while honoring the history of the home."
Chosen by: Julie Carlson, who commented: "The gray and white tub on a tile carpet is such a winning combo. It's a cleanly linear setup that also has a subtle soft touch."
Above: "The clawfoot tub, original to the house, was restored and reglazed."
Above: "The frameless shower, though compact, was finished in glass to open up the space."
Above: "The modern floating vanity adheres to the theme of lightness throughout the bathroom.The porcelain countertop and sink feature rounded corners and raised edges as a traditional counterpoint."
Above: "A few whimsical botanicals add life and warmth to the space."
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Home Inspiration With Margot Guralnick
Just as colors evoke places, paints from around the world speak in irresistible foreign accents. At least we think so—which explains why admiring the offerings from stylish, far-away paint companies is a favorite pastime around here. True, we're unlikely to be able to bring a quart home, but we love looking.
Join the club: Here are some of our favorites from the Remodelista greatest-hits archive (and several of these brands now have US vendors).
England
Above: Konig Colours: A New Line of Eco Paints from England's First Family of Design.
Above: Ecos Paints from 5 Favorites: British Boutique Paint Companies.
Above: Back to Nature: The Appeal of Linseed Paints.
Above: Instant Patina: Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.
Above: Marston-Langinger's Luxe Line of 84 Exterior Colors.
Above: From Plain English: Bespoke Color Created by an Accidental Decorator.
Australia and New Zealand
Above: BioPaints from 5 Boutique Paint Lines from Down Under.
Above: Sydney Harbour Paint Company was founded as Porter's Paints in Australia and has showrooms in New York and California. (LA designer Amanda Pays swears by Sydney Harbour Paints—take a look at her LA Laundry Room.)
Above: DIY: Paint Chip Mural from Murobond.
France
Above: The Unbuttoned Palette: Ressource's Sexy Paint Colors from Paris.
The Netherlands
Above: Replicate the Glossy Doors of Amsterdam Using Fine Paints of Europe. The company's imported-from-Holland paints are available in the US; after reading our post about its Dutch Door Paint Kit, I used it on my own front door and love the results.
Switzerland
Above: Every architect's dream: kt.Color of Switzerland's hand-mixed pigment paints, particularly the company's colors licensed from Fondation Le Corbusier. The collection includes his 17 variations on white. These paints come at a cost: A Fan Deck alone (of 81 hand-painted Le Corbusier color samples) is €400 ($438.96).
Sweden
Above: Remodeling 101: Limewash Paint. These are available in the US—see Justine's DIY Project: Limewashed Walls for Modern Times.
Go to Palette & Paints to explore more of our favorites, including:
Need to paint your house? Go to Gardenista for help choosing the right color.
This post is an update; it originally appeared on April 24, 2015, as part of our Primary Colors issue.
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Architecture & Interiors With Christine Chang Hanway
Our friend Jo Craven (a UK Vogue contributor) takes us on a tour inside Marianna Kennedy's kaleidoscopic world in Spitalfields, London.
Originally from Canada, Kennedy moved to Spitalfields 20 years ago, after she completed art school in Dublin. Over the past two decades, she's applied her energies to renovating her 18th-century Huguenot silk weaver's house back to how it was intended to be, using muted colors from Holkham Linseed Paints on the walls. As her friend Tash Aw says, "Everything here feels ancient but looks new." Throughout the interiors of the four-story house—a combination live-work space and showroom—Kennedy's own handmade lacquered tables, lamps, and mirrors appear like rainbow-hued quotation marks.
Kennedy's heroine is midcentury Irish designer Eileen Grey: "She had just a few clients who were very particular," she says. "Not many people work that way anymore." Kennedy does, though. "We make things in small collections, and when they're sold, they're gone," she says.
The tour continues: Explore Kennedy's roof garden on Gardenista.
Photography by Kristin Perers.
Above: Kennedy in her showroom. The window panes are covered in book cloth fabric from her husband Charles's bookbinding business, which he operates on the top floor.
Above: Kennedy's series of gilded mirrors is called Fetters of Gold. Made of platinum glass, which is colored, the frames can take up to a year to create. They are first hand carved of cherry wood after a drawing by Kennedy, and then gilded by Izzy Tennant, sister of supermodel Stella. Kennedy's first collection was exhibited at the Galerie Chastel-Maréchal in Paris and sold out to private collectors.
Above: The Cawdor Lamp (standing in front of yellow Book Cloth Blinds) has a story behind it: Kennedy counts Isabella Cawdor as one of her good friends and asked to borrow a lamp from the family castle in Scotland (yes, as in Shakespeare and Macbeth) to replicate in resin.
Above: Red Book Cloth Shades in the sitting room add warmth to the neutral tones.
Above: The book cloth fabric Kennedy uses for her blinds.
Above: Kennedy's dining room is adorned with an assortment of her colored Resin Candlesticks and Lamps. In this room, she selected blue book cover fabric for her blinds.
Above: In Kennedy's sitting room, one of her own hand-painted signs hangs over the mantel.
Above: Kennedy's signature jewel-colored Resin Lamps and wood carvings gathered on one of her lacquered tables. The lamps are available at Ben Petreath for £495 ($768.41).
Above: Jewel-colored panes of glass light up a dark stairway.
Above: In her private office, the hand-painted signs are a humorous nod to the various shades of black.
Above: A catalogue of Kennedy's show in Paris, "Plus Léger Que L'Air," and antique carved fruit sit on a crimson lacquered table with griffin feet.
Above: Kennedy designed the black four-poster bed in the master bedroom. More calls to action are printed on specially designed horsehair bags (chef Nigel Slater uses his for vegetable shopping in the market); this one is embroidered with the message "Dites-Moi," which means "Tell Me," while the hand-painted sign on the wall says the same in Italian.
Above: The entry to Kennedy's home, showroom, and workshop. Photograph by Christine Hanway.
To see Marianna Kennedy's rooftop retreat, visit A Roof Garden in Spitalfields. And find out more of her secrets in Style Counsel: The Schoolmarm Look with Marianna Kennedy.
This post is an update; the original ran on June 7, 2012.
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