For Decorations Lucullus it’s always about listening to the client, but when the project is a historical property, it is about listening carefully to the spirit of the rooms as well. All style is part alchemy, a bit of conjuring and nerves of steel to accept what is honestly appropriate. These lovely old rooms had lived a very grand past. Miraculously the owner was open to the challenge of trying, just for fun, to see if that past could be recaptured without compromising present-day comforts. We all learned in the process that the old can be as luxuriously commodious as anything the “modern” can promise.

Notting Hill is one of the most charming and stylish districts in London. This apartment is situated at Hereford Road, on a 19th century building, where Guglielmo Marconi (the pioneer of wireless communication) lived for a year; now the home of my clients, a french couple. The owners desire was to celebrate the building's past while also reflecting their own french aesthetic, so we recreated victorian moldings, cornices and rosettes. We also found an iron fireplace, inspired by the 19th century era, which we placed in the living room, to bring that cozy feeling without loosing the minimalistic vibe. We installed customized cement tiles in the bathroom and the Burlington London sanitaires, combining both french and british aesthetic. We decided to mix the traditional style with modern white bespoke furniture. All the apartment is in bright colors, with the exception of a few details, such as the fireplace and the kitchen splash back: bold accents to compose together with the neutral colors of the space. We have found the best layout for this small space by creating light transition between the pieces. First axis runs from the entrance door to the kitchen window, while the second leads from the window in the living area to the window in the bedroom. Thanks to this alignment, the spatial arrangement is much brighter and vaster, while natural light comes to every room in the apartment at any time of the day. Ola Jachymiak Studio

ロサンゼルスにある中くらいなヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれな浴室 (コーナー設置型シャワー、開き戸のシャワー、白いタイル、サブウェイタイル、モザイクタイル、落し込みパネル扉のキャビネット、濃色木目調キャビネット、猫足バスタブ) の写真

東京23区にあるヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれな浴室 (猫足バスタブ、シャワー付き浴槽 、白いタイル、青いタイル、マルチカラーの壁、マルチカラーの床) の写真

Laura Moss
ニューヨークにあるラグジュアリーな広いヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれなマスターバスルーム (置き型浴槽、茶色い壁、オープンシェルフ、白いキャビネット、白いタイル、大理石の床、白い床) の写真

A growing family and the need for more space brought the homeowners of this Arlington home to Feinmann Design|Build. As was common with Victorian homes, a shared bathroom was located centrally on the second floor. Professionals with a young and growing family, our clients had reached a point where they recognized the need for a Master Bathroom for themselves and a more practical family bath for the children. The design challenge for our team was how to find a way to create both a Master Bath and a Family Bath out of the existing Family Bath, Master Bath and adjacent closet. The solution had to consider how to shrink the Family Bath as small as possible, to allow for more room in the master bath, without compromising functionality. Furthermore, the team needed to create a space that had the sensibility and sophistication to match the contemporary Master Suite with the limited space remaining. Working with the homes original floor plans from 1886, our skilled design team reconfigured the space to achieve the desired solution. The Master Bath design included cabinetry and arched doorways that create the sense of separate and distinct rooms for the toilet, shower and sink area, while maintaining openness to create the feeling of a larger space. The sink cabinetry was designed as a free-standing furniture piece which also enhances the sense of openness and larger scale. In the new Family Bath, painted walls and woodwork keep the space bright while the Anne Sacks marble mosaic tile pattern referenced throughout creates a continuity of color, form, and scale. Design elements such as the vanity and the mirrors give a more contemporary twist to the period style of these elements of the otherwise small basic box-shaped room thus contributing to the visual interest of the space. Photos by John Horner

Rob Karosis Photography www.robkarosis.com
バーリントンにあるヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれな浴室 (アンダーカウンター洗面器、落し込みパネル扉のキャビネット、白いキャビネット、白いタイル、サブウェイタイル) の写真

Old fixer-uppers often require two competing levels of priorities from their new homeowners. First and foremost is the need to immediately attend to those repairs that ensure the continued functioning and general well being of the house’s structure. By nature, these usually demand “house on fire!” status, especially when compared to other types of remodeling work that simply enhances aesthetics and general comfort. In the case of a Delaware couple, a structural issue with the front of their 125 year old Victorian (it was sinking!), along with some other more pressing challenges, put a 13 year long hold on getting the bathroom for which they had long dreamed. The shower enclosure features a base of hexagon patterned tile, bordered by marble subway tiles. The shower enclosure features a base of hexagon patterned tile, bordered by marble subway tiles. By the time Dave Fox Design Build Remodelers was hired to handle the construction, the couple certainly had put plenty of thought into converting a spare second-floor bedroom into the master bath. Courtney Burnett, Fox’s Interior Design Manager on the project, credits the owners for “having great creative minds, with lots of ideas to contribute.” By the time it came to put a formal design plan into place, the client “drove the look while we devised how the space would function.” It’s worth noting that there are drawbacks in being given too much time for advance planning. Owners’ tastes in design may change, while a steady stream of new fixtures and building products always demand consideration up to the last minute. “We had been collecting ideas for a while…pictures of what we liked, but as it turned out, when it came time to select fixtures, tile, etc., we used little from those pictures,” the owners admit. A framed herringbone pattern of subway tiles provides a perfect focal point for the shower. A framed herringbone pattern of subway tiles provides a perfect focal point for the shower. The finished bath exudes an art deco spirit that isn’t true to the home’s Victorian origins, which Burnett attributes to being more of a reflection of the homeowners’ preferences than the actual era of the structure. Despite that incongruity, everyone feels that they have remained true to the house by selecting vintage style elements, including subway tiles for the walls, hexagonal tile for the floors, and a pedestal sink that served as the focal point for the entire room. But as with all dreams, once one is achieved, a new one soon beckons. With the bathroom’s strikingly beautiful turquoise paint barely dry, the completion of that long-awaited project has served to kick-start plans for finishing off the remainder of the Victorian’s second floor.

ポートランドにあるヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれな浴室 (猫足バスタブ、分離型トイレ、白いタイル、セラミックタイル、緑の壁、クッションフロア、コンソール型シンク、グレーの床) の写真

Designer: Terri Sears Photography: Melissa Mills
ナッシュビルにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれなマスターバスルーム (アンダーカウンター洗面器、シェーカースタイル扉のキャビネット、濃色木目調キャビネット、御影石の洗面台、置き型浴槽、コーナー設置型シャワー、分離型トイレ、白いタイル、サブウェイタイル、ピンクの壁、磁器タイルの床、茶色い床、開き戸のシャワー、マルチカラーの洗面カウンター) の写真

Lincoln Barbour Photography
ポートランドにある高級な小さなヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれなトイレ・洗面所 (コンソール型シンク、大理石の洗面台、一体型トイレ 、白いタイル、黒い壁、モザイクタイル) の写真

Download our free ebook, Creating the Ideal Kitchen. DOWNLOAD NOW This master bath remodel is the cat's meow for more than one reason! The materials in the room are soothing and give a nice vintage vibe in keeping with the rest of the home. We completed a kitchen remodel for this client a few years’ ago and were delighted when she contacted us for help with her master bath! The bathroom was fine but was lacking in interesting design elements, and the shower was very small. We started by eliminating the shower curb which allowed us to enlarge the footprint of the shower all the way to the edge of the bathtub, creating a modified wet room. The shower is pitched toward a linear drain so the water stays in the shower. A glass divider allows for the light from the window to expand into the room, while a freestanding tub adds a spa like feel. The radiator was removed and both heated flooring and a towel warmer were added to provide heat. Since the unit is on the top floor in a multi-unit building it shares some of the heat from the floors below, so this was a great solution for the space. The custom vanity includes a spot for storing styling tools and a new built in linen cabinet provides plenty of the storage. The doors at the top of the linen cabinet open to stow away towels and other personal care products, and are lighted to ensure everything is easy to find. The doors below are false doors that disguise a hidden storage area. The hidden storage area features a custom litterbox pull out for the homeowner’s cat! Her kitty enters through the cutout, and the pull out drawer allows for easy clean ups. The materials in the room – white and gray marble, charcoal blue cabinetry and gold accents – have a vintage vibe in keeping with the rest of the home. Polished nickel fixtures and hardware add sparkle, while colorful artwork adds some life to the space.

This was a dated and rough space when we began. The plumbing was leaking and the tub surround was failing. The client wanted a bathroom that complimented the era of the home without going over budget. We tastefully designed the space with an eye on the character of the home and budget. We save the sink and tub from the recycling bin and refinished them both. The floor was refreshed with a good cleaning and some grout touch ups and tile replacement using tiles from under the toilet.

The modernized master bathroom features a Victoria+Albert freestanding bathtub and Brizio faucet sit upon stone tile Dolomite diamond pattern flooring.

ウーロンゴンにあるヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれな浴室 (コンソール型シンク、置き型浴槽、白いタイル、白い壁、モザイクタイル) の写真

シカゴにあるヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれなトイレ・洗面所 (壁付け型シンク、白いタイル、大理石タイル) の写真

Paul Dyer
サンフランシスコにある高級な中くらいなヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれなマスターバスルーム (オープンシェルフ、アルコーブ型浴槽、シャワー付き浴槽 、一体型トイレ 、白いタイル、大理石タイル、マルチカラーの壁、モザイクタイル、ペデスタルシンク、白い床、開き戸のシャワー、緑のキャビネット、大理石の洗面台) の写真

ダラスにあるラグジュアリーな巨大なヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれなマスターバスルーム (グレーのキャビネット、ドロップイン型浴槽、白いタイル、アルコーブ型シャワー、大理石タイル、マルチカラーの壁、大理石の床、大理石の洗面台) の写真

Boasting a large terrace with long reaching sea views across the River Fal and to Pendennis Point, Seahorse was a full property renovation managed by Warren French.