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A bedroom becomes a master bath: a guest bath is transformed
By Sylvia Shaw  Evoke sink from Kohler is perched on a three-inch thick mauve gray marble countertop. The feature wall is finished in a linear naturally tumbled marble tile.
As part of a complete house makeover, West Vancouver-based Interior Solutions Design Group designer Tiffany Karlson was asked to turn an unused bedroom into a luxurious master bathroom, and to upgrade the guest bathroom into a more welcoming space.
Explains Karlson: “The clients wanted a natural and modern West Coast look highlighting simplicity, balance and warmth. Influenced by Asian design, they wanted the home to have a serene and calm “Zen-like” feel with a clean, linear style.”
The vacant bedroom of the 1970s North Vancouver house provided ample space to add the ensuite bathroom and a walk-through closet to the master bedroom. The new spa-like master bath features a Japanese soaker tub, tile-based shower with frameless glass enclosure and rain shower, twin under-mounted sinks and a three-inch thick granite counter top.
One challenge, according to Karlson, was the over-sized, 45-inch high soaker tub. It was so large it had to be brought in through a window and so high that Karlson had a solid-wood Asian-inspired stool custom made to allow the owners to reach the tub. It also required the installation of a larger hot water tank.
The tub sits on a granite deck with millwork wrapping that blends into a full-height cabinet with open shelving that serves as a backdrop for the toilet. All millwork was done in a riff-cut white oak laid horizontal, with one and half-inch black reveals around the tub to create interest as well as mimic and modernize the look of a traditional Japanese soaker tub.
Large format 12-inch by 24-inch porcelain tiles in black, grey and white, were used for the flooring, atop a heated floor warming system. Kohler fixtures, including a low-flow toilet, and faucets were specified. The floor of the frameless glass enclosure shower is a petal shaped tumbled marble reflecting the same colour palate. Pampered guests
In the guest bath, the vanity, which has the same millwork as in the master bath, sits in front of a feature wall tiled in a linear naturally tumbled marble tile. The guest bath, Karlson explains, mirrors elements from the rest of the renovation, but was designed with a unique palette to make it a special space that would give guests a sense it was created just for them.
The new Evoke sink from Kohler sits like a work of art on three-inch thick marble countertops. The floor of the frameless glass enclosure shower is a profusion of leaves in tumbled marble, reflecting the room’s colour palate. The walls of the shower feature 12-inch by 18-inch porcelain tiles in charcoal grey with mauve highlights, colours that are repeated in the wall tiles and counter top. •
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Bathroom makeover 
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