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floating vanity mounted over an oversized wood framed mirror by Julie Charbonneau

Floating Vanity Oversized Mirror

Feminine  vanity  meets  masculine  mirror,  and  we all  fall  in  love. Almost every designer has a signature feature they like to use, but Montreal’s Julie Charbonneau combines two – a floating vanity and an oversized mirror.  The double vanity is cantilevered within the custom framed mirror, which reaches from the crown down to the baseboard.  [...]

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Cararra marble bath with Bisazza Endimione tile mural

Bathroom Murals

For those who like large-scale  pattern or a decorative treatment on walls. Consider a mural. The verdant country lane photo mural adds great color, an indoor-outdoor feeling plus the strong perspective of the road visually enlarges the room. A far more lavish Carrara marble spa bath adds a mirrored wall that reflects an amazingly graphic [...]

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palm tree pattern powder room wallpaper

Powder Rooms Papered

One of these fresh patterns is actually a 1930s icon. Guess which one. Powder rooms and small baths are great places to use wallpapers based on motifs taken from nature. In these spaces, which are often small, repetition and fanciful imagery adds a kind of quirky charm that can be easily embellished with an extravagant [...]

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guest black with black high gloss beadboard wainscoting and mirrored walls

Black Beadboard Guest Bath

A lacquer look gives popular wall paneling fresh sophistication. We’ve seen a lot of bead board wainscoting in bathrooms because it adds a defining architectural element to walls at a moderate price. Usually it’s painted white or ivory and sometimes gray or green. But ebonized bead board – painted high-gloss black – kicks it several [...]

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antique marble sink on black lacquer console table by Melanie Pounds

Black Lacquer Console Sink

The desire to create an illusion of more space should never override function. I was enamored with interior designer Melanie Pounds’ home when it was featured in a local Birmingham, Alabama magazine – especially her White Oak Cottage Kitchen.  Despite having two children and two pets, the couple purchased a small cottage and relied on [...]

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