Icing the Cake

Aren't the finishing details of a design project like icing on a cake? I mean, cake is just cake, right? But icing....well, you get what I mean.

Getting this bathroom to the near completion point has posed its challenges, but now the sweet parts are happening, and the project is taking on a personality.

Shower/bath tile being installed.

Travertine, like the flooring, but this time in 6"x12" tiles, with randomly set glass mosaic pieces.

You can see how the glass mosaic in the shower matches the integrated glass sink and counter top!

Notice also how the subtle coloring in the Venetian plaster finish on the ceiling, by Ron Francis, ties in the project's accent color. Hey, these things don't happen by accident!

One more piece of icing--the softly-folded Roman shade at the window. Because of their clean, simple form, I especially like Roman shades in the bathroom. This one was fabricated as a single valance with two separately operating shades to offer variations in natural light levels.

Still waiting on the faucets and mirrors, but next time you see this bathroom, it will be a finished project. And I can promise there is still a surprise or two in store!