Ojai Master Bathroom: Tile work and details

 I promised not to show you these again,

 so I will give you a link here and here for the prior posts...just in case you missed them!

 One detail I forgot to mention.... there are these skylight tube thingy's in the ceiling. 

They actually do let some light in but are always full of bugs, 

which is why I don't think these are very practical. 

It's like a scene from Spiderman.

 This was day one of the demo...needless to say the guy I hired lasted about 3 days before we had to say "adios" mister!

Just wasn't gonna work out

But I have a new "posse" on board and we are getting along just fine. 

So here are the elements again that we are using:

I realize that these all seem really modern but I will be adding a few vintage touches to cozy things up.  

It's all about the details, right?

We are moving right along with the tile work. 

 The Carrera mosaic will be for the floor. 

There is also some Carrera trim details, but it actually a pretty simple layout. 

 The white wall tile is just your basic Dal subway tile from Home Depot...love that stuff!

I still don't have a door yet either. 

It was a special order item that will be in next week.  

But the most important item on my list is this:

Can't wait to take a big soak in the new tub...yea!

Final post on the bath

coming soon!

Alicia's Pretty Powder Room: nostalgic and nautical

I was asked by a fellow blogger and neighbor here in Newport Beach to help with a face lift on a dated little powder room....

Of course I said Yes!

 Alicia and her family live in a wonderful neighborhood near the beach called 

"The Port Streets" by locals.  

Most of the homes were built in the 70's 

And most have been remodeled at least once or even twice at this point.  

 Alicia has fabulous personal style and her home is a mix of fun beach chic with a bit of the contemporary.  

She has young children so keeping things simple is a priority. 

 Don't you love the pelican print!

 This bathroom gets used quite a bit by the kids as well as guests and it sits right off of the living room and near the kitchen.  

We wanted to tie the colors together that Alicia has used throughout the main floor.  We also wanted something with some pop.

 Somewhere is a photo I took of the original bathroom...but I can't find it.  

Oh well, you get the idea....

 The room is ready for its makeover. 

Below is my great friend Barbara.  

Barbara has been hanging wall papers for over 30 years!  

Sorry for this terrible shot Barbara.

 If you think hanging wall paper is easy...try it.  

Especially with a giant print like this one.  

Getting the repeat and seams to blend flawlessly is a real art.  

Barbara has hung tons of wallpaper for me and she does it so beautifully.  I will share a few of those projects on another post.

 I think this room took Barbara about 3 hours, 

with about an hour to set up and prepare her paper.

 This print called Na Pali is from Thibaut.  

It happens to be one of their most popular papers.  

The cost is about $70 dollars per roll and this room took 8 rolls.

 Almost all of Thibaut's papers have matching fabric and usually come in 8 to 10 different color-ways. 

We are using the matching fabric on some pillows
and slip covers in the  breakfast room.

Here is a link to view some of their beautiful papers and fabrics

 One of the key elements in this room is the vanity which Alicia picked out from a company called J Tribble.  They manufacture these without the stone tops but Alicia chose a travertine just to make the upkeep easier.  It looks wonderful!

 The sconces are from Circa Lighting.  

This is called Ava.  I love the faceted glass

 The mirror came from Williams Sonoma Home and hangs from a knob and a leather strap...very fun.  

We actually got this on sale!

Here you can see how nice the travertine looks.  

Her faucet is from Brizo

This was a great collaborative project, which are always the best.  

Oh and Alicia has a wonderful line of jewelry which you can view here

at Good Witch Studio

Thanks Alicia
&
Have a great weekend

~Kelley~

The New/Old Bath: why color matters

I have to admit to being somewhat of a sucker for the color of Jadeite. It must have something to do with Martha Stewart.  I collected it for a while in the 90's but found I enjoyed the color more when I use it as an accent color in fabric and knobs etc. as opposed to having too much.

This is a nice little bathroom with a large shower and wonderful vintage inspired toilet and pedestal sick from Waterworks.  The fixtures are brushed nickel from Rohl.  I like the simplicity of the mirror but it was really lacking in some pumped up vintage color to compliment all of the nice black and white tile work.

Enter Rejuvenation catalog.

One of my all time favorites for vintage inspired lighting & in the last few years they have begun reproducing bath and kitchen fixtures to compliment the period lighting.  The Jadeite green is so fun in this little bathroom.

Along with a pair of sconces, I purchased a toilet paper holder, small towel hook (which doubles as a flower vase holder) and the tooth brush goodie.  I like ice cream buckets for trash cans!

The floor tile is a small 1/2 inch mosaic of tumbled marble and the walls and shower are just simple 4x4 porcelain nicely arranged

I added the fun vintage post cards, all found on ebay, of various locations around Newport Beach.  We had them framed with little photo edges and a really narrow black frame

Here is a close up of one of the post cards:  It says  "Yachting, Balboa, California"

Bath hook as vase holder, Nantucket inspired!

I used the simple Jadeite glass pulls on the cabinet doors and more Nantucket inspired baskets for extra towels

The detail in the shower is really simple but using the 1/2 inch tiles as a detail is a great idea and very inexpensive.

Here is a close up of the sconces (not the best photo) but they are porcelain and very 50's.  I found the great green "No Vacancy" sign and thought it would be fun over the mirror.  I am such a sign junky it's not even funny anymore.  Some one please help me!!!

Take a look again at the before picture and I think you will agree that in the New/Old bathroom color really matters

Have a wonderful weekend and try not to get too crazy out there!

smiles : )

kelley