I had the amazing opportunity to do a design remodel for a client in East Kaysville. The family had just moved to Utah, and had found a house in East Kaysville that had been remodeled everywhere except for the Master Bathroom and the basement. For the most part, they loved the house – but needed a few tweaks here and there to make it feel like theirs.First of all, East Kaysville is full of absolutely BEAUTIFUL homes. There is something about the residents of Kaysville that understand and appreciate design. And this family was looking for a Master Bathroom Suite (take note… not just a Master Bathroom… but aSuite) to match the rest of their home. If this wasn’t already enough to get my creative juices flowing… I pulled up for our Design Consult to this…..

Its as if I had left the world of cheap Ikea and designer knock-offs, and stepped into the world of Pottery-Barn look-a-likes and design appreciation all wrapped up in a sophisticated country manor. This house screamed of well-planned and carefully designed everything from head to-toe.

The previous home-owner had hired a Designer and had done an excellent job at remodeling and updating the kitchen, but had seriously overlooked the needs of the Master Bathroom. Here are a few pictures of the house that we used as inspiration to design an immaculate Master Suite while still feeling cohesive to the rest of the design of the home.

Guest Bathroom

Guest Bathroom

Guest Bathroom

Guest Bathroom

Gourmet Kitchen

Gourmet Kitchen

Gourmet Kitchen

So after receiving the tour of the areas that had been remodeled, we arrived at the Master Bathroom. It didn’t even feel like the same house. The charming, open and airy feeling was lost in closed, disjointed spaces with dark and outdated finishes.

Here are the Master Bathroom before pictures:

This is the angle you see right as you walk into the bathroom from the Master Bedroom – straight into a wall, with the bathroom on the right and the closet to the left.

Only one sink for a Master Bathroom, and carpet? Hmmmm…

Another room inside of the side – room. This floor plan was so chopped up and closed! It was a maze just to find the toilet.

Once you were able to find the toilet room, it was in tight proximity to the tub/shower combo.

To the right of the wall upon entering the bathroom, there was a long and dark skinny hallway for the closet.

And if that wasn’t enough for it to be a maze, there was an entire second room at the end of the dark and dreary hallway.

The room at the end of the closet had been originally designed as a Nursery, but this family had no need for a nursery and had converted it into an awkwardly spaced office. This had to go.

Now that I had seen the space, I took the homeowner’s needs and must-haves and converted a dream Master-Suite space plan proposal.

Must Haves:
Large Open Space
Light and airy feel
Large, luxury shower
Better space plan
Design style to match rest of house
Double Sinks

Here is what I did with the floorplan to accomplish the Dream Master – Suite:

1. Knocked-out all walls to create an open floor-plan
2. Added two windows to exterior walls
3. Spaced plan vanity, master shower, private toilet room, and master-walk in closet so that each had adequate space
4. Private toilet room
5. Converted “attached nursery” room to a walk-in closet with stack-able washer & dryer set
6. Large Euro-shower with granite seat & hand-held spa set
7. Freestanding tub (we decided that they would just plumb for a tub for future use, as they didn’t feel that they would use a tub)

Once the floor plan had been designed, we selected light finishes that tied in the design of the rest of the house and continued the charm that they desired.

Moved the vanity to the opposite wall, and added two windows on either side of the Master Vanity

Knocked out all walls to create an open floor-plan with lots of light and a functioning space plan

Natural light through adding two windows

This was the home-owner’s favorite part. A shower large enough to call it a “Master Suite.” With a granite seat, and stone mosaic floor. Euro Shower glass door that extended all the way to the ceiling to create a steam shower.

Mirror Sconces to frame in the vanity

We took these pictures before the towels had been installed, and so here are the towels we used.

Nate Burkus towels from the one and only Target.

Its amazing what a few space-plan techniques and a good color scheme can do to a space. Now the family loves their Master Suite and is excited to continue their remodel in their basement. Stay tuned to see their next project!