Mariko Reed Architectural Photography

Once sliding open the pocket door, our clients are greeted with crisp slate flooring and airy glass subway tiles throughout the bathroom.

Martin King Photography

Erik Rank Photography

Opting for a glass tile modernized the shower in this hall bathroom.

This elegant, yet masculine bathroom was designed for two pre-teen boys. Our client wanted something they could grow into and look more like a high-end hotel rather than a kid's bath. The Italian plumbing fixtures, heavy duty shower doors and Donald Kaufman paint add a level of sophistication and quality to this bathroom, yet all of the surfaces are low maintenance and easy to clean. Imagine soaking in this tub while taking in the spectacular view! Lincoln Barbour www.lincolnbarbour.com

Our clients wanted to add on to their 1950's ranch house, but weren't sure whether to go up or out. We convinced them to go out, adding a Primary Suite addition with bathroom, walk-in closet, and spacious Bedroom with vaulted ceiling. To connect the addition with the main house, we provided plenty of light and a built-in bookshelf with detailed pendant at the end of the hall. The clients' style was decidedly peaceful, so we created a wet-room with green glass tile, a door to a small private garden, and a large fir slider door from the bedroom to a spacious deck. We also used Yakisugi siding on the exterior, adding depth and warmth to the addition. Our clients love using the tub while looking out on their private paradise!

You don't have to own a big celebrity mansion to have a beautifully appointed house finished with unique and special materials. When my clients bought an average condo kitted out with all the average builder-grade things that average builders stuff into spaces like that, they longed to make it theirs. Being collectors of colorful Fiesta tableware and lovers of extravagant stone, we set about infusing the space with a dose of their fun personality. There wasn’t a corner of the house that went untouched in this extensive renovation. The ground floor got a complete make-over with a new Calacatta Gold tile floor, and I designed a very special border of Lunada Bay glass mosaic tiles that outlines the edge of every room. We ripped out a solid walled staircase and replaced it with a visually lighter cable rail system, and a custom hanging chandelier now shines over the living room. The kitchen was redesigned to take advantage of a wall that was previously just shallow pantry storage. By opening it up and installing cabinetry, we doubled the counter space and made the kitchen much more spacious and usable. We also removed a low hanging set of upper cabinets that cut off the kitchen from the rest of the ground floor spaces. Acquarella Fantasy quartzite graces the counter surfaces and continues down in a waterfall feature in order to enjoy as much of this stone’s natural beauty as possible. One of my favorite spaces turned out to be the primary bathroom. The scheme for this room took shape when we were at a slab warehouse shopping for material. We stumbled across a packet of a stunning quartzite called Fusion Wow Dark and immediately fell in love. We snatched up a pair of slabs for the counter as well as the back wall of the shower. My clients were eager to be rid of a tub-shower alcove and create a spacious curbless shower, which meant a full piece of stone on the entire long wall would be stunning. To compliment it, I found a neutral, sandstone-like tile for the return walls of the shower and brought it around the remaining walls of the space, capped with a coordinating chair rail. But my client's love of gold and all things sparkly led us to a wonderful mosaic. Composed of shifting hues of honey and gold, I envisioned the mosaic on the vanity wall and as a backing for the niche in the shower. We chose a dark slate tile to ground the room, and designed a luxurious, glass French door shower enclosure. Little touches like a motion-detected toe kick night light at the vanity, oversized LED mirrors, and ultra-modern plumbing fixtures elevate this previously simple bathroom. And I designed a watery-themed guest bathroom with a deep blue vanity, a large LED mirror, toe kick lights, and customized handmade porcelain tiles illustrating marshland scenes and herons. All photos by Bernardo Grijalva

This is a New Construction project where clients with impeccable sense of design created a highly functional, relaxing and beautiful space. This Manhattan beach custom home showcases a modern kitchen and exterior that invites an openness to the Californian indoor/ outdoor lifestyle. We at Lux Builders really enjoy working in our own back yard completing renovations, new builds and remodeling service's for Manhattan beach and all of the South Bay and coastal cities of Los Angeles.

Raquel Langworthy

Bathroom cabinets are maximized with use of drawers that fit around plumbing fixtures. Thoughtfully designed by LazarDesignBuild.com. Photographer, Paul Jonason Steve Lazar, Design + Build.

1992 builder grade bathroom updated in 2022 to this spa like oasis. with Moen Handheld shower system, Moen Faucets and a TOTO Toilet and Bidet to boost. Shaker style Vanity with custom top installed and matching bench seat.

Wynne H Earle Photography

A stunning combination of ceramic, glass and porcelain tiles give this bathroom visual interest. Shower components by Graff, towel bar by ICO, shower seat from Mr. Steam and grab bar by Rubinet.