This master bath shower uses 6 different tile shapes and colors to add interest to the shower. A rug like effect on the floor was achieved with 2" hex emperador light, 1" crema marfile band, 1x1" emperador dark tile, surrounded with a boarder of crema marfil. The walls are crema marfil tile in 3x6 with an inset of a basket weave mosaic surrounded by emperador light dome liner.

Home built by JMA (Jim Murphy and Associates); designed by Howard Backen, Backen Gillam & Kroeger Architects. Interior design by Jennifer Robin Interiors. Photo credit: Tim Maloney, Technical Imagery Studios. This warm and inviting residence, designed in the California Wine Country farmhouse vernacular, for which the architectural firm is known, features an underground wine cellar with adjoining tasting room. The home’s expansive, central great room opens to the outdoors with two large lift-n-slide doors: one opening to a large screen porch with its spectacular view, the other to a cozy flagstone patio with fireplace. Lift-n-slide doors are also found in the master bedroom, the main house’s guest room, the guest house and the pool house. A number of materials were chosen to lend an old farm house ambience: corrugated steel roofing, rustic stonework, long, wide flooring planks made from recycled hickory, and the home’s color palette itself.

Furnishings and Interior design by Schoenfeld Interiors, Architecture and Interior Architecture by Demetriou Architects.

Modern style Master Bathroom with waterfall granite features, niche and seat incorporated into shower from soaking tub, and frameless glass partition and door leading into newly designed shower.

Francis Amiand

This 8200 square foot home is a unique blend of modern, fanciful, and timeless. The original 4200 sqft home on this property, built by the father of the current owners in the 1980s, was demolished to make room for this full basement multi-generational home. To preserve memories of growing up in this home we salvaged many items and incorporated them in fun ways.

Our Clients loved their home, their backyard and their neighborhood, but wanted a new feel to their 1960’s Colonial. So they asked us to give it a complete internal “facelift.” Now, elegant mahogany doors set the tone for the graceful Entrance Hall; the stunning renovated Kitchen is open to the Family Room; the expanded “back of the house” area between the Garage and Kitchen accommodates Laundry and Mud Rooms, a Walk-in Pantry, and Pool Shower Room and Closet. On the second floor, the Kids’ Bedrooms and Bathrooms are updated with new fixtures and finishes; and the reconfigured Master Suite fashions a sun-filled Master Bedroom with vaulted ceiling, a large Dressing Room, and beautiful Bathroom. To our Clients’ delight, the internal “facelift” was a genuine transformation, and gave their home a fresh, new beginning.

Guest Bath Tub with Arabeque Tile

Photography by Joe Fletcher Photo

An imposing heritage oak and fountain frame a strong central axis leading from the motor court to the front door, through a grand stair hall into the public spaces of this Italianate home designed for entertaining, out to the gardens and finally terminating at the pool and semi-circular columned cabana. Gracious terraces and formal interiors characterize this stately home.

Bianco Verdino Onyx wall and tub deck. Pacific Stoneworks, Inc. Proudly serving Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties since 1994. Room design by Dana Berkus Interiors.

While the bathroom does not have access to the outside, the tub has been lowered into the slab to introduce the concept of a soaking basin at ground level. An oversized master shower has been clad in dark Portuguese veined limestone tile giving the appearance of a secluded rock niche that provides a natural texture and privacy. [photo by : emoMedia]