Black Bathroom feature slabs of Super White quarzite to wall and floor. Bathroom funriture includes a back lite round mirror and bespoke vanity unti with thin timber dowels and grey mirrored top. All ceramics including the toilet are black

It’s rare when a client comes to me with a brief for a complete home from scratch, but that is exactly what happened here. My client, a professional musician and singer, was having a luxury three-story condo built and wanted help choosing not only all the hardscape materials like tile, flooring, carpet, and cabinetry, but also all furniture and furnishings. I even outfitted his new home with plates, flatware, pots and pans, towels, sheets, and window coverings. Like I said, this was from scratch! We defined his style direction for the new home including dark colors, minimalistic furniture, and a modern industrial sensibility, and I set about creating a fluid expression of that style. The tone is set at the entry where a custom laser-cut industrial steel sign requests visitors be shoeless. We deliberately limited the color palette for the entire house to black, grey, and deep blue, with grey-washed or dark stained neutral woods. The navy zellige tiles on the backsplash in the kitchen add depth between the cement-textured quartz counters and cerused cabinetry. The island is painted in a coordinating navy and features hand-forged iron stools. In the dining room, horizontal and vertical lines play with each other in the form of an angular linear chandelier, lighted acrylic light columns, and a dining table with a special faceted wave edge. Chair backs echo the shape of the art maps on the wall. We chose a unique, three dimensional wall treatment for the living room where a plush sectional and LED tunable lights set the stage for comfy movie nights. Walls with a repeating whimsical black and white whale skeleton named Bruce adorn the walls of the powder room. The adjacent patio boasts a resort-like feeling with a cozy fire table, a wall of up-lit boxwoods, and a black sofa and chairs for star gazing. A gallery wall featuring a roster of some of my client’s favorite rock, punk, and jazz musicians adorns the stairwell. On the third floor, the primary and guest bathrooms continue with the cement-textured quartz counters and same cerused cabinetry. We completed this well-appointed home with a serene guest room in the established limited color palette and a lounge/office/recording room. All photos by Bernardo Grijalva

Mike Maloney

We put wallpaper behind the vanity to add texture

Die Kostümbildnerin Edith Head wurde 35 mal zu ihren Lebzeiten für den Oscar „Best Costume Design“ nominiert, den sie auch acht mal gewinnen konnte. Mit ihrer Erfahrung in der Verwendung von Farben und deren Wirkung stand sie besonders der Farbe Blau kritisch gegenüber und verwies darauf, dass es bei dieser Farbe besonders auf die Nuance ankommt, da unterschiedliche Blautöne sich schnell untereinander beißen können. So forderte besonders dieses Farbkonzept größte Genauigkeit und Mut in der Umsetzung.

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Jürgen Eheim

A toilet room off the master bath area with the same sand coloured striated porcelain tile on the floor with matte sheen dark rift oak cabinetry and honed dark brown limestone contrast nicely with the white vessel sink and polished chrome fittings. Serene blue walls complete the watery spa-like theme of a much deserved get-away without leaving home. Donna Griffith Photography

A custom-designed, wall-to-wall vanity was created to look like a piece of high-end, well-crafted furniture. A gray-stained finish bridges the home's French country aesthetic and the family's modern lifestyle needs. Functional drawers above and open shelf keep towels and other items close at hand. Design Challenges: While we might naturally place a mirror above the sink, this basin is located under a window. Moving the window would compromise the home's exterior aesthetic, so the window became part of the design. Matching custom framing around the mirrors looks brings the elements together. Faucet is Brizo Tresa single handle single hole vessel in Venetian Bronze finish. Photo by Mike Kaskel.