Bathrooms

Bathroom Design Tip 1: Even a Contrasting Design Needs Connection

This contrasting powder room by Project 22 uses shared materials and thoughtful design to connect with the rest of a Whistler vacation home.

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Photo by Janis Nicolay

The dark powder room is a point of contrast to the rest of this bright and beautiful Whistler vacation home designed by Project 22—which is just the way principal Denise Ashmore likes it. “It gives you just a minute to breathe,” she laughs. But even a hideaway needs some connection to its context, so the same exterior cladding that wraps the house lines the wall here behind the off-set mirror, and the Fior di Bosco marble countertop matches the stone surface in the kitchen… though you might not realize it at first glance. “It’s a material we’ve used a few times, but it always looks different. Sometimes it’s beautiful veins and warm tones, sometimes it’s really dark or really light,” says Ashmore. “It’s a bit of a unicorn slab.”

Magic Mirror

The spacious bathroom allowed for an atypical setup: the mirror leans on the counter beside the sink, so when someone enters the powder room, the lights are the first thing they see, and not their reflection. “There’s lots of room beside the sink to stand there,” she says. “It was nice to be able to do something different.”

Photo by Janis Nicolay

Triple Threat

A trio of Rich Brilliant Willing sconce lights dots the wall above the Blu Bathworks sink.

Photo by Janis Nicolay
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