CANYON COTTAGE PRIMARY BATH
Castle Pines Village, Colorado
This bathroom renovation really gave me a run for my money. The space was narrow and long, and the original shower placement was doing the room no favors.
A single long vanity was the wrong choice for this space, so I decided on splitting it into two smaller pieces instead. The fluted design created texture and warmth, and it solved more than just a space problem. It gave the room somewhere to breathe instead of one wall of cabinetry doing all the work.
Once that was settled, everything else followed the same logic: keep the room feeling continuous rather than chopped up, and let small details carry the character instead of one big statement piece.
I carried the same stone tile from the floor straight into the shower instead of switching materials at the threshold, so the whole room reads as one continuous space rather than pieced together.
Even the lampshades got a second look. Swapping in these pleated shades over the sconces was a small move, but it's exactly the kind of detail that pulls the room toward that cottage charm.
The smaller details do a lot of the work in a room like this: the brushed brass, the honed marble, the two-toned paneling, all of it tying together seamlessly. I love letting the smaller details carry the space.
The shower ended up being the anchor of this room. Since it doubles as a steam shower, I took the off-white zellige tile all the way to the ceiling instead of stopping partway, and set it up his-and-hers with two Kohler waterfall heads. The glass itself was custom built by a shop here in Colorado.
Replacing the windows in here made a bigger difference than I ever expected. The originals were glass blocks, and so much of the natural light was muted because of it. The shower looks straight out at the trees now, and that view ended up becoming one of my favorite parts of the whole room.
Throughout the space, I brought in shiplap for a bit of that same cottage look, painted in Benjamin Moore Dove Wing and Dove White, so the contrast stayed subtle rather than stark.