One of the areas we concentrated on was the master bedroom, master bath and closet areas so we could get some sense of "livability" to the renovation. The closets were finished some time ago, but we just polished off the master bath vanity area.
For counter-tops, we went with Silestone's Blanco Maple which looks a bit like old-school terrazzo and has a nice, subtle, neutral presence. We also went with the thinner 2cm material as the 3cm was simply too thick. Trouble is, finding someone to do just a bath (and use the 2cm material) was a bit of a task. We finally found Tim at Affordable Silestone and his crew did a great job. It was a bit disconcerting that the sink hole was not cut on a CNC machine, giving it perfect symmetry, but the guys did an amazingly good job with simple hand tools while on site. You can tell it's hand-cut in some spots, but the more I look around at other granite and stone jobs, the more I notice that most counter-tops are not machine-perfect... some are even downright sloppy, so we're feeling lucky.
All of our faucets and sinks came from the Bath and Beyond in Potrero Hill (thanks, Frank) and we ordered Marc Newson designed faucets from Porcher which have a nice, simple look and feel and Duravit sinks and toilets. We liked the sink in our old place so much, we got a duplicate for the hall bath (the next project). Lighting is from Ron Rezek, courtsey of Artemide (as always... thanks, Michelle!)
The cabinet came from Ikea (a 30in high / 24in deep kitchen cabinet base) and uses their Nexus Yellow-Brown doors -- the same doors we plan on using in the kitchen if we get to it before they're discontinued. They're made of oak veneer stained to a warm, dark, honey color that's very kind on the eyes when next to the original (in this case completely recreated) luan-mahogany doors and door frames.
In the toilet/shower area, the swing door was simply in the way when... well, using the bathroom, so while we had the wall open, Dan and I installed a pocket door that's working out quite well. Because of some plumbing reconfiguring I had to do, I needed to bump out the wall a few inches behind the vanity sink which gave us the perfect opportunity to add a shelf behind the basin which is quite handy (and uses the depth of the space to greater advantage than a more shallow vanity would.
Now we have no excuse not to brush our teeth before bedtime.
great looking vanity! may i ask how much you spent on the silestone? thanks for any info.
Posted by: iheartmodern | March 11, 2008 at 11:20 AM