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European-Inspired Bathroom Blends Modern and Traditional Features

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When this Bellevue, Washington, couple were ready to remodel their primary bathroom, they already had a team in place to help them do it. Architect Heidi Helgeson had worked with them on a previous home, and interior designer Kat Lawton had been helping them with furnishings, lighting and smaller cosmetic changes in their current home.

“They had a lot of projects they wanted to work on throughout the house, but their own bathroom was the most important one on their list,” Helgeson says. Accordingly, renovating this space served as phase one in their construction plan. The bathroom’s European-inspired blend of streamlined modern elements and more ornate traditional details established the couple’s style and set the tone for future projects in the home.



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East Coast Traditional Meets West Coast Modern

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These homeowners appreciated the traditional architectural style of their hometown of St. John’s, a centuries-old city on Newfoundland island, in Canada’s easternmost province of Newfoundland and Labrador. But they had lived for years in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they had grown to love the more streamlined style of Canada’s west coast. After they returned to St. John’s and were ready to remodel their home there, they sought out North Vancouver designer Lori Steeves, whom they knew through family and friends. Steeves visited their home at the start of the project and then worked with them remotely.

“They had loved their time in Vancouver and really connected to a lot of the more streamlined design style there,” Steeves says. “They were keen to have some west coast influence in the new design for their home.” The wife also adored the gardens surrounding the house and wanted them to play a central role in the design. She hoped to highlight views and bring the outdoors in through color and pattern. Steeves responded with a transitional approach that blends colorful, traditional Newfoundland elements with neutral, streamlined Vancouver influences and nature-inspired details.



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Kitchen of the Week: Traditional Within a New Open Floor Plan

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Mehrl kept the pendant lights over the island simple, smaller and more modern than the other elements in the room. “These bridge the gap between styles and eras,” she says. “Also, with the three rooms open to one another, it was important to keep the lighting in each space from competing too much.” There’s also undercabinet LED strip lighting.

“Because the style of the room is traditional, we wanted a bridge faucet,” Mehrl says. “We were able to find one with the modern convenience of a pull-down sprayer.” The island also contains a trash pullout, a cutting board pullout and extra storage on the work side.

When choosing the counter stools, Mehrl kept the new open plan in mind. “In order to keep a comfortable amount of space between the sectional sofa in the living room and the island, we needed stools that would tuck under the counter,” she says. These stools have simple, traditional style, and their padded leather seats provide comfort.

Faucet: Weymouth bridge pull-down, Moen

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Bathroom of the Week: Updated Traditional Style and a Spa Feeling

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The door on the left leads to the toilet room and the one on the right leads to a closet. Both spaces were remodeled as part of the project.

The homeowners loved the look of a slightly rugged natural stone floor. Because they also wanted low maintenance, the designer steered them toward porcelain. “As someone with a trained eye, I can usually tell the difference between natural stone and porcelain, but in this case I really can’t,” she says. “We used a wide range of color in the tiles, and they have a texture to them. There are even little faux chips in them. Also, the texture makes it slip-resistant.” Bula had the tiles laid in a classic herringbone pattern.

The wall paint, Etiquette by Benjamin Moore, is a shade Bula tested in her own home. “Before I used it, I did a bunch of blind paint color tests and I chose this color every time,” she says. “It’s a really nice warm neutral that does not lean too beige. And it looks so nice next to white trim.” The white paint is Benjamin Moore’s Simply White.



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Bathroom of the Week: Updated Traditional With a Spa-Like Feel

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The door on the left leads to the toilet room and the one on the right leads to a closet. Both spaces were remodeled as part of the project.

The homeowners loved the look of a slightly rugged natural stone floor. Because they also wanted low maintenance, the designer steered them toward porcelain. “As someone with a trained eye, I can usually tell the difference between natural stone and porcelain, but in this case I really can’t,” she says. “We used a wide range of color in the tiles, and they have a texture to them. There are even little faux chips in them. Also, the texture makes it slip-resistant.” Bula had the tiles laid in a classic herringbone pattern.

The wall paint, Etiquette by Benjamin Moore, is a shade Bula tested in her own home. “Before I used it, I did a bunch of blind paint color tests and I chose this color every time,” she says. “It’s a really nice warm neutral that does not lean too beige. And it looks so nice next to white trim.” The white paint is Benjamin Moore’s Simply White.



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Bathroom of the Week: Traditional Meets Zen in Pennsylvania

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After building their house in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley back in the 1990s, this couple found that one of their favorite things about the home was watching the sun set behind the Appalachian Mountains from their bathtub. Decades later, with their children all grown up and moved out, they were ready for a full remodel of the bathroom. A big bathtub placed beneath its corner windows was a nonnegotiable must-have.

Lucky for them, they were close friends with a designer, Jill Jarrett. Jarrett had designed their dream kitchen a few years earlier, so she understood their style and needs. For their primary bath, she created a traditional design that worked well with the style of the rest of the house. More important, she reworked the layout to give them the storage they lacked, a larger shower and, of course, a large tub with sunset views.



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Yard of the Week: Country Charm for a Traditional English Cottage

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It’s a stunning site, surrounded by woodland and mature trees, which Davies pulled into the design as borrowed views. The new pool sits low in the landscape, and Davies layered perennials, shrubs and more trees into the banks of the slopes, which he manipulated into terraces.

Plants here include ‘Caradonna’ sage (Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’, USDA zones 4 to 9; find your zone), lamb’s ears (Stachys byzantina, zones 4 to 9), white Jupiter’s beard (Centranthus ruber ‘Albus’, zones 5 to 8) and ‘Walker’s Low’ catmint (Nepeta racemosa ‘Walker’s Low’, zones 3 to 8).

“I call this the Carpinus bank,” Davies says, referring to the row of five box-pruned hornbeams that punctuates the stretch. The clipped trees echo the thatched roof. “There’s a sense of the thatch being a clipped material,” he says.

Note: Lamb’s ears and Jupiter’s beard can be aggressive spreaders, depending on where you live and your garden’s conditions. Check with a landscape designer or your local nursery before planting.



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