Making a closet into the best room in the house!

in #art8 years ago

THE RIGHT TILE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
Yes I'm biased as a tile artist, but I think after seeing this transformation, you'll agree.

When my client contacted me, she didn’t know exactly what kind of tile she wanted but she was sure
that she needed a room of her own.

She is a young single professional scientist who lives with a lot of people in her 1930’s Tudor. Amidst the hustle and bustle of her household, she craved a sanctuary but only had a closet room to work with. Her closet space is inside the tudor roof of the house and once emptied out, it felt more like a prison cell than a sanctuary.

With her she small budget she decided to transform this attic closet into a bathroom. By using reclaimed wood for the floor and reclaimed fixtures, she had enough of a budget for a larger window, gorgeous raw edge wood counters and for some beautiful tile.

A great example of using a few nice items to make the room stunning rather than to spread the budget over everything and have a room that’s just fine but not special.

As always with tile there are so many options - geometric, organic, large or small scale tiles, mosaic, tiles with imagery, and for this room I recommended my Quince Tree design. Knowing that the space was small I knew that this design would serve perfectly in a light and somewhat bright palette.

The Quince Tree a repeating design whose multi-hued leaves give the feeling of being immersed in nature. It’s a very adaptable design that always seems to look beautiful in any space from an outdoor kitchen to a fireplace surround. One of the reasons it works so well for this room in particular is because it repeats diagonally.
(see my previous post "Connecting nature, line and form" for more examples of this design in action)

The diagonal repeat makes the design look more like a mural than a repeating pattern and the diagonal movement does this amazing thing - it tricks the eye into perceiving the room as larger. In this teensy room this makes all the difference.

In manufactured tile, you generally don’t find this kind of large organic diagonal repeat because it’s just too fussy to mass produce. In my art studio, we can accommodate things like this and in fact specialize in doing so.

I chose these colors to harmonize with the reclaimed blue tub and to illuminate the space. The glazes are high gloss and this reflection expands the space and makes it feel more alive.

This room great example of how a few beautiful elements can transform a space, this was a tiny blah space and is now the best room in the house!

Woodworker Steven on the left, Tile setter Mike on the right

Lubosh my friend and photographer taking photos in a challenging space!

And just one more for fun - as always my Yorkie Lucy does everything with me.

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You should have turned it into a bedroom! Imagine how cozy it would be to sleep in such a cute, tiny room. It would be like a Japanese capsule hotel!

Ha yes what a great idea!!!

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your work is AMAZING. I love every one of your posts!

thanks @storyseeker, the feeling is mutual!!

Very arty, crafty and imaginative. Do share some more when you can.

Thanks @alexc, will do!

Wow - just wow. I particularly liked seeing the photos of the tiles being made. I never really thought about custom made tiles. This is very cool. Nice job.

thanks @bridgetbunchy! I've been working my way through your posts and am really enjoying them.

Beautiful work. Thank you.

Absolutely love it ! Seriously makes me want to start a big project like this!

labor of love, looks fantastic!

i love watching people's renovations! And this is a beauty!

I'm thinking there should be a category called This Old House, Renovations, or Interiors or something.

yes good idea!

NICE WORK!!!!
I confess I was skeptic when I start reading the post. I wasn't able to see how that could work so well. I feel like destroying by bathroom right away.
Congratulations

thanks @rmach, glad I convinced you :-)

Do you have any other plans?

always! this is what I do for a living so I'm always working on several projects simultaneously and will post as each completes. thanks for taking a look at my work!!

very nice pictures. you have a yorkshire terrier ?

thanks @achim86 and yes, Lucy is an 8 lbs dynamo, do you have one too?

I just took a look, and Rocky ...what a great pup!!! As you said, Yorkies are really formidable even though tiny. We're lucky to have such great dogs.

@natureofbeing, It's just wonderful !!! I suspect that you - fairy :)

thanks @nekromarinist Lol, wish I was a fairy :-))

Your tiles are ace and your dog is ace!! :D

Absolutely gorgeous! Beautiful transformation- the tile adds something really special to the space!