Sometimes a room design is based around a signature piece of furniture or a standout wall treatment. In this Cherry Hills Village primary bathroom, the design inspiration was a distinctive type of marble tile.
“The homeowner wanted the bathroom to feel elegant and ethereal but also traditional and related to nature,” says designer Emily Lindemann. “The Calacatta gold marble tile we used encompassed all of that and informed our subsequent design decisions.”
Lindemann, owner of Coeur, a home décor and cabinetry company based in Denver, worked with the homeowner and architect on a gut remodel of the house, including the bathrooms. They incorporated the owners’ antiques and heirloom art into the overall home design, creating what Lindemann calls an English farmhouse undertone—traditional but not overly formal.
The Calacatta gold marble tile floor set that tone in the primary bathroom, Lindemann says, and then the challenge was finding fixtures and materials that carried the theme throughout the space.
Lindemann began with custom Coeur inset cabinetry, designed to resemble a piece of furniture, in classic white. “I didn’t want it to look like we just stuck a cabinet in there,” she says. The thickened marble countertop also adds furniture-style heft to the cabinet while complementing the floor tile.
To add subtle contrast to the white tones throughout the bathroom, Lindemann chose brass fixtures, sconces, and an English bell-jar lantern over the tub.
“We went with unlacquered brass to create a patina—the timeworn elegance you get in a traditional home,” she says.
The custom steel shower door also adds traditional elegance while serving as a focal point. “We didn’t want it to stand out too much, but instead to create a unique contrast to the space so it doesn’t feel overly formal,” Lindemann says.
Overall, Lindemann believes the bathroom is an example of harmony in materials.
“It’s one of those rooms that looks simple but has a ton of detail once you study it,” she says. “It’s kind of the sum of the parts that create that composition.”
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