Focal Points in Master Bath Suites

I remember decades ago talking to a dear friend who always looked crisply put together - and she was going to help me with my hair. A challenge indeed - since my hair either decides each day to frizz or limp-out - how lovely. And with an honest glibness that I remember clearly, as she completed her hair in oh five seconds, she said, "And don't neglect the back." Well, that is how it is with master baths. Don't forget a focal point.

In this master bath, set in the Wisconsin woods, which has wonderful elements such as two "potties" - becoming something of a requirement in today's luxury market - and a walk-in shower - a dry area and a wet area neither in need of glass doors - a soaker tub worthy of the party it deserves - double vanity with open shelving for storage - a dressing table with perfectly placed electrical elements - a neutral palette that reclaimed marble and limestone provides - the necessity of an aesthetic focal point is essential to making the whole greater than the sum of its parts.

Enter a tile wall of custom mosaic, bringing in the surprise and sheen of gold where birds frolic among stylized branches. The Tile Gallery in Chicago brought the mosaic tile vision to reality and the careful installation could only be entrusted to the masters at Lomeli Stone.

Don't neglect the back!