How We’re Making the Smallest Room of Our Malibu Renovation Really feel Luxurious

There’s one thing particular a few powder tub achieved proper. Although typically tiny, it’s one area in a house the place friends pause and spot the small print. And in contrast to different rooms the place operate typically takes priority, a powder tub is a chance to create an expertise—a compact second of calm the place each materials can shine.

Once we started planning our Zuma Seaside Home renovation, I knew our powder tub was actually small. However I’m all the time excited by a chance to create one thing that feels particular inside a minimal footprint. My design philosophy is that dimension doesn’t decide impression—intention does. And in an area this intimate, each floor, each texture, and each element issues.

The Problem: Making 20 Sq. Ft Really feel Luxurious

Let’s be sincere—powder baths typically get the leftover finances and “builder’s choice” remedy. In any case, it will possibly seem to be only a primary utilitarian area. However to me, small areas are the place you get to be daring, the place you may put money into these dream supplies which may really feel overwhelming (and be too expensive) in a bigger room.

Dimension doesn’t decide impression—intention does.

The footprint we’re working with is tight, however that constraint turned our inventive catalyst. As a substitute of making an attempt to make the area really feel greater, we determined to lean into its intimacy and make it really feel wealthy, layered, and textural.

Zellige That Makes a Assertion

The star of this area is completely the backsplash. We’re utilizing this attractive, unglazed pure trapezoid zellige tile from Zia Tile that runs all the way in which from the vainness to the ceiling.

What I really like about this tile isn’t simply the nice and cozy, earthy tone—it’s the surprising form. Whereas most individuals consider zellige as these traditional subway or sq. tiles, these trapezoids create this unimaginable geometric sample that feels each timeless and fully contemporary. The handmade high quality means every tile is barely totally different, creating delicate variations in coloration and texture that make the wall really feel alive.

Working it floor-to-ceiling was an intentional option to create most impression. In a small area, you need the attention to journey vertically to create the phantasm of peak, and this dramatic backdrop transforms what might have been a forgettable powder tub into one thing memorable.

Lighting That Feels Like Sculpture

Over the mirror, we’re hanging this hanging black pendant from Lightology. It’s a daring selection, however I really like the sculptural high quality it brings to the area.

The black end will create stunning distinction in opposition to the nice and cozy zellige and brass accents, giving the area a contemporary, natural high quality that I’m fully obsessive about.

Brass That Tells a Story

Like all through the remainder of the home, we’re utilizing unlacquered brass fixtures—particularly the identical faucet from Kallista’s One assortment that we selected for our main and visitor bogs.

I really like that unlacquered brass develops character over time. Every fingerprint, every water spot turns into a part of its patina and story. In a powder tub that may see a number of totally different fingers over time, I can already think about how superbly it can age.

The spherical brass mirror from Rejuvenation echoes this heat metallic tone whereas holding the strains clear and easy. The spherical form softens all of the geometric angles of the trapezoid tile, creating an ideal stability.

Partitions Like a Gentle Embrace

For the partitions, we’re utilizing the identical Patagonia Roman Clay from Portola Paints that we’ve chosen all through the home. This mushy, heat impartial has turn out to be our signature end—it provides texture and depth whereas sustaining the serene, spa-like high quality we wish in each area.

In such a small room, the Roman Clay creates this cocoon-like feeling. The handcrafted texture catches gentle superbly and provides a lot extra curiosity than common paint ever might.

Embrace Distinction: Rustic Meets Refined

On the counter tops, we’re utilizing Caesarstone in Marenstone—a shocking quartz floor with delicate veining that appears like pure stone however with unparalleled sturdiness and consistency. The modern, minimalist design of the Caesarstone creates this stunning juxtaposition in opposition to the natural textures all through the room, particularly the reclaimed wooden floating beneath it.

We’re incorporating a reclaimed wooden shelf beneath the countertop, which can be a superbly rustic foil in opposition to the modern strains of the Caesarstone. I really like including at the least one reclaimed contact to each room, to convey heat and historical past into what might in any other case really feel too valuable or polished.

This rigidity between refined and rustic has turn out to be a signature in all my designs—the handmade imperfection of previous wooden in opposition to the precision of the zellige and brass. It’s these surprising mixtures that make an area really feel collected fairly than adorned, lived-in fairly than staged.

On the flooring we’re utilizing Stuga wooden flooring in “Ingrid”—a good looking, pure wooden tone that grounds the complete palette and connects again to the natural supplies all through the remainder of the home.

Sure, I’m In Love With This Bathroom

We’re placing the identical attractive ME by Starck Wall Mounted Bathroom from Duravit in right here that we selected for our different bogs, and I can’t inform you how a lot a well-designed rest room elevates a rest room. It’s actually a design element value being attentive to, and this one is modern, minimal, and (dare I say) stunning.

Small Area, Main Assertion

What I hope this powder tub conveys is that sq. footage doesn’t dictate intentional design. Once you take time to decide on supplies you like, and produce consideration to each element, even the tiniest areas can really feel luxurious.

This room is all in regards to the energy of gorgeous supplies. From the geometric drama of the zellige to the residing end of the brass, each factor works collectively to create one thing that feels each timeless and fully contemporary.

My dream for this area: when friends step into it, they take that momentary pause that occurs if you encounter one thing unexpectedly stunning. That’s the sensation I’m designing for, and I can’t wait to see it come to life.