Soothing Bath
Here’s the inspiration for a master bath I’m working on. It’s a great vote for the power of neutrals.
I really like to work from images. They allow for a common language between my clients and me. One woman’s taupe is another’s beige is another’s grey tone. Looking at this picture, my client and I can forge a path to something less beige-y for the walls and more like the grey-ish cabinets.
Though we’re using this pic for inspiration we’re certainly not copying it. Alas we have no french doors in the bath and the ceilings won’t be quite as high. We can’t do any floor length drapes either. But even if we could use all of those details, it wouldn’t be quite right to mimic each and every one. I just want to use magazine pics as a jumping off point, as a direction. I do think interior design is a type of art form, at least in that the original idea shouldn’t be stolen. Ideas are certainly meant to be shared and reinterpreted though. But no copycats here please!
