DeGagne Baths

The Girls' Bath: These two bathrooms were a very exciting and somewhat challenging task.  With their family expanding, the DeGagne's desired 2 baths on their second level for their daughters while creating a private haven for themselves.  The homeowner's immediately identified the waste of space in the "?" room (as they put it) that housed only a linen closet and served as an ironing center.  As space was limited for accommodating shower, vanity, and toilet in this space, a dramatic shallow alcove was created and perfectly holds a semi-recessed sink.  The vanity and storage area were suspended off the floor to create an illusion of space along with the full width x height mirror in the alcove.  The vanity finishedand faced in Galaxy Black Granite tiles not only provides a continuous and seamless appearance and disguises the storage drawer, but furnished a luxurious feel at a more economic price point.  Flanking the alcove sides and ceiling with bronze glass tiles brings glamour and texture to the room, while defining and visually deepening the counter space.

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The En-Suite Bath: With countless doors leading into the bath, they desired a private en-suite space for themselves.  We incorporated a spa-like walk-in shower in the en-suite bath with body sprays (fortunately, another full bath remained on the main level of the home). Adding a hand held shower spray  on an adjustable slide bar is not only convenient for multi-height users, it also makes cleaning the shower a breeze!   Additional storage was provided by increasing the width of the vanit,  flanking the sink area with drawers and adding storage pillars with reed-ed glass doors.  Installing interior lighting inside the glassed door cabinets is not only a welcome alternative to a blinding light on dark early mornings, but  creates a beautiful and useful night-light, and visually expanding the space as well.  Click to see the contractor's involved in this project.

Brooks Residence West Virginia Before and After Plan "We never dreamed of this possiblity for our kitchen, Tonia's work was fast and comprehensive.  I don't know what we would have ended up with, had we gone to a 'big box' store for design solutions! " -Kathy & Chuck Brooks

Space Planning: This West Virginia couple was surprised and delighted after reviewing the concept sketches we created.  Initially called to their home to discover the options for re-designing a kitchen in their existing space, we took one look at the over-sized and under used dining area, and knew immediately what would remedy their situation.  Moving the kitchen to the current dining area not only afforded them with mountains of storage and counter space, it created a family style gathering space with room for a large island, prep sink, and eating counter.  Chuck is sure to get his biscuits more often with this great improvement !  With room to spare, we relocated the desk making if more accessible for Kathy's business, while adding storage and expanding the work surface. One of Kathy's  favorite results was removing the secondary stairwell and the unused (and 5th) exterior door, creating a space for a main floor laundry area!  The newly designed laundry even has room for the chest freezer, folding area and towel storage.  A neccesity for her and the non-stop schedule of her hair styling studio attached to their home.  There's even a junk drawer for Chuck.