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Putting on the Ritz

With its Art Deco design influences and glittering furniture and accessories, this master suite could well be in a six-star hotel in Paris or New York

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View of a luxury bathroom which features marble floor and wall tiling, a vanity with marble top, dark-stained timber cabinets, matching basins and faucets, mirrors, lighting, chandelier and artwork.

The well-traveled owners of this house recaptured memories of elegant Paris hotel suites when they explained their wish list to their interior designer.

Shelly Handman and his staff at Handman Associates were asked to design a traditional six-star bathroom that would be gracious but not ostentatious.

"The owners appreciated the Art Deco sensibility evident in many of the top hotels, so this was a key influence but it was just the start," says Handman. "They said they also wanted the suite to have the charm and character of the beautiful French hotels they have stayed in."


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View of the mahogany entrance to this luxury bathroom which features marble floor and wall tiling, freestanding tub, lighting, chandelier and artwork.

The solution was to line the bathroom with polished Calacatta Gold marble a lively patterned stone that conveys the essence of a bygone era.

"This marble is about as classic as it gets," says Handman. "The richness of the marble speaks, in a very restrained way, of the sense of luxury and indulgence you get in an elegant hotel in Paris."

The European look is enhanced by a freestanding tub and a marble-topped vanity that sits on polished nickel supports. A dark-stained Macassar cabinet is suspended in the middle of the unit, providing a dramatic contrast to the walls.

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View of plans for this luxury bathroom.

The sense of luxury is reinforced by a spacious steam shower room, complete with bench seat. Handman says the silver nickel fixtures are like jewelry on the wall a fitting accessory for the bathroom.

Credit list

Builder
Orren Pickell Designers & Builders
Tub fittings
Lefroy Brooks faucets in silver nickel
Vanity top
Polished Calacatta Gold
Basin faucets
Lefroy Brooks 1900 Crosshead taps in silver nickel
Tiles
Polished Calacatta Gold
Sconces
Urban Archeology Paris in polished nickel
Makeup table
Harlow by Nancy Corzine
Draperies
Carnegie Basilica fabric on polished nickel rods and rings with crystal finials from Zirlin Interiors
Tub
Kohler Vintage Bath from The Kohler Store
Vanity base
Urban Archaeology Industrial Base; Macassar ebony cabinet from Parenti & Raffaelli
Basin
Kallista from The Kohler Store
Shower fittings
Lefroy Brooks
Towel bars and hooks
Lefroy Brooks Edwardian in silver nickel
Chandelier
Jean Karajian in stain nickel and alabaster diffuser from William Switzer & Associates
Vanity chair
Baker; Knapp & Tubbs Greek; upholstered in Great Plains Terry Luxe fabric from Holly Hunt

Story by: Colleen Hawkes

06 Oct, 2009

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