When building their house in the early 2000s, the homeowners ran out of steam during bathroom selections and ended up with a primary bathroom that didn’t fit their needs. After 20+ years, they were ready to take on a remodel, to bring a sense of excellence to the space that felt missed following the initial build. They contacted Goesling Group, a Park Ridge, Ill.-based design studio headed by sisters Sarah and Rebecca Goesling, to create a new traditional design for the space.
With a generous amount of area – 340 square feet – to work with, Goesling team redesigned the footprint to take advantage of every inch. To make the oversized room feel intentional, they created a visual break with a wall system that separates the bath and shower from the rest of the room. Large arched doorways make it feel connected, but still removed from the vanity area. Relocating the entryway to further privatize the bath from the rest of the bedroom suite allowed the designer to redo the vanity and move the shower into an otherwise unused pocket of the room.
The vanity wall steps back several feet mid-room, so Goesling developed a custom solution to build cabinetry around it: curved walnut drawers on the center cabinet that are echoed on both flanking walls. Sarah’s favorite detail was the engineering challenge behind the vanity itself, finding a way to make the two-foot step back in the wall appear seamless. The creative solution, to create a curved transition between both levels and include rounded walnut drawers, resulted in something that feels uniquely custom and special.
The designers prioritized a timeless color palette and living finishes to capture a classic, new traditional aesthetic, along with cheeky touches like the patterned hand-chiseled marble tile floor. In an effort to create some visual connection between the two sinks, and balance some of the weight from the tub and shower side of the room, they opted to introduce a rich paint color and applied moulding above the vanities. The dark, inky navy was the perfect way to complement the wall of walnut cabinetry, bringing saturation and contrast to that half of the room.
Sources for Primary Bath With New Traditional Design
Design: Goesling Group Photography: Jeffrey Johnson Cabinets: Trim Tech Cabinet Hardware: Top Knobs Countertops: Calia Stone, Ultimate Stone Faucets, Shower Fittings, Tub Filler: House of Rohl Flooring, Tile: The Fine Line Lighting: Hudson Valley, Visual Comfort Paint: Benjamin Moore Sinks: Kohler Toilet: Toto Tub: Victoria + Albert Ventilation: Panasonic
