Loo & Improved
When Pamela Butz and Jeffrey Klug, principals of Butz + Klug Architecture, began renovating the master bathroom of a nearly 120-year-old home in Brookline, Massachusetts, they made “all sorts of horrible discoveries,” Klug recalls. The floors were completely rotted, the structural elements had been compromised by previous plumbing jobs, and prior remodels had left the room in pieces. The toilet, sink, and shower were in one room, the tub was in another, and the two spaces, which also served as the guest bathroom, created traffic between the living room and master bedroom.
Butz and Klug found a solution by uniting the bathroom pieces into a single space and adding a powder room to the living area, thus dividing the private and public parts of the house. The sliding shelves above the new Duravit tub are built into the wall where the door to the living room once stood. “The most challenging part,” Klug says, “was to achieve a level of simplicity that belies the complexity of the process.”
See more images and read more about the bathroom renovation by viewing our slideshow.
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The plywood shelf unit put a smile on my face because they are reminiscent of the built-in shelving that my grandfather incorporated in the the usonian home he built for his family (my dad). Simple and functional.
I'd love to know what kind of wood was used on the cabinets as well as the finish. I see this look all the time and am having a hard time identifying it.
Hi Eric. For the cabinets, the architects used Mahogany wood with a clear Cetol interior finish from Sikkens (for more information, visit http://www.sikkens.com). The floor is Teak and was finished with Amazon's Golden Teak Oil (for more information, visit http://www.mdramazon.com). Hope that helps!
Can someone please provide the make & model of the speakers used in this room? I would like to use them in my remodel, but I cannot find speakers that look like this anywhere.
The speakers in the bathroom are Polk Audio outdoor speakers.
Miyoko, Do you have to shower sitting down? It looks like standing up, water would go all around the tub, shelves and floor.
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