Dazey

Wheelchair accessible bathroom with high visibility, highly textured finishes for low vision way finding

The primary bathroom repeats the tiles used in the kitchen, another example of the couple’s restrained choice of materials.

Both the walls and the maple cabinet facings in the kitchen are covered in a toxin-free whey-based finish. Clove-colored 2-by-10-inch backsplash tiles mimic the alley’s brick street, and the wall is covered in spray cork, a paint substitute made primarily of cork granules. The door pulls are closet knobs that Jack retrieved from his grandfather’s house in D.C. before it was torn down.

Ogawa Green Tile by Heath Ceramics covers the walls and floors. When the couple's existing tile stash wasn't enough coverage, the team was able to special order more to match.

Upgrading an affordable IKEA kitchen with designer fronts and countertops from Reform helped keep the project on budget.

The shower is tiled in muted green tiles and installed with contemporary fixtures.

For the bathroom design, Ann was inspired by a visit to Dunton Hot Springs in Colorado years ago, where there was a tree indoors. Here, a staghorn fern hangs over the bathtub. Talavera Tile by Reeso tile in San Antonio covers the tub front and floor, and the window covering is a Pojagi-style curtain bought off Etsy.

The faucets are made in Morocco, and bought from Etsy. The vanity counter is concrete.

"The home is about 1,500 square feet, but I knew I wanted to devote a lot of that to a large kitchen and living space,

The central spine of the house jogs left to include the kitchen, which eventually leads out to the garage. Cohen tried to keep the garage relatively small, claiming many Americans give their cars the best spot in the house.

The rest of the space is light, soft and bright, but the bathrooms are dark and intimate.

Architect Aarne Ervi built the classic Villa Koivikko in 1958 on a lakeside just outside Helsinki. When Studio Petra Majantie and Oopeaa recently restored the building, they had to design the bathroom without the home’s original plans. They used matte-glass mosaic flooring, ceramic tiles matching the living area's hearth, and copper fixtures. High windows let in a lot of natural light, but they added undercabinet lighting and built-in cabinet lighting to create a beautiful balance.