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Green floor tiles add a surprising pop of color to this bathroom.

Behr's Color of the Year for 2023 is "Blank Canvas,

A live edge bench, harvested from the site, balances the carved door of the bathroom on the opposite end of the entry/mudroom.

Renovating the old mill was a family effort, and Blee called on his sister Kate, a textile designer based in London, to lend a helping hand with the tile work. Kate's repertoire also extends to building installations, including a ceramic wall in the City and Islington Center for Lifelong Learning in North London. "She had several boxes left over," Blee recalls, "which meant another opportunity to use something that was lying around." The tiles, with finishes ranging from heavy glazes to matte coats, offered textural variety, which brother and sister used to "play around with the idea of reflection from the roof light."

The fireplace is covered in Norman brick from Mutual Materials, in an era-appropriate stacked pattern.