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Before: When Thomsen first saw the row house, there was a mirrored wall separating the dining room and kitchen.

The old bathroom.

The old vanity.

In the shower, handmade "bubble hex

A Jack-and-Jill bathroom with worn fixtures and finishes was tweaked so that it solely connects to the principal bedroom and forms a private suite.

Bright yellow tile now surrounds the tub picked out by the owners at the beginning of the remodel process. They wanted this room to feel "like a spa or a happy place to retreat to," says Reeves.

The hallway to the bathroom is flanked by walk-in closets.

Before: The previous bathroom was too small and compartmentalized.

The bathroom features custom black-and-white Carrara marble flooring.

The odd bathroom was not up to code, and had to be completely removed during construction.

With the visible structure and piping of the tub and sink, the bathroom is a visual echo of the exposed trusses in the extension.

Before: The Pepto Bismol–pink bathroom featured warped linoleum floors.

Ann Sacks terrazzo tile covers the floor and backsplash. The sinks were fabricated by a local artisan, Cement Elegance.

Now, the newly exposed brick wall is like a “very raw piece of the old house,” says Jennifer. A preserved window opening marks where the bathroom used to be, and has been overlaid with mesh so that eventually vines can grow over the wall. Being open to the sky means, “a lot of credit goes to the contractor to make it happen, because of the amount of sealing that has to happen for an exterior space to be carved out of a [former] interior space,” says Jennifer. “It was not an easy thing to implement.”

Now, a walk-in shower and soaking tub are tucked under the roof line.

An opaque sliding glass door separates the bathroom from the dining area. White tile with pink-colored grout ties the two spaces together.

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The firm enlarged the opening to the courtyard to create better flow between inside and out.

The original 16th century stone walls are left exposed in the kitchen.