Powder Room & Bathrooms

Design House ’02, Santa Paula, California

I worked in conjunction with designer Kim Bernard, Oakpark, California to create this space from slab to finished product. Cabinets were created to have an old world appeal with frosted leaded glass uppers to hide various bath & cosmetic items. Venetian Plaster is the wall finish throughout. Tasseled-drawn bronze silk window treatments hide Silhouettes behind that operate on a remote.

This second view shows the circular shower and “his” Pullman.

This shot of the toilet room offers a better look at the Venetian Plaster stone walls. Seen in closer view are the leaded cabinet doors made out of obscure glass and beveled glass round beads in each joint.

This other view is from the center of the bathroom toward the entry where there is a large floor -to-ceiling mirror on the back wall and arched opening on the left that leads to the master bedroom. Note the detail of the low voltage lighting in the arch. There is low voltage heating in the tiled floor that is on a timer so that the homeowners can awaken to a warm floor! Lights on the mirrored wall were custom designed by me.

The White House, Oak Park, California

This downstairs bath serves both as the powder room and ‘her’ bath. As is evident, my client loves color, which follows in suit with her colorful and fun personality. The prior bath was very plain jane with 80’s plywood cabinets and 4” tiles in the shower and on the sink counter.

To create a flow and the illusion of more spaciousness, we used a seamless shower door and a similar tile from the bathroom floor in the shower. New cabinet/counter, wall faucet, lighting and medicine cabinet give this old bath and great face-lift!

Denson Residence, Agoura Hills, California

This is my powder room, designed years ago, before chests were typically used as sink cabinets. I mixed unusual materials together for an eclectic appeal: putting frosted glass tile atop an antique sugar pine cabinet, a contemporary wall faucet next to old rusted candle holders, and pulled in a few accessories that made me happy.

Denson Residence, Agoura Hills, California

This is my master bathroom. One cannot fully appreciate it until they see the prior picture of it in “before and after”. The very first thing I did after escrow closed was to take a sledge hammer and knock through the wall of the existing shower to see how much room was behind for expansion purposes.



I love whimsy and the unexpected; voila the fish on the wall. It still makes me smile!

Boat House, Malibu, California

Please go to the “case study” on this site to see how this sink cabinet came into being.

Greene Residence, Newbury Park, California

This was a very small, traditional master bathroom that needed major renovation. The owners wanted a large shower (seen behind the archway) with a rain shower head and alternative hand showers. Also required were a spa tub, two separate sink cabinets, a toilet and linen closet. Mission accomplished!

Design House 2000, Camarillo, California

The owners did not want any structural changes, therefore, only cosmetic additions changed this powder from boring to pretty inviting. Our faux artist accentuated the curved back wall with a suede violet suedefinish in the water closet area, and a talented quilt artist (Eileen Alber of Artistic Quilters Studio in Newbury Park) fabricated this magnificent fabric mural. Other parts of the wall surface in the sink area were Venetian plaster. I augmented this plain bathroom Pullman with lighting under each tier of the Pullman apron to give it more architectural definition. Needed accessories provided the final touches to this otherwise boring powder room.

Nikkhah Residence, Irvine, California

Due to the unusual wall angles where the pedlav was positioned in this powder, the client asked me to design a built-in Pullman to replace it. I chose a very thick piece of flashed granite from my fabricator’s bone yard for counter and apron, disguising the under-mounted sink and plumbing below. The wrought iron base (not seen) holds a glass shelf for accessories and TP storage.

Carmichael Residence, Westlake, California

When these clients added 15’ onto their house, it doubled their master bathroom. This is a shot of their new shower where the stonework is easily seen through the seamless glass door

Photography by Chris Covey: Images 1, 2, 5, 9-12
All other photos by Erin Cavalli