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Bathroom of the Week: Sunny and Bright With a Large Shower

A designer creates a playful and happy primary bathroom in this 1970s California ranch house

A homeowner’s joyful and sunny disposition was the inspiration for this primary bathroom design in Modesto, California. Interior designers Wendy Glaister and Stephanie Poulsenredesigned the primary bedroom in the 1970s ranch house first, while the adjoining bathroom was a later renovation phase. “The bedroom had been really depressing, so we went with a color palette of sunny yellows, white and gray,” Glaister says. When it came time to renovate the bathroom, the homeowners were fully on board with continuing the playful color combination into the en suite bath.

Return to: Designing A Cook’s Kitchen & A Spa Bath

In this cook’s kitchen, the color scheme was based on the backsplash tile the wife discovered. Her original choice was pricey, so associate designer Stephanie Poulsen found an alternative with the same flavor – in glossy instead of matte and with additional mottling and variation. The 12-ft. wood-grain laminate island includes a 5-ft. workstation sink from Mila.