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Tile Wainscoting With Wallpaper Above

Designer: Dina Bandman
Location: San Francisco
Size: 30 square feet (2.8 square meters); 7½ by 4 feet

Homeowners’ request.Completely remodel and reconfigure a blue-tiled bathroom by adding a pocket door and swapping the location of the vanity and toilet. 

Great idea. Calacatta Gold marble subway tile wainscoting with beveled edges and chair rail with whimsical wallpaper above (Flamingos by Cole & Son). “I wanted to be mindful of the fact that this was also a shower, a wet room, and I wanted to find a way to preserve the paper as best as possible,” designer Dina Bandman says. “The tile wainscot was the perfect solution.”

Other special features.Shimmery shell tile in shower. Calacatta Gold marble basket-weave floor tile. 

Designer secret. “This tiny bathroom has seven different tiles,” Bandman says. “At one point the tile vendor told me he thought I needed to eliminate one or two tiles to prevent the room from feeling overdone. My instincts disagreed, and I’m so glad I stuck to my plan.”

“Uh-oh” moment. “Because of the small size of the bathroom and the new location of the toilet, there was not enough space for the new shower door to swing out,” Bandman says. “Unfortunately, California building codes do not allow shower doors to swing in, so we had a problem to solve. We ended up eliminating the shower door completely and opting for a single pane of glass instead. The result is clean, elegant and totally works in this space.”

*Info provided by Houzz.com

Next time….Behind-the-Vanity Tiled Feature Wall