Basic and boring. Those are two of the terms that John and Susan Gauch relayed to interior designer Andrea Cornwell, ASID, when describing the master bathroom suite in their recently purchased Fayetteville home. Though the house was less than a decade old, the room’s beige walls and brown woodwork felt lackluster to the Gauches, and they sought Cornwell’s help in personalizing the space. “Making it lighter and airier, feminine but not fussy, were top priorities,” notes Susan, who sought a more soothing and inspiring retreat.
Cornwell assessed the suite’s strengths—a large window, a durable porcelain tile floor, plus a spacious floor plan with his-and-her vanity areas separated by a walk-in shower—and devised a plan for keeping those elements intact while updating the space with color, texture and spa-like fixtures. “We chose a subtle color palette of blue, beige and amber,” says Cornwell, “using relaxing shades that lighten the room.”
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