This Tiny Bathroom Changed the Entire House — Transcript

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1. 0:00There are some rooms we often overlook
2. 0:02because they're easy to forget. Out of
3. 0:04sight, out of mind, not important. One
4. 0:07of these is the powder room, or as many
5. 0:09call it, the half bath. What most people
6. 0:12don't realize is that a redesigned
7. 0:14bathroom can change your entire home's
8. 0:16personality. Today, I'm going to show
9. 0:18you how we did that, the thought process
10. 0:21behind it, and how you can apply the
11. 0:23same thinking in your bathroom.
12. 0:25Remember, if you would like our help in
13. 0:27designing your room, you can have that
14. 0:30help by clicking the link in the
15. 0:32description below. This is the bathroom
16. 0:35that our client Craig originally sent
17. 0:37us. Does it look familiar to you?
18. 0:39Probably. The style has been reproduced
19. 0:41in tens of thousands, if not hundreds of
20. 0:44thousands of bathrooms across North
21. 0:47America. Why? Because it's safe. Is it
22. 0:50clean? Yes. Is it functional? Yes. Is it
23. 0:54forgettable? Yes. Technically speaking,
24. 0:57there is nothing wrong here. There's
25. 0:59also nothing right. It neither adds nor
26. 1:02subtracts from the home. It simply
27. 1:04exists. It is a fine example of the
28. 1:07prison of neutral, a stripping of any
29. 1:09hope for impact. Why is it ignored? Why
30. 1:12do people not change it? Why are so many
31. 1:14bathrooms created this way then remain
32. 1:17so for 10 years? Well, some people don't
33. 1:20know how to approach it. Others may
34. 1:22think if nothing is broken, don't fix
35. 1:24it. That principle has merit in many
36. 1:26things. In this scenario, you might want
37. 1:29to reconsider. Imagine dropping your
38. 1:32vehicle off for an oil change. Not just
39. 1:34any vehicle, your crown jewel, the
40. 1:36exotic, the performance sports car, the
41. 1:39classic antique that you sourced and
42. 1:42restored. The mechanic asks, "Which type
43. 1:44of oil would you like us to use?" You
44. 1:46respond, "What are my options?" Well, he
45. 1:49says, "We have standard and we have
46. 1:51premium. Standard is what most customers
47. 1:54get. Premium is for those of us who want
48. 1:56to tap into the engine's full
49. 1:58potential." You point and say, "Premium
50. 2:01seems like the right choice." See, it
51. 2:03wasn't that the lesser of the two would
52. 2:05stop you from driving the vehicle.
53. 2:07Either would allow you to get from point
54. 2:09A to point B. It's the desire to
55. 2:12experience the full character of the car
56. 2:15to have it perform at its best. It can
57. 2:18now be the vehicle that creates
58. 2:19memories, leaves an impression, and has
59. 2:22an identity. So, when you walk by your
60. 2:24powder room and compare it to the rest
61. 2:26of your home, ask yourself, am I putting
62. 2:29lowgrade effort into a high potential
63. 2:31space? Let's take a look at what a
64. 2:33proper amount of attention can do.
65. 2:35Treating the space like a destination
66. 2:37rather than a utility closet. In small
67. 2:40rooms, walls are your greatest asset.
68. 2:43You don't have the space to use filler
69. 2:45as a crutch. So, every surface has to
70. 2:48contribute. Here, the walls pull a lot
71. 2:51of weight. The wallpaper is contributing
72. 2:53to identity. The paneling adds
73. 2:55architecture. That deep heritage green
74. 2:58paint builds atmosphere, and the warm
75. 3:01bronze and gold accents are the touch of
76. 3:03refinement. There's breathing room, but
77. 3:06no portion looks flat. That's why the
78. 3:08room feels rich without a sense of busy.
79. 3:11Quality design, in my eyes, is built on
80. 3:14controlled contrast. You can see what's
81. 3:16happening here. White toilet against
82. 3:18dark walls, dark vanity against
83. 3:20patterned wallpaper, brass against
84. 3:23green, marble against wood, a geometric
85. 3:26floor against an organic illustrative
86. 3:28wallpaper. These are longived classic
87. 3:32fundamentals. light versus dark, old
88. 3:34versus new, pattern versus solid while
89. 3:37keeping balance intact so that nothing
90. 3:40dominates. It is the active pursuit of
91. 3:43discipline that leads to these timeless
92. 3:45spaces. You'll notice nothing here is
93. 3:47random. There's a clear visual hierarchy
94. 3:49occurring. The wallpaper and paneling
95. 3:51are where everything begins, where your
96. 3:54understanding of the room's impression
97. 3:56is formed. Then the mirror and lighting
98. 3:59pull focus. that leads you to the horse
99. 4:01sculpture which is a special juncture in
100. 4:04itself. [snorts]
101. 4:05After that your eyes for the first time
102. 4:08actively recognize the teakwood vanity
103. 4:11grounding the room. Then finally the
104. 4:13flooring completes the journey. What I
105. 4:16just described is likely the pathway
106. 4:18your eyes and mind took when this
107. 4:20bathroom first appeared on the screen.
108. 4:23This visual pathway is a written story.
109. 4:26There's a leadin. There's a buildup. a
110. 4:29peak point of interest and then resolve.
111. 4:32This is using architectural thinking in
112. 4:34your approach. A higher thought process
113. 4:36than surface level styling. One of the
114. 4:39most important decisions used here is
115. 4:42geometry. Look at the floor. Diamond
116. 4:44pattern. Now look at the wallpaper.
117. 4:47Diamond lattice. Different eras,
118. 4:49subjects, and colors, but same
119. 4:52structure. That shared geometry gives
120. 4:54your brain permission to accept both
121. 4:57elements together. When you want to
122. 4:59combine things that shouldn't work
123. 5:01together, you can extend an olive branch
124. 5:04between them by structure and pattern
125. 5:07alignment. The horse bus was a great
126. 5:10find. It feels like it has no truer
127. 5:12place in the world, like it has always
128. 5:14been there and wasn't added in later.
129. 5:17The finish is aged, and that works well
130. 5:20because if it weren't somewhat muted, it
131. 5:22would run the risk of calling too much
132. 5:24attention to itself. It's large enough
133. 5:26to be noticed, but not so large that the
134. 5:29entire bathroom simply becomes a stage
135. 5:32for the sculpture. Placed here, it has
136. 5:35the appearance of collected art that has
137. 5:37found the perfect home and eliminates
138. 5:39any impression of a decorative prop.
139. 5:42Here is something seldom covered besides
140. 5:45bits and pieces I might mention in some
141. 5:47of our videos. That is how colors travel
142. 5:50through a room. Think of this as a river
143. 5:53whose pathway gradually narrows becoming
144. 5:56a stream then creek eventually ending in
145. 5:59a final pool where its travels end.
146. 6:02Colors in a room can be organized to do
147. 6:04the same. A large presence of white
148. 6:07begins at the floor. It narrows to the
149. 6:09toilet, becomes smaller at the
150. 6:11countertop, trickles into the wallpaper,
151. 6:14and then it exits. Black rises from the
152. 6:17floor, travels into the bus sculpture at
153. 6:19top the sink. softens into the
154. 6:21wallpaper, fades completely. Shades of
155. 6:24brown and honey fall from the chandelier
156. 6:27to the wallpaper to the frames and
157. 6:30settle into the vanity. Heritage green
158. 6:33is extracted from the wallpaper, expands
159. 6:35into the walls, and that builds a secure
160. 6:38atmosphere. This is a flowing system of
161. 6:42color that leads to cohesion. Most
162. 6:45equestrian rooms revolve around
163. 6:47Victorian influences, things like fox
164. 6:50hunting and country estates. Leisure
165. 6:53born out of the 1700s. We went further
166. 6:56back. This wallpaper references medieval
167. 6:58imagery from the 1400s. Symbolism that
168. 7:02has lasted for centuries, in turn,
169. 7:04making the room feel even more stable. A
170. 7:07deeper lineage, a bit more serious and
171. 7:09less expected when dealing with
172. 7:11equestrian design. We did however mix a
173. 7:15little bit of the hunt into this design.
174. 7:18The bus sculpture on the sink is not
175. 7:20random. This is Diana, the Roman goddess
176. 7:23of the hunt, wild animals and the
177. 7:25natural world. Beyond that, this
178. 7:27sculpture was originally a red wine
179. 7:30bottle from Mona de Marchiala in Italy.
180. 7:33It had a life before this room with its
181. 7:35credibility and history. This is art.
182. 7:38Regardless of the theme you choose to go
183. 7:40with, being considerate of your
184. 7:43additions gives you the opportunity to
185. 7:45create a layered narrative, pieces tied
186. 7:48through meaning and not solely
187. 7:50cosmetics. This bathroom redesign proves
188. 7:54something important, and it's applicable
189. 7:56to much more than just powder rooms. You
190. 7:58don't need a bigger house or a full
191. 8:01structural renovation or a massive
192. 8:03budget. What you need is a bit of
193. 8:06direction, a sharpening of your already
194. 8:08good taste, and the commitment to see it
195. 8:12through. Remember, four cornerstones in
196. 8:15creating your room of integrity.
197. 8:17Repetition, transition, anchoring, and
198. 8:21reference. If you like the video, hit
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201. 8:28See you on the next one.
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