Flooring/Tile: Accent Floors
Architecture: Element Architecture
Doors: Blue Water Shower Door and Bath Co.
Robyn and Greg
Robyn Bruns doesn’t like doors. She feels they make things crowded. Lucky for her she has Greg Bruns, husband and architectural engineer, who listened and designed their new home with that in mind. Were you to visit their home, you’d find a beautifully designed floor plan with lots of open, yet efficiently used space, and very few doors. It stands to reason, then, that one might wonder how a doorless master bathroom is designed.
This rotunda has an entrance to the master bath and a large walk-in closet. Beautifully tiled floor, vaulted ceiling with chandelier, and thoughtfully placed entrances make the rotunda roomy and private, without the clutter of doors. There is even a soft bench inside.
When one passes through the rotunda to the master bath, one finds a deep, jetted bathtub with an open view of Lake Coeur d’Alene through two large windows. The spacious, glass enclosed, tile shower gives the illusion of having no doors, also offers a roomy air, and is complemented with two separate shower systems, each having a stylish rain shower head.
And what about those double sinks? Robyn and Greg chose to separate theirs with a linen closet (the one door in the room), allowing each of them to have their own sink and plenty of personal counter space.
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Kelli and Mike
Kelli and Mike Cordon simply designed their bathroom to match the modern theme and geometric angles of their home, and to fit the space. As there was no room for a large bathtub, the Cordons put their efforts into designing one amazing shower.
This spacious, glass enclosed, tile shower for two takes up the majority of the bathroom’s square footage. Designed with a side-by-side shower system for him and her, each shower boasts a rain shower head with five setting, and eight adjustable, massaging sprayers. The sprayers can be adjusted to nearly any angle, and may be set to use four or eight sprayers at once.
No doors separate this bathroom from the master bedroom either, complementing the modern air of the entire home, and offering a spacious feel as well.
The Cordons built their home, and when asked what they enjoyed most throughout the process, Kelli says it was the family bonds it helped to rekindle and strengthen. It helped them realize again, “Oh, yeah. I like you.”
“I wouldn’t do it again tomorrow,” she says. “But, yeah. I’d do it again.
By Toby Reynolds
As Featured In: Summer/Fall 2014