PROJECTS: Bath Solutions | By Shelby O. Mitchell
COMPANY INFORMATION Mult-family: 3 percent
Countertops:
Carrara marble
Normandy Remodeling,
Hinsdale, Ill.
Design-build: 100 percent
normandyremodeling.com
Full-time employees: 50
Luxurious Parisian En-Suite,
La Grange, Ill.
Average annual
revenue: $20 million
Date of completion:
June 2012
Number of remodeling
projects per year: 230
Square footage before: 175
Vanity: Kallista
Square footage after: 175
Residential work:
100 percent
PRODUCT SPECS
Sink faucet: Restoration
Hardware
Single-family:
97 percent
Cabinets: Plain and Fancy
PROJECT INFORMATION
Tub: Victoria + Albert
Toilet: Toto USA
Lights: Hudson Valley
Lighting
Shower faucet: Rohl
Hardware: Schaub and Co.
Tub filler: Barclay
Medicine cabinets: Robern
Parisian
RETREAT
Bathroom is reimagined to increase
functionality and its aesthetic appeal
The bathroom design draws inspiration from
Parisian apartments. A free-standing tub
serves as the space's focal point.
hen a household includes
four growing children,
every room must be as
functional as possible.
With this challenge in
mind, a family in LaGrange, Ill., hired
Normandy Remodeling to remodel its
master bathroom.
Designer Chris Ebert was charged with
re-imagining the second-floor master bath
for the expanding family of six. Although
that meet owners' everyday needs. "A room
can be pretty and still not be functional. I'd
rather focus on the function first."
But above all, he knew his clients wanted
the bathroom to look and feel fabulous. After
learning that one of the family members had
fond memories of spending time in France,
Ebert drew inspiration from studying photos
of Parisian apartments.
Having previously designed an 800-sq.-ft.,
French-style pied-à-terres in Chicago, he was
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their original bathroom's appearance was
acceptable, its layout was poor. "Everything
was placed around the edges, with what
looked like a big dance floor in the middle,"
remembers Ebert. Although the family had
several requirements for the room, dancing
was not one of them.
"As soon as I walked in, it was obvious
how the room should be laid out to
maximize the look, feel and function," says
Ebert, who specializes in creating spaces