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" Christine Pittel: I&amp;#039;m mesmerized by that wall of tiny mosaic tiles. Sandra Nunnerly: It&amp;#039;s like a cascade of water running down a hill, in all the colors of water from dark to light\u2014aqua, pale blue, celadon green. The striation of color creates a beautiful blur. And a kind of luminosity, like a Mark Rothko painting. In my new book, Interiors [PowerHouse Books], we set a shot of this tile wall beside a Rothko to show the resemblance. Art is an endless source of inspiration for me. It&amp;#039;s a glamorous bath, but then there&amp;#039;s something refreshingly simple about the shower curtain. Simplicity is intrinsically elegant, don&amp;#039;t you think? The ice-blue fabric has a beautiful drape and it seems to frame the wall, as if you&amp;#039;re pulling back the curtain on a stage set. I didn&amp;#039;t want to put any kind of partition\u2014even glass\u2014in front of the tile. Did you notice that it runs from the ceiling to the walls and then continues onto the floor? It wraps one whole side of the room and creates a sense of fluidity. And tranquillity\u2026 I think a bathroom should feel tranquil. Although the guy who installed the tile almost had a nervous breakdown. He had to lay it all out on the bedroom floor to make sure the colors had the right flow. What inspired the design of the vanity? I took the classical details from the architecture, by Mark Ferguson and Oscar Shamamian. It&amp;#039;s a pleasure to work with them. A vanity should be highly functional, as well as a beautiful piece of cabinetry. We topped it with the same Thassos marble that surrounds the tub\u2014pure white, no veining. This bathroom belongs to the wife. The husband has a separate bathroom, with a large walk-in shower. Did you think of the two rooms as twins? No, they&amp;#039;re more like companion pieces. His has a masculine, tailored look. The space, like hers, is not all that big but it still has presence, thanks to the strong details. Strips of chocolate-brown marble on white marble suggest classical moldings. Mosaic tiles reappear, but they&amp;#039;re all white this time\u2014more clean and crisp. Why choose sconces to flank the mirrors? They give good light. And it&amp;#039;s easy to customize a shade with a bit of trim\u2014blue for her, brown for him. They each have their own space and some privacy. I&amp;#039;m a big believer in separate bathrooms. I&amp;#039;m sure they&amp;#039;ve been the saving grace in more than a few marriages. Get the Look... Tile: studiumnyc.com. Tub and sinks: us.kohler.com. Fixtures and stool by tub: waterworks.com. Curtain fabric: pollackassociates.com. Vintage sconces: nicholasantiques.org and clsterling.com. Vintage lamps: chameleon59.com. Towels: ebraunandco.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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