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" Christine: What inspired the barn wood?  Yvonne Pojani: When we bought this old farmhouse, it came with a barn, and I love the way it feels when you walk inside it. It&amp;#039;s so warm because of all the wood, and I wanted that same feeling in the house. Instant atmosphere. But it could be a little dark\u2026 I wasn&amp;#039;t worried about that, even though there are no windows in this room \u2014 it&amp;#039;s one of those quirky spaces you get with a 1900s house. We took down a wall to open it up, and now the bathroom and the laundry are all one room. And I added more ceiling lights to highlight the wood. So what&amp;#039;s the effect? Natural. Rustic. Kind of inside out, as if you had put the exterior on the interior. To keep that mood, we did pebble tile on the shower floor. How do the pebbles feel on bare feet? A little bumpy as well as smooth, but in a good way. It&amp;#039;s stimulating \u2014 almost as if you&amp;#039;re getting a foot massage. Is the rest of the floor stone as well? It looks like slate, so people are surprised to find out it&amp;#039;s actually porcelain tile. But it has a grit to it. It&amp;#039;s not perfectly flat, and the color ties in with the pebbles. I also liked the size \u2014 12 by 24 inches. I wanted something big, to work with the wide boards. You&amp;#039;ve got the small pebbles, the big boards, and then the 6-by-12 glass shower tile is right in the middle. Why choose white glass? I wanted the contrast. Everything else is kind of muted. I thought the white shower, the toilet, and the sink would shine through. You could bathe a four-year-old in that sink.  Actually, it&amp;#039;s what used to be called a youth tub. When we went shopping for fixtures, I thought I&amp;#039;d go to some salvage yards to see if I could find something with the same character and originality as the house. I spotted this from afar and immediately thought, There&amp;#039;s my sink. The owner said I&amp;#039;d never find one like it again. They don&amp;#039;t usually have legs. So I bought it and had the cast iron reglazed, the drain refinished, and my plumber put in the pipes. It&amp;#039;s definitely a conversation piece. People come out of the bathroom and say, &amp;#039;Wow. That&amp;#039;s some sink!&amp;#039; What&amp;#039;s inside that cupboard with the barn doors? The washer and the dryer. Those doors and the walls are painted with chalkboard paint. I thought the kids might want to draw on the walls, but they&amp;#039;ve probably done it twice. Still, I love that velvety black. It&amp;#039;s not stark. There&amp;#039;s some gray and white in it. I even put it on the ceiling. Why? I thought a white ceiling would take away from the shower. And who knows? I could even draw a few stars up there. GET THE LOOK\u2026 Reclaimed barn board: colonialbarn.com. Wall tile: walkerzanger.com. Floor tile: islandstone.comandtileshowcase.com. Sink:noreast1.com. Faucets: rohlhome.com. Showerhead: grohe.com. Toilet: caromausa.com. Light fixture: barnlightelectric.com. Hardware: restorationhardware.com. Shower curtain: coyuchi.com. Paint: benjaminmoore.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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