This mid-century modern bathroom by Hamtil Construction is a truly remarkable transformation that met all of the client’s requirements. Through thoughtful planning, a private water closet, enlarged shower, soaking tub, double vanity and ample storage were added to the primary bath. The walk-in shower features a full-length shampoo ledge and bench seat with a combination of navy blue hexagon and black subway tiles throughout the shower walls and floor. A free-standing tub sits between two windows and serves as the focal point of the room.

This bathroom renovation turned an ordinary builder-grade bathroom into a bright, stylish and highly functional oasis. The client had very specific goals for the room: brightening the space, enhancing its functionality and aligning the design with their personal style. Through a thoughtful selection of materials and a keen eye for design, Karr Bick Kitchen + Bath brought this vision to life. Stunning black-and-white statement tiles in the shower set the tone for the space, and quarter-sawn white oak cabinetry incorporated natural and organic textures.

A recently single mother of two turned to Chelsea Design and Wise Bros. LLC to create her dream timeless and feminine primary bathroom. Removing two walls and creating a new french door entry, a long, narrow space was left behind. The client’s requested makeup area sits in the center of the room and is visible from the bedroom. The shower was able to expand in size and an air tub was added at the end of the room through careful planning. The vanity stool was built with hand-selected fabrics inside Chelsea Design’s in-house workroom and adds the perfect touch of color to the primary bath.

Opportunity literally knocked at the door for St. Louis couple Bradley Fratello and Doug Moore. While admiring their dwelling in The Grove from the street, a stranger walked up to their front door and offered to buy it for a generous price well above what they had spent building it. Quickly seizing the moment, they accepted the offer and moved into a condo in the Central West End. After a couple of years, they still craved city life but preferred to have more land with a seamless indoor/outdoor connection.

The owners of this home were drawn to Ladue’s location —more convenient to the airport and downtown than the couple’s previous home in Chesterfield. As they imagined their dream home, the couple already knew who’d be part of the team creating it. Award-winning builder Mike Mahn is a family member, and interior designer Debbie Donnelly had worked on remodeling the couple’s Chesterfield home. Now the owners needed to find the perfect lot where they would build.

When Fred Ortlip worked nights as a copy editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he used his daytime hours for a round or two of golf each week with his Post colleagues. As he watched his ball sail down the fairway or eyeballed the correct line of a putt, he also focused on something having nothing to do with the sport.  “I admired a lot of the landscaping around the golf courses,” he recalls. In the late 1990s, when he and his wife Rory had some money left over from an insurance check to repair hail damage to their Kirkwood home, they decided to use it to enhance their own landscape.