I’ve missed you guys this week! I’ve been holed up in the studio finishing a bunch of branding projects and sending the next issue of Rock n Roll Bride off to the printers while also putting the finishing touches on our newly remodeled bathroom (wallpaper! brass everything!) before leaving for Italy.

Our house has been in complete shambles over the last month as our upstairs bathroom has slowly been getting gutted and revamped into a much brighter, more modern space. Finally, we’ve turned the corner with all the dirty, hard work being done (plumbing, drywall, painting) and all the fun design details are now coming into play.

I’ll be doing a big reveal with before and after shots once I’m back from traveling but in the meantime, I wanted to give you the inside scoop on what it’s going to look like! The focal point of the room is going to be the Martinique wallpaper that I’ve been obsessed with for years. I first spotted it at Indochine in New York back in 2002 and then again at the Beverly Hills Hotel last year. So good, right?!

I went back and forth for weeks on a wallpaper choice and first decided on this design but realized it was a non-repeating pattern that was cut into a custom mural-style piece. I figured if we messed up hanging it, the whole thing would be a total waste so back to the Martinique pattern it was. Since we were able to borrow a tile saw from a friend and Joey did all the remodeling and tiling himself, we had some wiggle room to splurge on something we both love (and that will remind us every day of Palm Springs!)

To accent the very bold banana leaf pattern, we’ve gone with all brass hardware on every detail from the sink faucet to the toilet lever to the p-trap. The rest of the details including the tile, grout and paint are white. The wallpaper does the talking (and rightfully so – this is a true classic!) so the rest of the bathroom is modern and understated.

Sources: Martinique wallpaper, brass mirror, brass toilet paper holder, brass towel ring, brass faucet, brass toilet handle, subway tile, brass p-trap and brass and marble knob.

This bathroom remodel has been a turning point for me. In the past, I felt the need to rush through every house project, brushing past the tiny details because I just wanted it to be done. Now that I’m a bit older getting more into house stuff, I’m enjoying researching options more. I didn’t know what a p-trap even was before this remodel but now I want everything to match. Even researching knobs for our medicine cabinet has been fun (for the record, Anthropologie has some amazing options).

I can’t wait to show you the outcome…along with the atrocious before photos! Because, my friends, whoever thought it was a good idea to glue linoleum directly to the walls of our poor little 1928 bathroom needs to get schooled. I’m so relieved that view has been replaced with floor-to-ceiling white subway tile. Ahhh, sweet relief.