BATHING BEAUTIES

from Northern Home & Cottage, June/July 2023

artists & makers BEACH BLISS

KITCHEN AND BATH DESIGNER DAWN WHYTE BROUGHT

DAZZLING STYLE TO EACH OF SEVEN FULL BATHROOMS AND TWO HALF-BATHS IN A TOP-TO-BOTTOM RENO OF A HOME ON LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY. HERE’S A PEEK: fter years of summering with their five children in a small, 1970s-era cottage outfitted with only one full bathroom and two half-baths, the homeowners decided it was time to add on so that the family could summer together as their clan grew in years to come. More bathrooms was a main focus of the whole-house redo that took several years. Six more bathrooms to be exact, as well as updating the original three. To make that happen, the homeowner worked with Kitchen and Bath Designer Dawn Whyte. “I walked by her shop and really liked her style,” says the homeowner. “It’s great because working with her is turnkey— she has a lot of tile and other materials right in her showroom that makes it very convenient. And she can really specialize.”

The pair’s search for just the right fixtures and surface elements extended from Whyte’s Petoskey showroom to Detroit and Grand Rapids. The result is a bevy of bathing beauties—all charming, all completely different. “I didn’t want them to be boring,” says the homeowner. “I wanted them fun and unique and to take advantage of all of the different tiles available.” resources

Thibaut palm frond wallpaper, Modern Matter bamboo pulls and Ann Sacks kanso fish scale mosaic floor tiles create a playful jungle theme in this bathroom adjacent to the girls’ bedroom. The Ayr cabinets were custom designed by Whyte.

Mint gloss FEZ WOW tile in the shower plays off the colors of the lake out the window. The bathroom floor tile, shower floor and shower wall accent are Glazzio Tile’s flower series in Ming green and Thassos white flower polished stone. The countertops are honed marble and the flower petal door style and glass mullion mirror frame are bespoke by Ayr Custom Cabinetry.

In the main floor powder bath, Thibaut mulberry tree wallpaper creates a fairytale feel played out with a Kohler Kallos spun glass sink and Brizo Virage wall mount faucet in luxe gold.

The homeowners especially love their primary bath with its electric fireplace next to the tub—both set against a wall of Artistic Jazz Glass blue note circle tiles. The cabinets are painted SherwinWilliams blissful blue, “just the color that I was looking for,” says the homeowner. The tub is a blue and white Victoria and Albert Amalfi style and the shower has an anti-fog heated shave mirror below the shower head, as well as an aromatherapy and chromotherapy steammist unit. The floor tile is Artistic sarri mosaic.