house & home
By E L I Z A B E T H E DWA R D S
BATHING BEAUTIES Photos by PHOENIX PHOTOGRAPHY
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:
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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.” fter years of summering
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