Sass Up the Shower without Breaking the Bank!

Let's say you're remodeling your bathroom and you want it to be fun and functional, timeless, but with a touch of personality---Oh, and you don't want to spend a million dollars an fancy-schmancy accent tile....Solution? A stylish shower niche might be exactly what you need to make your new shower POP! Here are a few examples of some of our favorite shower caddies from Red River remodels!

What do you think?

July's Obsessions

July’s obsessions are HOT! Ok, we’re in Louisiana…EVERYTHING is hot in July! I’m a few days later than normal, but better late than never? From tiles to lighting fixtures to nerdy wall art, here’s the list of what we’re currently obsessed with!

1. Sidi Lounge Chair with Cushions
More cb2, of course! The frame, the style, the fabric cushions—love it all! Angie spotted this on cb2’s website and has been crushin’ ever since!

2. Goose-eye tile in Milk/Kohl

I’m convinced his black and white Swedish tile came from heaven! It’s gorgeous. It’s sassy. It needs to come live at my house!!

3. Aria Full Woven Headboard

From Land of Nod, handwoven and cute as can be! Peacock rattan has Angie smitten right now---and it’s hot pink at that! 

4. Happy Giraffe and Bubble Pop Print

NatalPrint is one of my new favorite Ety shops! I think this little giraffe would be really happy hanging on a gallery wall somewhere! NatalPrint has tons of other quirky prints! (All my fellow nerds, head on over and check them out HERE!)

5. Vega Flush Mount Lamp

Flush mount, but almost chandelier-ish, this thing is real good looking! The frosted, retro style bulbs with the brass finished canopy? Yes, please!

6. Mid Century Modern 3-panel Teak Room Divider Screen, circa 1960s

This crazy cute room divider was love at first sight for me! Angie sent me over to “The Nest,” the warehouse for the Renesting Project and I found this little baby there! 

Red River Remodelers will be entering a vignette in the “CHAIRished Beginnings” Design Competition at Nest Fest sponsored by the Renesting Project!

Shameless plug: Nest Fest is August 1^st and tickets more information are available at renestingprojectinc.org!

No Better Place

There is no better place to let your personality shine than a small powder room.  Guest bath, half bath, powder room; whatever you call it, if you’re lucky enough to have one it’s usually the bath in your home that guest get to see so why not make it pop.  Most homeowners want to keep the overall feel of there home neutral and are worried about getting too crazy.  A small powder room is the perfect place to express your pinned up design wild side!  It's like opening a present every time a guest goes in. All that being said, I would suggest picking one element to be the focus and let everything else support it.  Here are some of my favorites!

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Southern with a Twist

Our own South Highlands powder room completed in 2014 and featured in Forum magazine.  From the Horchow white "Porcupine Quill" mirror to the Derwent Wallpaper by Osborne and Little it’s a show stopper!   I get asked all the time if wallpaper is out of style- my go to answer- wallpaper is custom so if you’re going to the parade of homes or open houses on the weekend you’re not going to see a great deal of it.  A spec house builder is trying to appeal to everyone and wallpaper is definitely geared towards a single persons taste.  Also wallpaper is more expensive than just painting and it has to be updated just like hair cuts and outfits.

 Here are more I love straight from  the World Wide Web!

March 2014 issue of New York Cottages & Gardens

No not everyone is daring enough to do this, but man it’s good looking!  Fun and formal at the same time.

The Color Issue

How fun is this!  Between the paper, yellow camp light and poppy orange mirror I can't pick my favorite element in this bath.  Side note, my husbands 96 year old grandma has that same ceramic kitty my her fireplace!

Home Bunch

Super simple and timeless but check out that amazing border tile on the floor!  It looks expensive but I bet you could create the same looks with material purchased from Lowe's or Home Depot.

Style at Home

Pedestal sinks are great in powder rooms where a lot of counter-top space is not necessary.  Can I tell you how much I love the wallpaper, brass light fixture, and that mirror!

A Bathroom Built For Two - Master Bath Remodel, Benton, LA

Okay, let's all admit it... Women tend to have a larger array of "stuff" than men... Thus, we tend to take up more space and need more room. This was the problem Red River Remodelers tackled with our latest master bathroom remodel in Benton, LA. Our clients had accumulated a lot of clutter and were ready to start fresh!

Their main concerns: their tub was too small, they were sharing one vanity, and there was very little space for storage. 

As you can see in the before pictures, when something isn't meeting your expectation for it's main purpose, it becomes a catch-all for everything else...

So, collectively we had a few goals: To create one large walk-in shower with a bench, to give the husband his own space, and to create plenty of storage for the misses :)

Aesthetically, she wanted to keep it traditional but also have a clean and current vibe.  Here's how this master bath turned out!

To bring in a more current look, we had River Cities Floors lay this beautiful Daltile Emblem ceramic floor with a great horizontal pattern.  

Red River Remodelers turned their shared vanity into her vanity, and designed two built-in storage cabinets to bookend the mirror adding that extra storage to alleviate clutter!

To make better use of the space, we completely removed the bathtub and created an additional vanity with a built-in medicine cabinet just for him!  

Upon removing the bathtub, it gave us additional space to extend the shower and design a bench. River Cities Floors tiled the shower with Daltile Palatina glazed porcelain with an glass accent strip of Antigua tile. Red River Remodelers finished it off with a frame-less shower door to give it a clean edge.

To complete the goals we set out to accomplish, we decided to add in even more storage! Initially, they had one deep closet that stretched from the bathroom to the hallway, leading to things getting lost in the depths. We decided to divide the depth in half and make two separate closets: one accessible from the bathroom, and one accessible from the hallway. 

It's all in the details:

Antigua tile wraps around the walk-in shower and accents the built-in caddies.

An amazingly detailed Toto under counter sink from Coburn's adds just the right finishing touch to this traditional bathroom. 

All in all, Red River Remodelers created tons of storage space, his and her vanities, and a walk-in shower... a bathroom built for two :)

- callie hearnsberger