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DESIGN ELEMENTS: BATHS AU NATUREL

PC: Laura Resen

A respect for the land and deep dive into regional history and natural materials underlies all of JLF Architects’ designs – a philosophy that extends to what is typically the smallest room in the house. The formerly utilitarian bathroom has evolved over time into a spa-like sanctuary where organic materials such as stone and wood – even presented in a more polished, contemporary, rather than rustic form, as in the bath shown above – prioritize a sense of calm. For this Shoot for the Stars Jackson Hole home, created in design-build collaboration with Big-D Signature construction and interior designer Jane Schwab (which earned a cover story in Western Art & Architecture magazine), the primary bath’s plaster walls, sleek blonde wood cabinetry and stone floor form a luxurious au naturel ambience enhanced by the window-wall’s connection to the surrounding landscape.

PC: Audrey Hall

For the JLF and Big-D Signature design-build Jackson Hole house known as True North, with interiors by Dwelling, each room connects to the forested Snake River site with the primary bathroom as no exception. For that space, shown above, rustic marries successfully with contemporary as a rugged stacked stone wall forms a seamless connection with chic and sleek cabinetry topped with smooth Opustone Bianco Carrara raw marble beneath whimsical glass teardrop-globe lighting, while a glass shower and freestanding tub are positioned for a premium view of the home’s carefully preserved natural landscape.

PC: Lucy Call

Clean-lined modernity is front and center in this primary bathroom, above, a cherished space in the Park City Modern house our design-build team created. JLF designed – and Scott Esplin hand-built – the narrow mirrors with integrated lights that we then mounted to the window mullions to allow the window on nature to reign supreme. Reclaimed wood walls provide a rustic contrast, while an ultra-contemporary tub offers sculptural appeal and another soak-with-a-view opportunity. Still, it was the see-through shower that caught the eye of design mega-website Livingetc, which highlighted the space in its 7 Shower Trends that Are Setting the Tone for Relaxing, Creative Bathrooms. While some shower designs seek to create statements, “there is also power in silence,” the online magazine writes. “Constructing an ‘invisible’ shower with floor-to-ceiling glass blurs the lines between your shower and your bathroom, creating the illusion of a larger space and letting more light into the room”—while further emphasizing connection to the surrounding natural world.

For the bathroom above, in the Jackson, Wyoming, Aspen Meadows home, designed in collaboration with Big-D Signature and WRJ Design, the vanity, custom designed by JLF principal Logan Leachman, combines contemporary lines with the organic texture of band-sawn white oak, while a freestanding Waterworks Voltaire tub is placed to overlook aspen and spruce forests toward the Tetons. The natural feel of Ann Sacks Mia marble tile on walls and heated limestone flooring pair with an expansive window framing mountain views to invoke serenity. The space made Mountain Living’s recent selection of blissful baths, with the magazine writing, “A great bathroom has the power to touch all of our senses, and this bath … is an exquisite example.”

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