stump the designer

This month's stump the designer winner is Kim from Minnesota, with a bathroom in need of some design attention. The shadowbox shelves that her very loving husband spent hours measuring and hanging remain unadorned almost a year later. Let's take a look.

Your husband deserves a big thumbs up for placement! The shelves are really well balanced and I know how difficult that had to be, especially since it's hanging above the jacuzzi.

I've been scouring my resources for ideas that are unique and appropriate for a bathroom and I think that I have come up with a pretty good solution. First things first; since we are working with a collection of shadowboxes I needed to have some sort of 'theme' to what is displayed inside. I didn't want to go overboard here so I chose some items that work together without lending themselves to an actual collection of items. A little flora and fauna and some organic shapes and we are off...

The walls are a sage green so I chose an accent color of rusty orange. Adding this in just a couple of places allows the eye to move around the room and creates interest in our individual pieces.

Okay, onto the plan. Here are the elements of the new design.

My first suggestion is to purchase a small amount of wallpaper, like the Casa Mila from Twenty2. This adds texture and color and will become the background for two of the shadowboxes.

Now let's add in the other pieces.
Place the mushroom boxes (1 large, 1 small) in the upper right and lower left boxes. The owl will sit center stage in the upper middle box. In the lower middle box put the iridescent votive holder. You can add an LED tealight or just leave the funky glass as art. The two boxes with the wallpaper stand alone since we want to be able to see the pattern on the wall.



Add in some colorful elements like an orange rug and organic cotton bath towels. A driftwood tissue box on the vanity pulls in the wood elements from the wall display and is a really interesting piece as well (not to mention functional). The candle on the back of the tub fits right in, so I would suggest adding another iridescent votive holder and a soy tealight to offset the balance of the hurricane.

Sources:
1. Owl Paperweight,Burke Decor
2. Casa Mila Wallpaper, Twenty2
3. Cargo Mushroom Boxes, Rian Rae
4. Driftwood Tissue Box, Pheifer Studio
5. Organic Cotton Towels in Amber, Gaiam
6. Wool 'Cloud' Rug in Miele, Tribalia
7. Recycled Glass Votive Holder, Riverside Design Group