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Bathroom · Vernon · 2022

Tilework in a Vernon Lake Home

Two windows light the shower from one end. Elsewhere in the home, a different white tile wraps a tall fireplace surround. The installation photos show how each surface turns a corner.

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Wide view of a light tiled shower with two windows and a tiled seat below the left window

A shower built around the windows

The Vernon photographs show two tall windows at the end of the shower. A tiled seat occupies the recess under one window. Look across the room and the same pale palette has several different surfaces: a raised pattern on the wall, a flat shelf in the niche and a lightly veined floor.

One installation photograph catches a level sitting inside the niche. It shows a detail that is harder to see in a wide room shot: the patterned tile continues across the back of the recess while the shelf has a smooth top. If you are choosing a relief tile, it helps to see a sample at an inside corner, under a light, as well as straight on.

A second tile treatment at the fireplace

The fireplace photographs show scaffolding beside a tall surround and a long black firebox opening near the floor. The white tile here has broad horizontal ridges. Following them around the projecting corner gives a clear view of the alignment between the front and side faces.

The company’s Vernon lake project album records a 2022 project cost band covering the project as a whole. The photographs document the tile installations at different stages.

Shower recesses, window returns and fireplace tile

Recessed shower niche lined in textured white tile with a level on the shelf
At the recessed shelf, the relief tile turns into the opening and catches light along its upper edge.
Tiled seat beneath a shower window above pale veined floor tiles
The seat fits beneath one window. The adjacent tiled return runs down to the floor.
Raised pattern on the face of a tiled partition beside a window
The change in daylight across the partition makes the raised surface easier to see.
White horizontally ridged tile wrapping around a rectangular black fireplace opening during installation
At the fireplace, the white tile has a horizontal wave. The profile continues around the outside corner.