Separate Vanities, Separate Sanities

Here's what I've learned designing A LOT of primary suites: a primary bathroom is where your day quietly begins and where it exhales at the end. A space so beautiful you want to linger — morning coffee in hand, talking with your spouse while you get ready, or sinking into a slow bath with the music low, letting the day go.

It's the details that make that possible. Two water closets, so no one ever has to share and the quiet luxury of a TOTO toilet with heated seats, because apparently we needed that in our life and just didn't know it yet. Closets with glass cabinetry and lighting that shows off the pieces you love instead of hiding them away. Built-in plugs and haircare drawers in the vanities — like your hairdresser's station — so every tool has its place. Deep drawers built for dry cleaning and laundry, so even the ordinary everyday things have somewhere beautiful to go.

The bathroom itself becomes a sanctuary. Steam curling in the air. Heated floors underfoot. Drawers and cabinets for everything, so the counters stay clear and calm. And for the mornings that aren't slow — when you're already running late and your makeup ends up living on the counter instead of in the drawer — a hidden vanity in the closet, tucked out of sight until the moment you can straighten up from a crazy day (or week!).

When a man has five women in his life, he needs a quiet sanctuary to start and end his day and a wife needs a beautiful spa like retreat — It sounds like too much to ask for. It's not. It's just design done right.