Guest Rooms
The second floor our the Stone House is dedicated to hosting our friends and family. We have 3 guest bedrooms, one of which is a custom built bunk room with two sets of bunks we framed in, and two bathrooms; one guest bath off the hall and one en-suite bath in one of the guest rooms.
The goal here was to keep is super comfortable and camp-y so our guests would feel at home for a weekend or a week long stay, and when we don’t have guests we can greatly reduce our energy usage because I installed a separate Trane system (second zone) to fun the upstairs. This gives me the ability to adjust the temperature independently between floors, and when we don’t have guests we don’t have any need to be upstairs because our primary is on the first floor - absolutely love the efficiency I get out of this setup.
From a design perspective, I brought the idea of doing custom sayings in the shower tile to Chris at Garden State Tile and he instantly loved the idea; he chatted with a few of his suppliers and found one who could make it work, and not only that he’s going to now be able to offer this as a product offering in his shop. This is a great example of a supplier who is super passionate about what they do and because he was keen to help me achieve the concept he is now able to offer this to all his customers….so a big big thank you to Chris for helping me realize this vision!
And then we have to talk about the 5’ long, cast iron wall mount sink from Kohler - I mean this is a show stopper! I had this idea of making the bathroom an elevated version of a camp bath, and this oversized trough sink does just that. With the triple faucets and the individual mirrors with Dopp kit storage its our little version of adult day camp. During our wedding weekend I loved hearing all the laughter coming from everyone brushing their teeth together and rotating through the space.