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The Powder Room

Inspiration: The Mountains

Shayne Smith of Slifer Designs wanted to break from the ­traditional mountain style when she reimagined a penthouse ­condominium in Bachelor Gulch. The result: a modern mountain ­retreat that marries natural elements and sophistication.

“I wanted to incorporate natural materials—wonderful stones, organic elements, earthy components,” Smith says. The powder room is a perfect representation of this vision.

Smith used braided stone around the mirror and on the ­­opposing wall to give the room texture and warmth. The sleek lines of the Sonoma Forge faucet, which juts out of the mirror, feel ­balanced against the chiseled stone sink from Stone Forest. Smith designed the dramatic iron sconces and had them created by Iron Accents in Houston.
Smith is especially proud of the niche on the wall opposite the mirror. “Usually, when you’re in a powder room and you look in the mirror, you see the toilet,” she says. “So I created this niche covered in pearlized glass and put a Thomas Corbin bronze sculpture in it. Now you see art while you’re washing your hands.”

tips: “You can get away with so much in a powder room. You can get away with more extreme design than you’d want, say, in your kitchen or bedroom. Take the opportunity to go beyond the limits of your everyday style.”

Photography: Tim Murphy, courtesy of Slifer Designs