Traditional Home Napa ShowHouse 2015 - Lisa Mende Designed the Engelhardt Bathroom

I am so excited to share my little Napa Valley "Jewel box" bathroom.  It's hard to believe I haven't been inside the Engelhardt house but designed this from across the country thanks to designer friends and the project manager who took field measurements of the bathroom for me.  

Let's take a look at the before so you can appreciate the transformation! 

Before photo of Engelhardt Bathroom

When I took on the project, the bathroom had a shower in the middle of the room.  The toilet was under the window and the sink was on the right side of the room.  There was dated tile on the floors and halfway up the walls.  There was dated wallpaper above the tile. Our little bathroom was in need of a major renovation.  This showhouse was more like a client project than a showhouse since we had homeowners.  It was important to design a bathroom the Engelhardts would enjoy after the showhouse closes. The Engelhardts are a young professional couple.  He works in San Francisco and she is the manager of the local inn located on the same street as their home.  I enjoyed designing this bathroom for them so much!

Next came the design and rendering of the space

Thank you to Mari Robeson for doing this rendering
 of my design for the program book! Check her out on
instagram to see  more of her beautiful work.  Mari is
a designer herself of California but does these adorable
renderings. She is a joy to work with and is very fast!
Because I had a misunderstanding with my usual artist
Mari stepped up and make this happen in one day for me!
Thank You Mari!!!

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Breaking News from DXV!!!

I'll bet you thought this was sculpture didn't you?  Well, it is, sort of....
You can call it functional sculpture.  

BREAKING NEWS from DXV!! 

 I just returned from New York where I was a guest of DXV by America Standard.  I was there for the unveiling of the bathroom I designed using DXV products.  My bathroom is one of five projects that were unveiled this week by DXV for their 2015 advertising campaign.   I cannot wait to share more about my bathroom, and the other designers involved.  The DXV team also unveiled three new faucets that night as well. It was an exciting time for the world of plumbing fixtures as the DXV team launch the first ever commercially available faucets created with additive manufacturing, better known as 3D printing which redefines the way water pours from the faucet into the sink.  This allows for a magical way for water to enhance the user's experience.  This method employs a computer-guided laser beam which fuses powdered metal into the shape of the faucet with high heat and pressure after which a solid metal block rises up from the powder carrying the water inside.  Two of the faucets focus on reinventing the way water is brought to the user while the third design is focused on designing the experience of water. 

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The design of this sculpturally beautiful faucet is focused on re-thinking how water is transported, this design uses the inherent strength of the alloy to run water through a delicate filigree pattern to the spout of the faucet. Like magic!  This is true jewelry for the home!

DXV took notes from nature when designing this faucet.   The water runs across the top of the spout, creating the effect of a stream bouncing on the rocks of a riverbed.  The DXV design team used Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) technology to adjust each of the 19 waterways.

This faucet Exquisite design meets cutting-edge technology and a butler finish that evokes the look and feel of gently aged, buffed silver.

 Designs such as these are why I look to DXV for cutting edge technology in beautifully crafted products.  I'm proud to be a member of the DXV Design Team for 2015!  I'll be sharing my bathrooms and the bathrooms of the rest of the team this week.  Until then, feast your eyes on the latest products from DXV! 

Make sure to visit the DXV website  to see the entire collections of beautiful products for kitchen and bath.  DXV is a designers dream come true!  If you are a consumer and need help finding DXV send me an email  Lisa@lisamende.com 

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Photographs credit to DXV American Standard