Gilding the Lavvy

Bathrooms are the new showpieces of modern homes; have you gussied up yours yet?

The Kathryn Suite from Kohler is just one of the company's many graceful selections. Shown here: console, $1,549, with Pinstripe faucet fittings, $458 to $665, at Kohler, 100 Merchandise Mart, 312-755-2510. Sconces by Barbara Barry for Kallista, about $1,600, and Town Collection mirror by Michael Smith for Kallista, $2,455, also at Kohler. Classique ultrasoft towels, from $18.75 (unmonogrammed), at Bloomingdale's Home, 600 N. Wabash Ave., 312-324-7500. Merchant & Rhoades chrome shave set, $523, at Truefitt & Hill, 900 N. Michigan Ave., 312-337-2525. Charisma Lace linen shower curtain by West Point Stevens, $160, at Bloomingdale's Home. Bracelet Drum bronze side table by Barbara Barry for The McGuire Collection, $2,090, available through designers at Baker Knapp & Tubbs, 6-187 Merchandise Mart, 312-337-7144. Colonia fragrance by Aqua di Parma, $107 for 180 ml., at Barneys New York, 25 E. Oak St., 312-587-1700. Arlington glass apothecary jar, $190, and Stockbridge glass bowl, $165, by Simon Pearce, at Chelsea Passage, Barneys New York. Mirrored wastebasket from the Barbara Barry Glamour collection for Kallista, $1,363, at Kohler.

Photograph: Nathan Kirkman
Produced by: Arden Nelson

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Fall 2006
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