Mission Canyon house
A primary bath carved out of a closet and a sleeping porch, with a pale limestone tub under an arched window and handmade terracotta laid in herringbone.
Scope
Primary bath and bedroom
Timeline
Four months
Design fee
$18,500
Furniture and finishes
$71,000 including stone and tile
Photographs
Photographed in June 2025
The brief
The house had one small bath shared by everyone. The Hadleys wanted a primary bath that felt like it had always been there, with a tub they could see the canyon from.
What we did
We combined a deep closet and the old sleeping porch, arched the new window to match the rest of the house and set the tub on the centre line so it reads from the bedroom door. Walls are lime plaster, the floor is handmade terracotta in herringbone and the tub is a single piece of pale limestone.
What changed
Tile was drawn stone by stone so the herringbone lands whole at both doorways. The room was finished two weeks ahead of the plumber's own schedule.
“Our contractor said it was the clearest set of tile drawings he had been handed in twenty years.”
Priya and Tom Hadley
Start with two hours at your house
A designer walks every room with you, measures, listens, and sends written notes the same week. The visit is $450, and it comes off your design fee if we go on to work together.