Boise - Modern Hotel

We ended up in Boise a few weeks ago so I booked a room at the Modern Hotel. I thought it was a really well executed renovation and the hotel is really fun with great details.

You know it's a good vacation when you're eating cookies in bed for breakfast while watching the world cup under a George Nelson bedside lamp.

 

 I like the simple mosaic tile in the bathroom. This might be what we go for in the master, although darker. I think mosaic tile can be a little over the top - it's hard not to get excited about all the color combos. But these colors that are similar look best together in my opinion.

 The outdoor space was really inspirational to me. The cement pavers, with stone bonfires, log seating, no maintenance rocks and a few trees and karl foerster grass. I'd love to have space like this in my yard where there are no plants to take care of but it's all beautiful and useful.
 
The simple white quilt was from a local quilting shop. I think it's something I could make pretty easily, two white pieces of fabric, parallel wavy quilted lines. I always struggle to marry homemade things with mid century style, but I think if kept simple enough like this it can add a nice touch.
 

Hall Bath Phase 4 - End in sight

After a month of scraping cement off tile, ordering new tile, and getting quotes from tiling installers, all of which were booked out for at least two weeks, suddenly there was tile. And suddenly with that it seemed like the bathroom is almost finished. These are just crappy iphone photos but I'll take better ones once the bathroom is done. it's hard to get a good picture of the shower tile but it's the perfect mint color.

I spent so much time choosing tile that I thought I'd never be happy, but I really love it and think I won't ever get sick of it. The handmade hexagon tile is so beautiful I could look at it all day. And the perfect 2x8 tile in the shower is such a nice, modern, soothing color. I'm so glad we took the extra steps to get things done right.

 

This is the extent of the usefulness of the bathroom right now, but I'm in heaven. Bathing Arden was definitely what I missed most about not having this bathroom (we just have a tiny shower in the master) so I'm so happy to have progressed to this point. I went with Moen bath fixtures since that was what was here before, and it saved on having to replace the shower valve. And finally we can look at the beautiful new cast iron tub that's been hiding under a protector the last month.
The entire reno I have been saying there is only one month left. But now I think there is really one month left at the most for finishing touches and putting fixtures back in. It's nice to have the usefulness come back piece by piece. So nice.