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Featured ProjectBelmont, California
Master Bathroom
Remodel Belmont
A modern Belmont master bath built around a tight, intentional material palette — vertical bamboo tambour shower walls, matte black square fixtures, a floating walnut vanity with an integrated white trough sink, river pebble shower floor, and large-format charcoal porcelain throughout.
Master Bath
Complete Remodel
Bamboo Tambour
Shower Wall
Matte Black
Fixtures Throughout
Walnut
Floating Vanity
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The Vision
A modern bath built around restraint
This Belmont master bathroom was designed around the discipline of a tightly-edited material palette. Three materials carry the entire room: warm vertical bamboo tambour on the shower walls, large-format charcoal porcelain on the floors and shower curb, and dark walnut on the floating vanity. Everything else — fixtures, hardware, niche, towel warmer, faucets — is matte black and square-edged.
The result is a master bath that reads as deliberately spa-influenced without leaning on any single trend. The textures do the heavy lifting: the vertical reed of the tambour against the matte field of the floor tile, the smooth white of the trough sink against the open grain of the walnut, the river pebble underfoot in the shower against the planar charcoal everywhere else.
Master Bath · After
Three materials, one matte-black fixture family, and the discipline to leave everything else alone. That's how a small master bath reads as a calm, modern retreat.Bark & Build Builders · CSLB #1119304
Room 01
The Walk-in Shower
A frameless glass walk-in shower runs the full width of the bathroom, defined on every interior surface by vertical bamboo tambour tile. A matte black ceiling-mount square rain head, a wall-mount square thermostatic control, and a coiled handheld on a slide bar make up the entire fixture package — no extra spouts, no extra knobs, no decorative additions.
A flush black recessed niche provides storage in the same plane as the wall, a polished black linear drain replaces a center point drain, and a river pebble mosaic floor brings tactile contrast into a room otherwise built around clean planar surfaces.
Shower Gallery
Tambour, Pebble & Matte Black
Room 02
The Vanity & Mirror
A floating dark walnut double-drawer vanity hangs from the wall on full extensions, leaving the charcoal floor visible underneath and making the small footprint feel substantially larger. The countertop is a single-piece white solid-surface integrated trough sink with two separately-plumbed matte black square faucets, balancing the room's heavier dark elements.
A large LED-backlit mirror with a thin black frame anchors the wall above. Black GFCI outlets recess flush into the wall on either side of the mirror, and a pair of black wall hooks replace any visible storage tower — the sink, mirror, and wall stay reading as one quiet zone.
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Room 03
The Water Closet
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Wall-Mounted Toilet, In-Wall Carrier
A wall-mounted square European-style toilet sits on a fully concealed in-wall carrier system, with only the white square flush plate visible above. Carrying the toilet off the floor opens up sightlines, simplifies cleaning, and continues the room's commitment to the same minimal language found in the shower and at the vanity.
The Result
A Calm, Modern Master Bath
The completed bathroom achieves what minimalism is supposed to do — make a small room feel deliberate, generous, and quiet. The bamboo tambour reads as warmth without color, the charcoal floor reads as weight without darkness, and the matte black fixture family reads as restraint without austerity.
A wall-mounted black towel warmer in the dressing aisle keeps towels at hand, a flush concealed carrier toilet keeps the floor visually unbroken, and the floating vanity keeps the eye moving across the room rather than stopping at any single object. The homeowners now own a master bath that performs every day exactly the way it photographs.
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