Flushing out the old Toilet

With a major water drought in California, here at DM+A, when working on a bathroom project the toilet we specify must not only be beautiful, it must also be efficient. With the average person flushing five times a day, toilets make up about 31% of overall household water consumption, so we wanted to share our latest toilet find.

Australia is in a perennial drought, so we looked to an Australian engineered toilet, the Caroma Sydney Smart toilet. This beauty is a high efficiency toilet (HET) with a dual flush 1.28/0.8 gallons per flush. With less water usage, the trap outlet is about 3x larger than a typical standard toilet, so clogs are a thing of the past. This toilet is Water Sense labeled, meeting rigorous criteria for both performance and efficiency.

Even if you're not remodeling a bathroom, but want to reduce your water usage, consider changing out your old toilet.

Red Carpet SF - 2015 San Francisco Decorator Showcase

Thank you Red Carpet Bay Area for the mention! I had to share this great photo of our fearless leader, Gregg De Meza, taken by Drew Altizer Photography in the bathroom we designed for this year's San Francisco Decorator Showcase.

Karter's Bath is for a 9-year old boy. The family loves modern art, so we turned to David Hockney’s Swimming Pool with Reflection for inspiration. We wanted to bring the energy of this piece to life in color, texture and light and we are so pleased with the results.

Please stop by for a peek before the showcase house closes on Memorial day, Monday May 25th.

Demo Done. Hard Hat Party On!

Being a part of the San Francisco Decorator Showcase is not all work, and no play. With demolition complete, our California Cool Bath project is moving along as planned. So with work in order, we will play. The Decorator Showcase House is in demo mode, so why not have a party? That's exactly what happened. Last week we attended the 1st of many parties for the showcase house - The Hard Hat party. A time to appreciate the beautiful 9,700 sq ft home designed by Architect Julia Morgan and to catch up and connect with fellow designers and vendors.

Connecting we did. It was so awesome chatting with Alexandra Ray of Five Senses Art, about that perfect piece of art for our showcase room. Thanks for sending your ideas, Alex! Love the idea of a skateboard for a young boy's space - Spin Yellow, 2009 by Damien Hirst is super cool.

Also a big thanks to Thelma Garza, Director of Events and Special Projects at San Francisco University High School for keeping us in the loop and making things happen!

Looking forward to the April 25th Opening Party to be blown away by all of the creativity and sheer gumption from the many top designers of this years showcase house.

The Start of a Quinquennial?

We're so excited to be one of the few design firms selected in this year's San Francisco Decorators Showcase home. This year we're creating a California cool bath for the couples' young son, inspired by David Hockney's 1978 art piece "Swimming Pool with Reflection". So why a quinquennial? Five years ago we paired up with Helena Jausas at Spec Ceramics, here in San Francisco, for the 2010 Decorator Showcase to create one of DM+A's most published bathrooms. Once again, Helena has donated tile that has the look and feel of a swimming pool deck, On Square in Cemento by Emil Ceramica. Giant hugs and kisses to her for helping us realize our design on this very tight budget.

Looking forward to collaborating on another fabulous project and continuing what looks to be a 5-year tradition!

Bathroom Tile Love

Thanks Style Carrot for the feature of our Bathroom Design for the San Francisco Decorator Showcase in your recent post on Contrasting Bathroom Floor Tiles. Cool choice of patterns, scale and color. In particular, we adore the hexagonal tiles by Italian designer, Paola Navone.

We look forward to seeing more of your finds.