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" The house has a colorful history. A 1920s two-story bungalow in Takoma, a residential area in northwest Washington, D.C., &amp;quot;it was split into two apartments during the World War II housing crisis,&amp;quot; says designer Damian Parsons, of De-Design, who also happens to own the home. &amp;quot;When we bought it six years ago, it had been converted back into a single-family home.&amp;quot; Parsons and his wife, artist Evangelina Elizondo, decided to make do with the three existing bedrooms on the top floor, but knew they needed to improve the outdated upstairs bathroom.  &amp;quot;The room had to serve not only as a master bath for us but also as a bath for our two young kids,&amp;quot; says the designer. &amp;quot;We took what had once been a three-quarter bath and combined it with what had at one time been a kind of kitchen; a room with a hot plate.&amp;quot; Walls came down, plumbing was moved and at least two feet were shaved off the width of the adjoining upstairs hall. The result is a 9x14-foot bath whose amenities are sufficiently separated so that more than one person at a time can use them. To achieve these dimensions, Parsons&amp;#039;s plan expanded into spaces under the roof slope. &amp;quot;Some areas are a bit lower,&amp;quot; he says, &amp;quot;such as the space above the tub.&amp;quot;  A simple, soothing color palette\u2014pale olive and cream\u2014unifies all the elements. &amp;quot;We took our color cues from the honed limestone tile we chose for the floor,&amp;quot; Parsons says. &amp;quot;Choosing 12x12-inch and 4x4-inch tiles, I created a pattern there,then used 4x4s as trim elements in the shower and around the tub.&amp;quot; The 36x44- inch shower was centered against what had been two wide windows. To compensate for the lost daylight, Parsons installed double-hung windows on each side of the shower and an inoperable window on the shower&amp;#039;s back wall. The new windows are where parts of the old windows had been. &amp;quot;We used only that space,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;We kept the original opening.&amp;quot;  The double vanity, which stands in the niche formed by absorbing hall space, was bought online, then customized. &amp;quot;We painted the wood to match our color scheme,&amp;quot; Parsons says. &amp;quot;Even the countertop, beneath the two white porcelain vessel sinks, is painted wood. All the fittings are brushed nickel.&amp;quot; While remodeling this bath, the couple converted their basement, which was raw space\u2014basically a hole in the ground\u2014into an office for him, a studio for her. Understandably, the new all-purpose bath had to be done modestly. &amp;quot;The budget was very low,&amp;quot; says Parsons. &amp;quot;We wanted to make the new bath look nice without spending a lot of money.&amp;quot; Click here to see the resources. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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