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"One of the top to-do items for the new owner of a town house in Boston&amp;#039;s historic Louisberg Square district was the master bath. A previous occupant&amp;#039;s remodel failed in its attempt to mimic the home&amp;#039;s early-1800s architecture. Enter E. J. Krupinsky, design director of Lee Kimball, a Boston-based design/build firm specializing in renovating vintage properties. He recalls that when his client said she wanted &amp;quot;a meditative environment\u2014 soothing and uplifting,&amp;quot; he focused his redesign on opening up the space and adding diffused light.   The existing bath, accessed from the master bedroom through a walk-in closet, felt cut up, lacking warmth and focus. Krupinsky&amp;#039;s approach, he says, was to remove a dividing wall, &amp;quot;making the bath and closet areas blend into one huge space instead of individual compartments.&amp;quot; A separate toilet enclosure remained where it had been, but all the other elements were shifted. The result is a closet, dressing room and spa bath that occupies a 300-square-foot, T-shaped space. There is a wardrobe closet, a separate shoe closet and a bench for donning and removing footwear. Entering the bath area, you see a glassed-in shower opposite the toilet compartment and then the grooming and bathing stations. There are two round sinks; one is a vessel, the other, an undermount. But because of a 6-inch shift in counter heights, both sinks are at the same height.  Across the room from the grooming area is a Japanese-style soaking tub on a raised platform. Behind it is a double-framed mirror\u2014one within the other, off center, bordered with a wide band of mosaic tiles in seven colors. This mirror reflects its twin, which hangs on the far side of the room. White sheer curtains on the bathroom&amp;#039;s four existing 9-foot-tall windows provide privacy without filtering out natural light.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a roomful of material contrasts,&amp;quot; says the designer. There is copper on sinks, faucets, cabinet knobs\u2014even on the back walls of the shower. There is marble on the countertops, glass on the outer shower wall and toilet-room door. Matte-finish Jerusalem stone comprises much of the floor and Vermont slate is at the base of the shower. Wood also appears\u2014walnut on the tub surround and the steps leading up to it, black-painted furniture-grade wood on cabinets and wall panels. Unchanged, an existing hot-air system heats the space, but, Krupinsky points out, &amp;quot;an electric heating system was installed underneath the stone flooring that can quickly take the chill off that typically cool surface.&amp;quot;  The bath has a sculptural feeling, with recurring round shapes and a floor plan that draws you deeper into the space. &amp;quot;The room&amp;#039;s hidden treasure is really that tub,&amp;quot; says Krupinsky. &amp;quot;The whole point of our design was to pull you in and help you find it.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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