The existing space was cramped and stuffy with floor-to-ceiling, oversized cabinets that lined two walls and then there was a tiny corner shower. Dark walls and an outdated style further depressed the mood, and the whole room suffered from a deficit of light.

Coulas, referred by contractor Evan-Talan Homes, drafted plans for the primary bathroom’s complete overhaul, including a special request for a mounted television visible from the bath and shower. She designed an updated flow that kept the home’s structure intact.

This streamlined design called for a rainhead install straight from the ceiling, but the showerhead needed full insulation and there wasn’t space in the attic.

“I think a normal soffit is so boring, so I came up with the suspended one,” Coulas says of her custom box of hanging porcelain from Kenny’s Tile. Porcelain is “extremely durable,” she notes, adding, “Real marble or stone can stain with just the color of shampoo!”

She raves that large-scale porcelain also has no grout lines, providing an easy surface to clean, and, with a lower price point than real stone, it’s an accessible choice.