Bookmatched marble, brass fittings, heated floor.

A producer couple in a 1959 Beverly Hills home north of Sunset, primary bathroom that had not been opened since 1987. Two sinks, separate tub, separate shower, all crammed into 112 square feet. They wanted bookmatched Calacatta on every wall, brass fittings throughout, heated floor. The budget conversation was, “we know what it costs, we want it right.”

112 square feet is tight by 2024 standards but they did not want to sacrifice the closet next door. The 1959 plumbing was galvanized, expected. What we did not expect: the existing waste line ran through the master closet structural wall. The bookmatched marble required a single 9‑foot slab with a defect‑free first‑cut window of 6 feet, and the first slab we sourced had a hairline at 4 feet 7 inches.

We sourced a Tier‑1 Italian Calacatta slab from Compas Marble in Sun Valley, photographed in raking light before cutting. The first slab failed our visual; we ate the deposit and waited eleven days for the second. We relocated the waste line into a chase outside the closet wall, two weeks added, no change order. Brass fittings were Vola HV1, hand‑polished, sourced from a Danish stocking distributor not the LA showroom. Heated floor: Schluter Ditra‑Heat 240V on 2.5 inches of self‑leveling underlayment to bring the floor flush to the bedroom carpet.