b'A&D CORNERThe bathroom shower pictured here was part of a full gut remodel undertaken by Chanda Seymour Design, San Francisco. The original space was from 1982, accord-ing to Seymour, who also noted the product used in the bathroom shower consists of Ashen Grey marble, 6" x 24" honed tiles by Bedrosians Tile & Stone.waywedoinpreliminarydesignversation about whats new, whats phase. not,whatisthemostapplicable In the world of design, she added,product before it is written on the there are many challenges when itdrawings. This process is very dif-comestothebuiltenvironment.ferent from when I used to do com-Therehavebeenmanydifficultmercial projects.design dilemmas weve faced, butForSeymour,afterworkingin with the right contractors, creativecommercialdesignwherequali-solutions can be created. fiedlaboristypicallyrequired, As for Dostal, working with thoseshebegandoingmoreresiden-she knows is a must. Since I onlytialdesignintheearly2000s. use who I know, the contractor andManygeneralcontractorswere Iareinconstantcommunicationhiring sub-contractors who werent with what is current in the marketlicensed or certified, she said. As place.Igototradeshowsoncea result, mistakes were made, the ayear.IfIhaveanytakeawayswrong product was used, and the from the tilesetters point of view, Iquality of the work was lacking.always share them with my trades.With the finished product being Before we start a project, shethe most important element of any explained,theresalwaysacon- project,allbelieveusingquali-70TileLetter | December 2019'