
Sebring Design Build designed this Watkins Creek guest bath (HIS) in Franklin, Tennessee with paint-grade Dune cabinetry, Mikado Calacatta Tree quartz, Daltile Mythology Olympus Glossy 4x12 sink wall tile, Zellige Charcoal star-and-cross accent tile, and Delta Saylor Matte Black fixtures. The boldest and most distinctly masculine space in a modern-elegant whole house remodel.







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The HIS bath in the Watkins Creek home shares the home's design language but not its temperament. Where the primary bath is warm and restorative and the HER bath is soft and welcoming, the HIS bath is bold, confident, and unapologetically direct. It is the most distinctly characterized room in the project, and it earns that distinction through material specificity rather than decoration.
Paint-grade cabinetry in Dune with a Dull Rubbed Varnish finish and Metro Recessed MDF panel doors sets the room's neutral foundation. Dune is a warm white-grey tone that recedes correctly against the room's tile and fixture program. UV plywood interior construction ensures the cabinet boxes perform in a humid environment without compromise. Mikado Calacatta Tree quartz at the countertop provides continuity with the home's other baths through a shared countertop surface that reads differently in this context: here the bold veining reads against a neutral background and dark fixtures rather than warm wood, and it is more dramatic for it.
The sink wall is clad in Daltile Mythology Olympus Glossy 4 x 12 tile in a vertical staggered pattern. Olympus Glossy has a warm, cloud-like pattern with soft grey movement on a white ground. Its glossy finish reflects light and gives the sink wall presence without introducing a competing palette. The Zellige Charcoal Chabone tiles, available in both star-shaped Matte and cross-shaped Gloss formats, appear as the accent: a traditional Moroccan star-and-cross geometric pattern in deep charcoal that gives the room its defining visual moment. The interplay between Matte and Gloss finishes within the same dark tile creates subtle surface texture that rewards the close-range viewing that a bathroom naturally provides.
Delta Matte Black shower fixtures and Delta Saylor faucet in Matte Black complete every water point in the room. Atlas Zanzibar Warm Brass Brown Leather hardware at the cabinetry introduces the one warm metallic note in an otherwise cool and dark room, a decision that keeps the space from reading as severe. The Sterling Ensemble tub provides a functional soaking option in a profile that stays correctly in the background behind the room's tile-forward character.
Material: Paint Grade Wood
Interior: UV Plywood
Style: Marginal Overlay
Finish: Dune, Dull Rubbed Varnish
Door Style: Metro Recessed MDF Panel
Drawers: Solid Wood Slab
Brand: Mikado
Collection: Calacatta Tree
Material: Quartz
Hardware
Brand: Atlas
Collection: Zanzibar
Finish: Warm Brass Brown Leather
Size: 6-5/16"
Tub
Brand: Sterling
Model: Ensemble
Shower Fixtures
Brand: Delta
Finish: Matte Black
Toilet
Brand: Kohler
Model: Highline
Sink
Brand: Kohler
Model: Caxton Rectangle White
Faucet
Brand: Delta
Collection: Saylor
Finish: Matte Black
Sink Wall
Brand: Daltile
Collection: Mythology
Color: Olympus
Finish: Glossy
Size: 4" x 12"
Pattern: Vertical Staggered
Accent Tile
Brand: Tile Shop
Style: Zellige Charcoal Matte Chabone
Format: Star Shaped
Accent Tile
Brand: Tile Shop
Style: Zellige Charcoal Gloss Chabone
Format: Cross Shaped
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What is Daltile Mythology Olympus Glossy tile?
Daltile Mythology Olympus Glossy is a 4 x 12 inch wall tile with a warm, cloud-like white and soft grey pattern inspired by classical mythology. In a vertical staggered pattern on a sink wall, its glossy finish reflects light and adds depth. Paired with Zellige Charcoal accent tile and Matte Black fixtures, it creates a bath that feels both classical in reference and contemporary in execution.
What are Zellige Charcoal Chabone star and cross tiles?
Zellige Charcoal Chabone is a handmade Moroccan Zellige tile in a deep charcoal tone, available in star-shaped and cross-shaped formats that interlock to form a traditional geometric star-and-cross pattern. In a bathroom accent application, this pattern reads as bold, artisan, and genuinely distinctive. The matte and gloss combination between the two shapes creates subtle texture within the dark palette.
How does this guest bath differ from the HER guest bath in the same home?
The HIS bath shares the Mikado Calacatta Tree quartz countertop and Kohler fixtures with the HER bath, maintaining material continuity across the home's guest baths. The cabinetry shifts to paint-grade Dune, the fixtures to Delta Matte Black, and the tile program to a bold combination of Olympus Glossy and Zellige Charcoal that gives this bath a dramatically different character within the same design language.
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