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36 SPRING 2022 A NA LYONS AND HER HUSBAND HAD NO IDEA THAT their newly renovated bath would become a social destination. "It was originally meant as our Zen retreat," says Lyons, who is a nurse. "I'm on my feet all day and wanted a place to unwind." While the sleek space is a source of solace for the couple, Lyons and her girlfriends spend hours in there getting ready for dinners and such, or just hanging out. "We hosted a friend's birthday dinner, and the girls all ended up in the bathroom at the end of the night, dressed in their gowns and drinking wine," Lyons laughs. Amy Allard, who first redesigned the kitchen in this midcentury modern ranch house in Lincoln, is responsible for the transformation of the bath. "They're a young couple with a modern aesthetic who enjoy their me-time," the owner of Amy Lynn Interiors says. "They wanted to make it their own." Allard contemplated the layout of the primary suite to ensure a smooth flow from bedroom to bath and to create more closet space. Ultimately, she deleted the closet in the primary bedroom, giving its square footage to the bath, and turned the guest bedroom adjacent to the bath into a walk-in closet. The layout's determining factor was the location of the existing skylight. "They wouldn't have been able to appreciate the skylight if it were in the closet," Allard says. "The glow from the moon illuminates the bath at night." In addition, the skylight bestows bathers with a vignettes northshoremag.com/nshorehome/ The walnut water closet enclosure stops an inch below the ceiling, where it is painted black to create a shadow that emphasizes the roofline. Allard used large- format floor tiles to minimize grout lines. "The grout in their prior home got dirty from their three golden retrievers," she says. starry slice of sky that Allard says is magical. However, it wasn't the view that dictated the location of the two-person tub. Rather, Allard centered the tub on the windows in order to keep the room's main source of natural light and fresh air unobstructed. The proximity of the skylight is serendipitous. The tub's placement also affords a view of the waterproof television that sits flush within the shower wall. "Ana likes to soak in the tub with a glass of wine and watch TV," Allard says. "This way there's no worry about dropping an iPad in." As for programming, the television is usually set to ESPN, as both Lyons and her husband are huge sports fans. When the television is switched off, the screen essentially disappears, thanks to Allard's choice of black, large-format wall tiles.