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 high‑grade Italian Calacatta slab through a regional specialty stone yard, 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, absorbed within the project. The brass fittings came from a European maker known for the finish the clients wanted, sourced through a stocking distributor rather than the local showroom. The heated floor was installed on a self‑leveling underlayment to bring it flush to the bedroom carpet.