IN THE DETAIL This hotel-style bathroom is en suite to the master bedroom of an art-filled family home owned by a jewelery designer who is well-known for her fearless approach to color and proportion in her jewellery creations – a style that is also expressed in her interiors. Here, the all-over use of petite white floor and wall tiles with black grouting gives the bathroom a graphic sensibility that is softened by a very elegant wooden vanity unit, lightweight cotton towels, and a trailing philodendron. Tip The white ceramic tiles used here are by Douglas Jones (douglasjones.co.za), the vanity console is from Sangengalo Marble & Granite (ske.co.za), and the ceiling-mounted shower rose is from Flush Bathrooms (flushbathrooms.co.za).
GET THE BLUES This family bathroom combines practicality (plus much-needed storage space for towels, toiletries and cleaning supplies) with vintage appeal via a custom-made vanity unit painted in a deep and restful shade of blue. Topping an old cabinet or sideboard such as this one with a slab of marble, and installing a pair of oval basins on top with brushed brass tapware, is a budget-friendly recipe for giving any bathroom space some old-school charm while also making it resolutely user-friendly. Tip The ultra-simple shower cubicle, demarcated via a single pane of glass and a shift to tiled flooring, further adds to the easygoing appeal of this bathroom. And don’t neglect the storage: here, a sleek, recessed shelf in the shower area holds all the necessary accoutrements.
VEIN GLORIOUS For a young couple with small children, renovating a 100-year-old cottage on a steep slope meant transforming it into a family home with a terraced garden and charming views over densely treed suburbia – and sensitively updating even the bathrooms without simply imposing an overly contemporary aesthetic on them. Key to giving this small bathroom a pared-back yet period feel, for example, was the use of a thick slab of the couple’s favorite marble as an eye-catching vanity counter. Tip The Arabescatto marble used here hails from Italy and is characterised by dark grey veins on a crystalline, pure white background. Here, it forms the main visual attraction in the bathroom, with a luxe appeal that is perfectly set off by the classic, all-white splashback and basin.
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