Coral fantasy

Dramatic hand-painted glass wall panels, a striking wall sconce and illuminated basins are just some highlights of this artistic bathroom

The floor tiles were laid in orientations that

The coral glass wall pattern, bespoke coral sconce

Future proof – the shower stall is designed

The custom designed wall panel motifs were strategically

The bespoke wall sconce could almost have escaped

Designed by Lisa de Boer, Lisa de Boer Design

From the designer:

Owner brief

This was a complete ensuite renovation. Our homeowners desired a beautiful bright space with ease of use and wheel chair access if needed in the future.

Special features

Hand-painted glass wall panels, illuminated complementing basins, bespoke sconce wall light – several elements were designed for this project by Lisa de Boer.

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Challenges

Glass wall panels – lining up the coral sea fans artwork to adjoining panels – panels are painted back to front.

Designer statement

The owners' brief was to ‘create a bathroom space that will take us into our twilight years’.

As part of this, it was to include a shower that could accommodate a wheelchair – while creating a beautiful, bright space.

The resulting bathroom came together as a coral fantasy, using silver, black and white tones.

Various lighting components were fun additions – with under-vanity LED lighting on a sensor for night time safety, a bespoke wall sconce, and custom lit basins adding another design dimension.

Wrapping the glass panels – with hand painted coral imagery by Lisa de Boer – around the shower ceiling and the shower bench was a challenge with the hand-painting of artwork backwards on the glass – arranged so as to achieve double reflection in vanity mirror.

This style of organic glass moulding gives the illusion of coral submerged under the sea.

It was very important to line up the sea fans around the pieces, so the artwork was cohesive.

The final result is a truly peaceful space that was a delight to design.

Credit list

Bathroom designer

Lisa de Boer, Lisa de Boer Design

Benchtop

Slumped glass from VooDoo Glass, with hand painted coral imagery by Lisa de Boer

Taps

Arcisan, matte black wall mount, from Harvey Norman Commercial

Shower fittings

Arcisan matte black shower set, from Harvey Norman Commercial

Accessories

Custom coral design wall sconce light by VooDoo Glass – design by Lisa de Boer

Wallcoverings

Low iron, acid-etched matte 6mm glass wall panels throughout; handpainted coral artwork by Lisa de Boer

Flooring

Italian La Roche Grey porcelain floor tile in warm grey (800 x 400mm); offset tiling design to complement the ensuite floor-plan.

Vanity cabinetry

Custom wall hung vanity by Cut n Edge, featuring soft close draws and underneath LED sensor. Overhead Vanity cabinet with mirror doors by Voodoo Glass