New master bathroom designed to look like it has always been there

When you want to improve an existing bathroom that’s tiny and dark, sometimes the only way forward is to create an addition to contain a totally new master suite.

And if that’s the way you go, one of the issues to then resolve is the aesthetic connection between the old and the new.

Designer Mark Williams designed the master bathroom shown here as part of an addition to a traditional-style 1940s home.

“The owners wanted their new bathroom to look like it had always been there, and not like an addition,” says Williams. 

To link in with the original home’s classic design, Williams selected a variety of natural stone floor and wall tiles, and a colour palette of black, white and grey – a combination that, he says, never dates.

There’s also a strong division between the functional zones in the large space – shower, bath and vanity.

This was achieved by recessing the tub area, totally enclosing the shower, and insetting a mosaic tile mat in all three areas.

Story by: Paul Taylor

Photography by: Emily Followill