Storage comes with a high ticket price in a master suite. Here, space was reallocated from the adjoining dining room to increase the footprint and capacity of the wardrobe. Positioning mirror doors at the end of the wardrobe creates an illusion of increased depth and provides a full length mirror for dressing.
"We moved the wall between the bathroom and wardrobe to achieve a larger entry from the bedroom into the wardrobe, while also creating added depth in the wardrobe for shoe storage," says Duffin. "While we moved the vanity wall, the services had to remain fixed, so we concealed these behind a wardrobe cabinet kickboard."
The double vanity is suspended off the floor, creating an illusion of greater space. The drawers and mirror-fronted cabinets provide ready storage, while the mirrors also reflect light and contribute to the overall sense of space.
The soft lines of the freestanding composite stone bath and matching vanity basins enhance the feeling of openness between the areas.
Large format Neolith porcelain tiles clad the wet area walls and provide an easy care, low-upkeep space. Mitred joins in the panels create a seamless look throughout the lack of visible joins further enhancing the impression of space.
"Cladding a bathroom this way brings a real sense of luxury. Lustrous metallic tones in the tile add to the effect and we matched this tile with richly toned Platinum Travertine floor tiles. Travertine mosaics enable the curved wall to be tiled and so blend with the floors allowing the custom shower heads to become the focal point."
Handcrafted and plated aged bronze fittings bring out the warm copper tones in the wall panels and stone floor tiles, and help build the overall sense of luxury. Organic elements such as the lightly stained wood vanity shelf with a living edge and the curved bath plinth, plus the foliage in the bronze wall planters all soften the hard tile surfaces.
Energy-efficient LED lighting throughout the suite accentuates key design elements and creates task lighting where required.
"Powder-coated, bronzed, laser-cut screens bring another visual and functional layer to the space," says the designer. "The apartment owners have travelled extensively in Morocco and wanted to reference their travels through the interior. So, together with the exotic colour palette, we chose a Moroccan pattern for the screens."
These provide a soft visual buffer from the entrance into the suite, as well as between the sleeping and bathing zones.
The mix of rich elements make this master ensuite warm and inviting a sanctuary for the owners to unwind in at the end of the day.
Credit list
Designer
Kim Duffin, Sublime Architectural Interiors
Rough-sawn living edge Silky Oak solid timber, lightly stained black
Sussex tapware, Voda range, custom bronzed
Floors
Ensuite, Platinum Travertine tile, honed and filled; bedroom, Sugar Cookie carpet by Carpet Court
Grey Pebble paint by Dulux
LED downlights and strip light from Sublime Architectural Interiors
New Age Veneer in Sable Oak
Nicole, matt black, by Studio Bagno
Large-format Neolith porcelain wall tiles, in colour Iron Grey
Trends International Design Awards (TIDA) Bathrooms – Winner
Story by:
Charles Moxham
Photography by:
Steve Ryan
09 Nov, 2017