Traditional children’s bathroom

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A brother, a sister and one shared renovated bathroom – a balanced harmony of colour and form is the result

In this bathroom renovation for a brother and apartment, architecture, bathroom, building, ceiling, daylighting, estate, floor, flooring, furniture, home, house, interior design, property, real estate, room, tile, yellow, gray, floor, flooring, tile flooring — In this bathroom renovation for a brother and sister, masculine accents are combined with softer, more feminine lines.

Fleeting fantail – this colourful decal adds a bathroom, bird, ceiling, floor, home, house, interior design, property, purple, room, tile, wall, wallpaper, gray, decal, crackle glaze, crackled tile

The room has both a masculine and feminine architecture, bathroom, bathtub, building, estate, floor, flooring, furniture, home, house, interior design, property, real estate, room, tap, tile, white, masculine, feminine

Let there be light – the original frosted architecture, bathroom, building, ceiling, daylighting, estate, floor, flooring, furniture, home, house, interior design, property, real estate, room, sink, tile, yellow, gray, brass, brass accents

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A secondhand bath was repainted in Resene Avalanche architecture, bathroom, bathroom sink, ceramic, floor, flooring, home, house, interior design, plumbing fixture, property, room, sink, tap, tile, wall, yellow, gray, secondhand, resene avalanche, resene

Hand-made NZ cement tiles in a mix of architecture, bathroom, bathtub, blue, building, ceiling, estate, floor, flooring, furniture, home, house, interior design, property, purple, real estate, room, tile, yellow, gray, privacy, textured windows, natural light

The purpose of this bathroom renovation was to convert a dedicated ensuite into a shared bathroom that a brother and sister could both use. The owners wanted their new bathroom to have a traditional feel, with a mixture of old and new, to give a sense of authenticity and history.

A new doorway was created off the hallway to allow both children access to the bathroom. The original bathroom had only a shower, but no bath, whereas the new design has both. Having the bathtub and vanity on legs, and making the shower stall completely frameless gives the room a sense of space.

One of the biggest challenges was that the bathroom is located above a stairwell, so some of the floor had to be raised to allow for the ceiling below. This raised area has been ‘hidden’ within two storage cabinets – one accessed from the bathroom, the other from the boy’s bedroom. This deep, tall storage will accommodate each child’s needs as they grow older.

The room has both a masculine and feminine look. The colour palette of navy, grey and white is very masculine. However, these tones are softened by the brass tapware and the curvaceous forms of the vanity and fittings, which give the room a more feminine touch. The original frosted panels in the windows were changed to textured panels below and clear above.

The fantail decal was chosen to give this bathroom a fun, childlike spin, but it can easily be peeled off when the children are older.