South African Garden and Home – September 2019

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NATALIE BORUVKA

PHOTOGRAPHS

KARL ROGERS

BLACK MAGIC

“For our new guest bathroom, we

wanted a shower room with a modern

look that wouldn’t date,” recall Dave

Nel and Garth Psardelis who live in De

Waterkant, Cape Town. In their brief

to Rennie Scurr Adendorff Architects,

who designed the renovation, they asked

for a neutral scheme with black elements

but insisted they didn’t want the room

to look cold.

SOURCES Italtile italtile.co.za Metal Windows metalwindows.co.za Rennie Scurr Adendorff Architects archrsa.com Stiles stiles.co.za

To visually expand the bathroom and

create a seamless look, the architects

specified large-format floor tiles and

extended these into the shower. To

introduce the strong graphic look Dave

and Garth wanted, they had a black

steel-framed shower screen custom made

and echoed this with the mirror above

the basin. The oak vanity adds texture

and warmth, preventing the room from

becoming too austere.

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LEFT: The black steel-framed shower

screen was custom made by Metal

Windows who also made the mirror.

The floor tiles are from Stiles and the

showerhead,mixersandtapfromItaltile.

Natural elements of stone and greenery

warmanotherwiserestrainedspace.

Metal towel hooks are a fun feature.