Australian House & Garden — June 2017

BATHROOM SPECIAL HG

FIXTURES

Victoria+Albert Barcelona

Quarrycast bath, $5995,

Domayne Bathrooms;

(02) 8339 7103 or

domayneonline.com.au.

Custom-made vanity in

Princess White marble,

$550/m2, Euro Marble;

(02) 8585 2999 or

euromarble.com.au.

Raindance Air 180

overhead showers, $625

each, Hansgrohe;

hansgrohe.com.au.

Inca 300x900mm

rectified wall tiles in Matt

White, $47/m2, Bisanna

Tiles; (02) 9310 2500

or bisanna.com.au.

Honed Carrara marble

300x75mm floor tiles,

$198/m2, Ocean+Merchant;

(02) 9310 4088 or

oceanandmerchant.com.

Laufen Living

SaphirKeramik basins,

$949 each, Sussex Scala

floor-mounted bath

mixer, $2520, Sussex

basin mixer tap systems,

$626 each, and Sussex

Scala dual-mixer

hand-shower system,

$894, Reece; 1800 032

566 or reece.com.au.

The design approach

In overhauling her 1940s cottage, Lillian shifted

the main bedroom and its ensuite from the front

of the house into the space occupied by the dining

room at the rear. “As the bathroom – and the whole

house – is all white, I wanted tiles that offered a

little colour and texture,” she says. Star feature

of the bathroom is its Victoria+Albert Barcelona

bath. “I love its curves; they soften the bathroom’s

harder lines.” The bath is set beneath a skylight

and by stacking doors, which reinforces the

ensuite’s indoor-outdoor connection. The vanity

is custom-made in Princess White marble – “I

wanted a stone with little ‘movement’” – and the

walls are tiled with a simple matt-white rectified

tile. “They’re deliberately understated to allow

the other elements of the bathroom to shine.” >

MATERIALS PALETTE

Marble, mirror, ivy

TOP TIP

‘Pale grey grout was

recommended to me,

but I’d advise using

white if you want

to keep marble tiles

looking crisp.’