Australian House & Garden — June 2017

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The design approach Mint green tiles kept coming up in

conversation for the owners of this bathroom. “It’s a colour that was often used in

pre-war homes,” says Brooke. Plus, the family had also recently holidayed in Thailand

and fallen in love with a celadon-green tiled bathroom at their resort. In her research

into bathrooms of the period, Brooke noted that tiles were often used on the vanity

top. “That encouraged us to go with mosaic tiles instead of stone. It’s a contemporary

nod to the period of the home.” Another modern move was using a Trend product

from Sareen Stone to apply the shower wall’s mosaic. “It comes in 300mm sheets and

each piece is numbered to make creating the pattern an easy process for the tiler,”

says Brooke. A matching mosaic was selected for the bench and floor. Simple

semi-recessed white basins and white accessories break up the expanse of green. >

MATERIALS PALETTE

Mosaics, chrome

Styling by Kayla Gex. Photography by Chris Warnes.

The brief “This ensuite was conceived as a

calm and meditative space – decorative and colourful

yet peaceful,” says architect Brooke Aitken, who designed

this bathroom as part of an extension to a 1920s

P&O-style home in Sydney. The bathroom has no view

because of privacy reasons, but the striking coloured-tile

choices more than make up for it.

FIXTURES

For similar basin, try Mizu

Drift semi-recessed basin,

$269, Reece; 1800 032

566 or reece.com.au.

Evolve basin mixer with

swivel spout, $352, Ram

Tapware; (07) 3633 6060

or ramtaps.com.au.

Cubo heated 650mm

towel rail kit, $864,

Avenir; (02) 9476 6917

or avenir.com.au.

Trend Wallpaper

Flourishing 300mm

patterned mosaic sheets,

$430/m2, Sareen Stone;

(02) 9666 9222 or

sareenstone.com.au.

For similar Jade mosaic

tiles, try Glennon Tiles;

(02) 9698 2799 or

glennontiles.com.au.

Brooke Aitken

Design, Ultimo, NSW;

(02) 9212 6262 or

brookeaitkendesign.

com.au.