Texture and tone for this Kew family bathroom.

This family in Kew wanted their bathroom to be a beautiful, calming and functional ‘wet area’ for their busy family life.

The combined location of the shower and bath was designed to be multi-functional, allowing the parents to shower and their young children to simultaneously be supervised in the bath.

We wanted to create the illusion of increased space in the bathroom, to do this we specified materials in beautiful soft warm tones - crushed marble wall render instead of tiles, and large format tiles on the floor and stone to disguise the white bath. The result is a cohesive mix of materials and tone, with minimal lines and junctions, allowing the eye to flow easily around the space.

Design challenges included the home’s double brick walls, meaning the client’s desire for a recessed niche could not be achieved. To overcome this we decided to design the vanity to cut through into the shower, this elongates the bathroom and creates the desired discrete storage shelf in the shower.  

Photographer: Courtney King