Bathrooms: relaxing sanctuary

BATHROOM BEAUTIFUL

Designed by Gumdesign, Borghi is the Antonio Lupi freestanding bathtub. It is made of a transparent resin called Cristalmood, and its oval shape and narrow base creates a floating aesthetic (www.antoniolupi.it).

The bathroom is often viewed as lacking in style and personality and simply being a utilitarian space. However, with the health and beauty market constantly growing with revolutionary new self-care products and technology, the modern bathroom feels more like a veritable sanctuary, offering the perfect environment to relax, pamper and beautify yourself. When updating your bathroom, white is a popular choice – and rightly so – as there is no better colour to represent cleanliness and purity. Nevertheless, white can sometimes feel quite cold and clinical, so earthy tones have been introduced into the colour palettes of more recent collections – offering a warmer aesthetic and a sense of reverting back to nature. Rain showers, the inclusion of natural stone and botanicals are also great ways to create your own calming natural oasis at home.

Inbani’s exclusive and minimalistic Strato collection is highly versatile and practical. The collection comprises wall-mounted units and cabinets, and the design for their Arc freestanding bathtub was inspired by the arches and vaults of neoclassical architecture (www.inbani.com).

The 4321 built-in tap from Vola has an on-off sensor for hands-free use and comes in 19 different colours. Vola’s RS11W/1 wall-mounted hands-free sanitiser and soap dispenser is the perfect complement to this cutting-edge faucet (www.vola.com).

Designed by Gilles & Boissier for THG, Les Ondes is an elegant faucet that combines contemporary and classic style and comes in an array of beautiful finishes (www.thg-paris.com).

Capable of being swivelled to three positions, Axor’s StarckV faucet has a crystal glass spout and can be positioned both on the right or the left side of a basin (www.axor-design.com).

The Nami collection by Kreoo pays homage to historical Italian art and Michelangelo, who engraved his masterpieces into marble. Designed by Enzo Berti, the drape represents the veil of the “Pietà”, which plays with chiaroscuros to create a soft and eye-catching effect (www.kreoo.com).

The elegant Kaldewei Nexsys shower features a surface in Woodberry brown matt with anti-slip Secure Plus finish and design cover in polished gold (www.kaldewei.com).

The stunning Frezio washbasin from Fiora comes in a wide range of colours and three different outer textures. It is shown here with their Synergy cabinetry, which is also available in various versions (www.fiorabath.com).

A TOUCH OF LUXURY

Dornbracht offers a wide range of rain showers to give the feel-good factor and an overall sense of wellbeing (www.dornbracht.com).

The Irish Green marble used in this bathroom glorifies shades of green that pass from dark to light. Part of the Antolini range, it displays some whitish veins (amongst others) in a translucent apple colour that makes this a totally unique stone – perfect for a luxury home. Available from Mercado da Pedra in Avda. de Salamanca in San Pedro de Alcántara (www.mercadodapedra.com).

The wall-mounted shower head and shelf unit in black anodised aluminium from Agape’s Sen range offers a contemporary minimalist design plus a high level of practicality (www.agapedesign.it).