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HOME KITCHEN BATHROOM This latest edition of myTrends HOME has a strong emphasis on openness – homes that open to the view, indoor-outdoor flow, and kitchens and bathrooms that are open to adjacent spaces. We’ve collected some of the latest design and product ideas to help you create the home, kitchen or bathroom you've always wanted. But you're not limited to what you'll find on the following pages – you also have access to much, much more when you head to the myTrends website at trendsideas.com At myTrends you can search for design ideas and solutions in our 160,000 images, nearly 19,000 articles and over 800 videos. And when you’re ready to start your home design project, myTrends can put you in touch with professionals and companies who can help to make all your final selections easier. Join us today on myTrends, where you'll discover a whole new world of design inspiration!
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Open to view These quite different homes all make spectacular or strategic use of their natural surroundings
European sensibility Strategic placement on site and an interior that opens up to the seascape are key features of this contemporary coastal residence
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Homes with the most dramatic outlooks often seem to be nestled on the most awkward sites. In such cases, the positioning on the property can dictate the form and flow of the house itself. For this new home project, the owners asked architect Stephan Meijer for a contemporary, European-style design with great views from every room, a pitched roof and a self-contained apartment below. There also needed to be a double garage with internal access, and a pool. To fulfil the client’s brief, the house is long and linear, composed with strong forms that fold over in an attractive facade composition.
The generous use of concrete and glass is off-set by the warmth of Canadian cedar on some walls and Colorsteel roofing in the same wood tone. Faced with a steep site, the positioning and layout of the house was crucial, says Meijer. “As a result, we designed the home over split levels – with the garage and formal entry on the top floor. From here, you step down to the main living spaces with the master suite also at this level. The pool is set halfway between this main floor and the basement level, which has a bedroom, home office, gym, wine cellar, ancillary spaces and the self-contained apartment.”
Previous pages: This seaside home by architect Stephan Meijer opens up to its picturesque coastal setting from all rooms and floors. Above left: The exact positioning of the house on the site was a key part of the project. Having the garage and drive at the top of the property offered the most effective solution. Above: Visitors descend from the front door to reach the living areas.
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Previous pages and above right: The interiors, kitchen included, are a symphony in white, complemented by the blue of the adjacent ocean. Plan, main floor: 1 living, 2 dining, 3 kitchen, 4 laundry, 5 toilet, 6 pantry, 7 hall, 8 ensuite, 9 bedroom, 10 terrace Facing page: A sail shade shelters the outdoor dining area while facade overhangs limit solar gain on the interiors during the summer.
The interiors are as generous and simple as the eye-catching exterior. On the main floor, the open-plan living spaces are white with the blue of the sea almost a component of the decor. The marble-look large format tiles are also in keeping with the European sensibility required. Coastal conditions are notoriously variable but the sustainable-energy house is well set up for warmth and cold. The main level is built on a concrete slab, which absorbs the sun’s rays during the day through the generous glazing and releases the heat back into the interior come evening. Deep overhangs and sun shades both
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help mitigate heat gain during the summer. “In addition, the design is slightly unusual for New Zealand in that it has external rather than internal insulation,” says Meijer. “With this building method, the concrete walls are exposed directly to the interior, with no cavity space to hide pipes and wires. This meant that service channels had to be configured into the concrete tilt slabs before the house even went up.” With its clean-lined composition of simple, strong materials, sprawling terrace and articulated forms, this house opens up to the coastal panorama on all levels and from all rooms.
Right: Large sliders roll back to make the interiors and the terrace one expansive indoor-outdoor area. A dropped ceiling defines the kitchen which features a restful green glass splashback and a sculptural island. Given the waterfront location, the house makes the most of the setting with a very long terrace. The pool is a few steps down from the end of this terrace.
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Natural extension A contemporary addition to this home celebrates a mature gum tree on the property and accesses new upper-level views
Previous pages, above, facing page upper, and right: Offering a point of difference to the solidity of the brick and sandstone house it connects to, this glass-walled extension is designed around the site’s large mature gum tree. Facing page, middle: Before the renovation, two sets of French doors connected to the rear yard. The original house has been reconfigured as bedroom spaces, with living areas moved to the modern extension.
It’s a scenario often faced by architects – how to most effectively add spacious, contemporary living to an historic home. Sometimes, a clear divide is best for the old, and also for the new. The renovation and expansion of this family home with a heritage-listed facade was undertaken by BE Architecture. Together with reworking the interiors of the sandstone and red-brick house, BE directors Jonathon Boucher and Andrew Piva were asked to add an extension and pool on the sloping rear of the site. The extension had to embrace a beautiful lemon-scented gum on the property and provide
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seamless indoor-outdoor flow, says Boucher. “The two-level addition is built on a floating slab of off-form concrete with timber infills bridging the root structure of the ancient tree. “Strategies were made in conjunction with an arborist to ensure the tree and root system weren’t harmed during the tricky construction.” In terms of layout, the ground floor of the addition comprises a large pavilion containing the open-plan living, kitchen and dining space. “The top floor – on a level with the main upper floor of the existing house – has the new master bedroom suite,” says Boucher.
Before
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Above: The minimalist kitchen in the pavilion continues the exterior materials. A simple concrete slab benchtop echoes the concrete floor plane while the cabinetry and joinery are in the same spotted gum as the posts. To the right, even the outdoor serving counter is in concrete and runs right through from outside to in.
To connect the old with the brand new, the architects inserted a central circulation atrium that defines and celebrates the different sections. The formal entry was moved from the front of the home to this bisecting void, says Piva. From the side, guests now enter directly into the heart of the home, while the original front door now opens to a new front yard garden. The extension is mainly glass but sections of inky spotted gum cladding contrast with the red brick on the existing home. The same finish is repeated on the support posts, which echo and complement the look of the tree trunk and its
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branches. The posts conceal internal services, keeping the overall look uncluttered. “And the cladding materials are brought inside, too – seen, for example, beside the new entry door where the spotted gum cladding is continued into the hall,� says Boucher. The lines of the pavilion base slab lead the eye out past the glazing to the covered deck and views beyond. And with the sliding doors pulled back, the living spaces, pavilion deck and pool become one. This arrangement gives the impression that the pavilion space is even larger than it really is.
“Stepping the swimming pool and storage spaces down the hill, enabled us to keep the pool surface flush with the deck,” says Piva. “And a new garage is positioned another level down again – tucked under the pool and rear lawn. The project involved extensive excavation.” The upper level of the extension cantilevers over the lower floor, with its deck stretching out to access harbour views previously unavailable to the owners. The roof was extended, too, making it more like a landscape element. In addition, the design incorporates passive heating and cooling to minimise power needs.
Above: Repositioning the front door to the middle at the side of the extended home allows guests to arrive straight at the heart of the interior – walking into the atrium that divides the existing and the new. Left: With sliders drawn back, the exterior and interior of the pavilion become one flowing public space. Corner-butted glass adds to the illusion of indoors and out as one.
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Touch of class This multi-storey home makes the most of its modest site and a tropical climate – marble and exotic woods bring the natural world inside A smallish site doesn’t limit you to a modest home. Faced with a tight land area, an effective design approach will optimise every square metre of the property, create a sense of internal expansiveness and connect to the outdoors and views at every turn. It also helps that if you can’t build outwards, you can build up instead. This five-level home, on a small 465m2 plot was designed by its owner, interior designer James Yong, of Interlink Design Solutions. The house footprint takes up almost all of the property, with a lane pool running along one side, says Yong.
Facing page: An airy double-height volume on the main living floors give this house by owner and designer James Yong a sense of space. Above left and right: A matched veneer on the front door and Italian marble floors at entry, provide an indication of the interiors to come. Left: The five-level, four-bedroom home sits on a modest plot of land.
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Previous pages: The eclectic decor includes a German kitchen, Chinese antique dining chairs and a custom dining table. Above right and facing page upper: Laurelia Pilippiana Tepa, a Chilean wood, features on the lift surrounds and in the master bedroom. Facing page, lower: The master bathroom has the look of a high-end spa, featuring wall-to-wall Breccia Sarda marble from southern Italy.
Reaching up not out, the home has parking in the basement, the main living spaces and wet and dry kitchens on the ground floor, and bedrooms and a study on the level above that. The fourth floor has the master suite while the roof – together with the many other terraces and balconies – offers another outdoor living space. “As well as connecting with the outdoors and views via balconies, I wanted the house to have its own internal spaciousness,” Yong says. To achieve this, the architect designed the first floor with a ceiling cutout – opening it to the floor above to create a double-height void.
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“There is a 3.7m-high stud on all floors, but here it is more like 8m, creating a dramatic impact. I drew attention to the height by introducing a textured, plaster wall element beside the main seating area to lead the eye up. This was repeated in horizontal format in the kitchen and dining area for continuity.” While the house doesn’t have a lot of garden, it does bring the natural world inside through the choice of materials. Wood veneers in exotic species are seen on the floor, the lift entry surrounds on most floors and on the balustrades that overlook the main living floor from the
Quiet transformation This home has been opened up to light and views at the rear, plus another level tucked under the roofline – but from the street the changes are hard to spot
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Above left: For this project by Willett Architects, the front facade of the house was left unchanged apart from the addition of new awnings. Plan: 1 veranda, 2 living, 3 dining, 4 family room, 5 informal family space, 6 kitchen, 7 bedrooms, 8 laundry, 9 study, 10 pool, 11 garage and first floor flat, 12 underground storage. Left: The land, originally sloping away to the left, now accommodates the garage and underground storage.
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Above: Largely untouched apart from their expanded inter-room connections, the front living room and adjoining dining room now enjoy vistas out to the rear of the reworked home. Facing page: Natural light floods the new stairwell adding to the airy, open ambience of the existing and reinvented living spaces. The new ‘courtyard’ room is to the left.
It’s one thing to add function and interior space to a traditional home but quite another to do so without ruffling the original aesthetic. On this project, by architect Peter Willett, the existing house, built in the early 1900s, had undergone several unsympathetic renovations. The owners asked Willett to remove this design clutter and bring light to the dark interior spaces while connecting the front living and dining spaces to the rear of the home and back garden. “They also required additional bedrooms and a modest flat over a new two-car garage in place of the existing single garage. All of this
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was to be done without disturbing the look and scale of the original architecture. “We took the house back to its original base, removing the ill-considered earlier renovations, and opened up the rear in sympathy with the fabric of the original design. For example, the veranda was extended around to the back.” To achieve front to back indoor connections and bring light into the interior, Willett dramatically reconfigured the interiors. The front rooms remain much as they were, with expanded doorways both internally and to the outdoors. However, the rear of the home was transformed.
Top and above: The long view – a vista extends from the front living room right through the kitchen to the garden. The kitchen has two zones, with glassware and a drinks fridge set by the servery to the rear. Right: Existing front rooms remain much as they were apart from wider inter-room connections and openings to the outdoors. Pocket sliders can be drawn across the expanded openings to provide room-to-room separation if required.
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“Moving away from the trend of open-plan living, we reverted to separate kitchen, living and dining areas. These are linked by a series of frames, created by the newly expanded door openings,� says Willett. The interior now has two axes oriented to the reworked back garden. One is a staggered path, zigzagging from living to dining room and on to a new central family room, or sun room. This in turn opens to another informal family space, with the garden and pool beyond. The central room benefits from the light from an adjacent new stairwell and has the airy feel of a sunny
internal courtyard. The other axis follows a direct line from the living room back through a new elongated kitchen to the outdoors. “These sight lines don’t stop at the home’s boundaries, either,” says the architect. “We lined everything up so the neighbours’ trees to the rear and an established park to the front both further extend the green outlooks.” The rear views are also enhanced by work on the backyard garden and re-sited pool. “In this area, which slopes away from the house, we designed a new double garage with the requested flat on top. Supporting piles had
Above: The heart of the matter – this glazed room offers the lightness and visual warmth of an internal courtyard. Existing wood floors were refinished and continued in the renovated areas of the design. Left: While most fenestrations are in wood, slender metal stacker doors open up the interiors to the rear veranda which has been extended around the house from the front. A servery connects this room to the adjacent kitchen on the left.
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Building a backstory Visitors to this North California home feel like they’ve arrived at a renovated 1800s stone winery with a modern addition – but all is not what it seems
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It’s one thing to copy a traditional style, but something totally different to recreate a passage of time. That’s the guiding principle and philosophy designer Julian Cohen brought to this home he designed in North California wine country. For Cohen, it’s important that clients first identify what’s meaningful for them and, in this instance, he aimed to produce a home that tells a story and expresses a sense of history. What emerged from early discussions was the influence on the owners of a stone
building that was one of California’s first wineries – and a haiku the owners wrote. “We wanted to establish what’s really important to them, so their house could be an expression of who they are – something they would feel totally comfortable with. “These gave the essence from which we developed the design of their home.” What evolved in the design process was an L-shaped configuration of two buildings connected by a breezeway. The stone-clad main building appears to be an 1800s winery which has been
Above: A breezeway section of this new hillside home provides a sheltered outdoor living area and views northwards over the pool and vineyards. The breezeway connects the two wings of the home, with the main residence on the left and guest accommodation to the right. Designer Julian Cohen evolved the design of the house so that it appears to be an authentic 1800s winery that has been renovated and then extended with a modern addition.
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renovated and converted to a home at some stage. The secondary building – referred to as the annex – is a more modern single-storey structure that looks as if it is a recent addition to the property. With this backstory established, Cohen was then able to set about the design and detailing that supported it. Getting the stone right on the two-storey building proved particularly challenging. “We visited the inspirational winery, and the exterior stone used there was very large. And to look right, the stones have to
Previous pages: The authentic look of the great room is enhanced by the original faced, reclaimed white oak boards on the ceiling and the rusted bolts used to sandwich the beams. Facing page and top: The kitchen and adjacent living space form the heart of the home where the owners spend much of their time. The amount of cabinetry in the kitchen could be kept to a minimum by having a well-equipped scullery. Above: French limestone flooring on the lower level has snap cut edges, which adds a sense of history to the look of the interiors.
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Above: Flooring in the main bedroom is original faced reclaimed boards – the saw marks are still visible. Off this room is a small library, plus there is a small furnished deck behind the bed wall, with folding windows that can be opened up – an ideal spot for morning coffee. Facing page: The guest bathroom in the annex shows the more contemporary feel that has been developed for the single-storey building – as if this is a modern addition to the double-storey stone building that forms the main residence.
become smaller higher up,” says Cohen. “It took three months searching to find a quarry to cut the stone – then we experimented for weeks with grout materials.” Windows and doors were all custommade in steel. Concrete posts were poured in place and needed to be precisely formed for the windows to fit into them – with a tolerance of only 3mm. Inside, flooring and ceiling boards were deliberately selected to give an aged character in keeping with an old winery building. But once inside more contemporary
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elements are revealed. For example, the kitchen is characterised by two 150 x 150cm islands. “The room is so big, one island would have been monstrous, so we broke it up” says Cohen. “But the butcher block look of the tops still gives a link to the past. “There’s also a full-on scullery, which is like a second kitchen, except there’s no stove. With the scullery, we didn’t need so many cabinets in the main kitchen, this resulted in a more European look.” The transition to a more modern look
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Fluid options Sculptural curved glass, framed in wood – another safety element turned star feature with Glasshape Curvaceous glass balustrades create an attractive, practical architectural element without blocking natural light or views. Traditionally seen with metal and stainless fixings, now their flexibility goes further. This sweeping feature staircase is a case in point. Architectural glass experts Glasshape created the custom curved glass forms to fit the American Oak balustrade. Glasshape’s technical manager Ken Ware says the firm’s close coordination with the glass manufacturer and Fowler Homes ensured the project went smoothly.
“The toughened glass was curved to fit into a very tight channel in the timber and the sizing had to be extremely accurate,” says Ware. “People often associate curved glass with metal frames or fixings, but here traditional wood framing was more in keeping with the style of home while the curved glass adds a modern accent.” Glasshape’s product and service has many advantages. The glass offers superior clarity, with no green hue, and can be shaped to a tight radius, increasing design options for both architects and specifiers.
For further details, contact Glasshape North America, Seattle WA 98168. Phone: 206 538 5416, fax: 206 735 7585. Email: info@glasshape.com, or visit the website: www.glasshape.com save & share 47642 at trendsideas.com This page: A curvaceous glass balustrade framed in wood creates a classic-meets-contemporary feature in this expansive family home.
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Warm hearted As the hub of their respective homes, these designer kitchens all present a clean, welcoming aesethetic
Touching aesthetic This kitchen offers colour, texture, and a dedicated work zone for every task
Previous pages and right: Divide and rule – this kitchen renovation by Natalie Du Bois has several dedicated zones, including a television station tucked in beside the island. The mainly two-tone design celebrates contrast with reflective white cabinets set alongside stained grey door panels and dark wood battens that encase the island and conceal the ventilation above the cooking zone. Flos pendant lights over the island add a delicate touch.
Multiple dedicated work zones and multiple surface finishes could be tricky to juggle in a kitchen project. However, it’s just these kinds of challenges that bring out the best in a designer. For this project, by designer Natalie Du Bois, the client wanted a multifunctional kitchen that would release them from the constraints of their tired, u-shaped kitchen designed in the eighties. “By reconfiguring the space occupied by the existing kitchen and laundry, we were able to create a number of dedicated work zones – an area for preparing hot and cold drinks, a private pantry, and a discreet television area, together with bar seating and an informal dining area – while still preserving the laundry,” says Du Bois. For the overall look and feel, the client requested a white-themed kitchen contrasted with dark timber. However, they were open to using texture and colour to create interest. “We introduced both in a variety of ways, including contrasting white lacquered cabinets with both the horizontal-battened charcoal stained door panels and the mitred battens that wrap around the central island.” In addition, a variety of benchtop materials was used for the different work zones. Dark granite on the back bench was chosen to highlight the serene marine green glass tiles on the splashback above and to allow the hob to blend in. The pantry is kept clean and minimalist by the combination of a crisp white engineered stone benchtop matched with charcoal timber cabinets and pale green lacquered back panels and coloured glass. “We placed emphasis on the island taking centre stage by using Princess White quartzite in a textured, leather finish. This stone has soft green tones that pick up on the sea green of the splashback directly behind the island,” she says. The natural wood floor grounds the twotone design, while the shiny stainless steel toekicks complement the tapware and ovens.
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Island in the sun Part of a comprehensive renovation, this kitchen combines warmth, texture, and a large furniture-like island for a relaxed, welcoming aesthetic
Previous pages: A furniture-like island with corner detailing and a deep stone benchtop greets family and visitors when entering this modest, inviting new kitchen – part of a whole-house renovation by Rosenthal Munckton Shields. Above: Cosy corner – a traditional window and glass roof panel bring light into what would otherwise have been a dark space.
Introducing a new kitchen into a traditional home often requires a balance between relaxed, cosy warmth and contemporary functionality. This kitchen forms part of a comprehensive renovation of an 1860s Victorian terrace house by designer John Saliba of Rosenthal Munckton Shields. The front rooms and historic facade were retained but the rear has been stripped out and extended, with the new kitchen now at the heart of the home, says Saliba. “As such, the kitchen had to be sunny, warm and welcoming, and we took several steps to achieve this. An attractive corner window onto
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a light court together with a glass roof section, ensures the space is filled with light.” As the island is one of the first things visible from the hall, he gave this an approachable, furniture-like quality with decorative pilasters and a deep stone benchtop – much like a rustic freestanding butcher’s block. “A darker colour choice on the island also separates it from the white painted wall cabinetry, making it seem even more like an individual piece of furniture,” says Saliba. And for similar reason, there is no sink or any appliances installed on the island – these
are all relegated to the perimeter of the kitchen. The simple, shallow panels on the cabinets have a transitional feel. Together with the many drawers and cupboards in the island, these offer extensive storage, including a pantry with foldout and retracting doors beside the cooktop. There is also open display shelving above the refrigerator and a wall-hung shelf unit over the sink to display the owners’ favourite crockery, adding another rustic touch to the design. The ceiling in the open-plan kitchen, the adjacent meals area and in the family room is finished in painted Regency lining boards –
adding to the required country kitchen accent. “While the colour palette is fairly restrained, this is balanced by an emphasis on texture,” says the designer. “The splashback is in tactile, undulating tiles and new oak floors laid throughout have only been given a light satin finish – with the knots and grains adding visual texture to the design.” Despite the rustic accent, the modest-sized kitchen includes every modern convenience. For example, a USB port and power socket are conveniently yet discreetly tucked under the island benchtop.
Above: White undulating tiles on the splashback add brightness and texture to the design. Perimeter cabinetry, island cupboards and drawers, and open shelving mean there is plenty of room for storage. The crockery and benchtop elements bring splashes of green to the predominantly white and wood colour palette. Ventilation is integrated into the cabinetry.
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Centre of attention This reinvented kitchen has a furniture-like island and a picture view of the rear garden – the feel is that the design has been gathered together over time
Previous pages and above: For this kitchen, designer Jan Goldman, of Kitchen Elements, designed the central island to help organise the space and provide a furniture-like piece. The bright, white hues are grounded by the warmth and tone of natural wood floors. Facing page: This above-counter cabinet is in a light silver, contrasting the mainly white cabinetry and building on the idea the kitchen was gathered together over time.
The classic country look often includes pieces collected here and there over several years. And this casual, relaxed aesthetic has found its way into more urbane kitchen environments as well. For this renovation project by designer Jan Goldman, the owners asked for an updated gourmet kitchen that was to include a functional yet stylish island with seating for family and guests. A large range and spacious walk-in pantry were also requested, says Goldman. Since the existing kitchen footprint was too small to accommodate these elements, the new kitchen was relocated to a larger room next to
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the old kitchen. Besides providing the necessary space, the new location has the added benefit of being more centrally located in the home so the view from the foyer is now a welcoming kitchen. An outdated powder room adjoining the new kitchen was transformed into a walk-in pantry while the old kitchen has become an eating area, separate laundry, and powder room. “In the new kitchen space, we replaced a sliding door leading to the garden with a large window to create a sink wall and garden view. The window is flanked on both sides by glassfronted cabinets to evoke a light, airy feel.�
Dressed to impress These refined bathrooms offer a spa-like sense of pampering – they are also a delight to the eye
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Touch of privacy This bathroom features a garden window with operable privacy glass, elegantly laid tiling and a sculptural, minimalist vanity
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If you’ve flown on Boeing’s new Dreamliner, one of the first things you probably wanted to try out was the window shade system. A flick of the switch, and the glass turns magically from transparent to translucent. For the owners of this home, the high-tech glass was an ideal solution to the dilemma of wanting family and visitors to enjoy their rear garden from the new bathroom, without compromising on privacy. In fact, that was just one of the innovative features that Owen Barnes of Bubble Bathrooms incorporated into the room. “The window with switch glass affords
either views to the clients’ manicured garden or user privacy with a flick of the switch – essentially, a chemical reacts with a low-voltage current to bring clarity, while turning off the current results in the default translucent effect.” The strong, minimalist bathroom has several touches that look straightforward but were quite tricky to execute. “Having the glass shower screen stop short of the floor required thoughtful design, in terms of the engineering, as well as a sloped floor that extends out beyond the stall’s footprint.” Even the shower plumbing is hidden away
inside the stall’s chrome support rod – nothing is as simple as it appears at first glance. Barnes also designed the sculptural vanity – a steel frame clad in engineered stone – which is the centrepiece for the dramatic bathing space. “Wall cavities were used for the storage usually found in the vanity, while recycled oak frames the generous, well-lit vanity mirror.” Another artisanal feature of the bathroom is its carefully considered large-format tilework. Used in different sizes for floor and wall, their layout is designed to avoid small half end pieces that would have cluttered the clean aesthetic.
Preceding pages: Privacy at your fingertip – high-tech switch glass turns a shower wall into a scenic window in this dressed-to-impress bathroom space by Owen Barnes. This page: The mitred niche shelving in the shower is in a contrasting colour to the surrounding wall. Wood and moisture are poor company so Barnes introduced a window sill and window surround in a dark stone tile.
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Sparkling presence With gold-plated fixtures, marble shower and floors and a sparkling white gold mosaic wall tile, this bathroom exudes luxury Even in the most high-spec bathrooms it’s the unseen work that often has the greatest impact. The time and effort poured into creating the perfect backdrop in terms of light, and userfriendly layout will benefit the final design later. Before this makeover by Jason Bonham of Bonham Interiors, the old bathroom had dark, oppressive tilework and was robbed of natural light by a poorly situated opaque shower stall. To optimise sunlight in the master ensuite, the designer reoriented the room – taking out half walls and moving others to simply let more light in. However, build limitations meant the
plumbing had to remain where it was, making it a highly involved task to relocate the facilities. “Designed for the lady of the home, the brief was simply for the space to shine like a diamond. We took several approaches to this,” says Bonham. The walls, including the shower stall’s internal walls and ceiling, are finished in a mosaic white gold tile, while the fixtures and fittings throughout are also surfaced in gold. The tiny mosaics bounce light through the space, making the most of the room’s limited natural lighting. However, the bling effect doesn’t stop there – several features add to the room’s sparkle.
Facing page: Right from the custom entry door to the hardware, this master suite by interior designer Jason Bonham offers a luxurious retreat. Above: All that glisters – white gold mosaic tiles, gold vanity handles and even gold-plated accessories all add to a sense of sheer luxury in the high-end bathroom. In keeping with the look, the Diamond Ring chandelier is made from raw-cut and faceted natural crystals.
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Making waves This bright, white bathroom features a textural undulating tile wall and contrasting rich wenge wood surfaces Above: Room with a view – this elegant bathroom includes textural 3D tiles, rich wood surfaces and plenty of space. In the shower area, a picture window takes in the garden. Facing page: The wenge countertops have a waterfall design while the basins are recessed into the wood. Following pages: Mirrored toekicks create the illusion that the vanity is floating above the marble floor. High wall sconces offer indirect lighting.
When not one but several elements provide a stand-out feature in a bathroom design then the result is a sense of enveloping luxury. Just such a feel was requested for this 28m2 bathroom by designer Paul Bentham at Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen and Bath. A sum of its parts, the project has several key features, says Bentham. “However, the star of the renovated space is undoubtedly the undulating 3D wall tile. This creates a dramatic light and shadow play while fulfilling the agenda for a bright, white space.” Contrasting the white tiles, the tops of the vanity and central bench are in solid wenge,
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with waterfall sides. The natural wood is also sealed to make the surface impervious to water. And the use of wood is continued on the framing for the huge mirror which expands the room visually and brings in light by reflecting the view out the window on the opposite wall. “The window’s white quartz frame mimics wood trim but will last forever,” says Bentham. Replacing a seldom-used tub and tub deck, the designer set a generous shower area along the back wall of the house, with the picture window at dead centre. The shower zone has three areas, including a large central rainhead.
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