Every space tells a story. The story of the people who live in it, of the people who build it but mainly of the people who poured their hearts and souls into it. In this particular case, there were two beautiful and young (but very different) souls pouring into one bathroom, so the third and professional eye was the missing puzzle part.
The clients, a young couple, have different styles. He is a more minimalistic, “sturdy materials” and “comfort first” kinda guy, and she is a boho queen that loves styling and vintage rattan furniture. They have put together the bathroom requirements, and my part was to help them make the right decisions. My input was primarily on the layout and some technical details that optimized the flow and the usefulness of space, as well as the balance between different textures, colors, and materials.
Of course, the crown jewel on this interior is the towel cabinet and the beautiful tiles are doing a MARBLE-ous job framing the entire room. The clean and neat chrome accents add extra freshness. All of these details are bathing in a warm natural light from the big window… For the last tho, neither of us can take credit for. Scroll below if you’d like to get technical.
A Roman Tub Faucet for the bathtub is esthetically pleasing and practical
One of the few dilemmas was how to pair a built-in bathtub with a practical but good-looking bathtub faucet that would also meet all the practical requirements. In this case, the best solution was a Roman Tub Faucet (“badrandkraan gats” in Dutch)
It’s not just esthetically pleasing, it comes with some practical benefits as it doesn’t take too much space on the outside. It can be built-in the bathtub itself of a tiled horizontal surface, and my favorite one: no shower hose (douche slang) is disturbing anyone’s peaceful moment of soaking that stressful day off. Everything is neatly tucked away until it’s needed.
Bringing the best out of marble tiles
The couple really likes marble as a material and a marble countertop on their bathroom vanity was one of the musts in their dream bathroom, even if it added a little to the budget. In my area of expertise, less is more, especially when there are already 2 different marble textured tiles in the room. Nevertheless, the natural marble being adjacent to the tiled wall would have made the marble tile finish lose its charm. Therefore, a white, neat surface serves perfectly as a background for all the finishes to come together.
