Here’s the latest before and after of our recent Erskineville project and it’s my favourite zone of the home — the main bathroom makeover!
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Bathroom before
The main bathroom was a fairly blah space with no features that inspired. It had been reno’d in the 90s so all of the original features had been taken out and replaced with basic bathware…
We wanted to reimagine the space and create a modern Victorian bathroom. We also needed to rework this floor plan to allow for a larger vanity and to make it possible to open the window without hopping into the bath!
Design inspiration
I loved the concept of running the floor tile up the wall to a half height and a feature tile above. It’s a look I’d seen done before and knew it would play to the Victorian design style. By using subways in a vertical straight stack, we’d give the bathroom that modern twist.
Because this is quite a bold look, we simplified all the other elements in the space. A simple back-to-wall bath is smart on space and allowed us to flip the bath to the back wall, making way for a much larger vanity and access to the window.
The large wall hung vanity offers plenty of storage space and the marble-look top ties into the rest of the space. Round mirrors introduce curves and soften all the angular lines.
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Bathroom after
We couldn’t be happier with how this bathroom turned out! The tiling combo exceeded our expectations and all the other bathware ties in beautifully.
The client also had decorative cornices installed to bring back period features that were removed by the previous owner.
This space feels luxe but inviting and balanced. I hope our take on a modern Victorian bathroom has gives you some inspo for your next bathroom!
Tiles — Handmade subway in ‘Fossil grey’ and 450×900 ‘Statuario’ marble tile from Tile Republic
Vanity — ‘London’ 1800 size from Tile Republic
Mirrors — Mirror shaving cabinets from Tile Republic
Bath — Back-to-wall 1500 bath from Tile Republic
Tapware — Champagne tapware by Meir from Tile Republic
Toilet — Ticino toilet from Tile Republic
Lighting — Wall lights from from Beacon Lighting
Photography — Thorson Photography
If you have any questions about this project, or just want to leave a comment, please pop it in the comments section below.
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Hi – it really looks amazing. Can you please tell me the name of the tiles?
Thanks
Danielle
Thanks so much Danielle! The subway is ‘Milano Fossil’ in a 75×300 size and the floor tile is ‘Marmi Carrara’ in a 300×600 size both available from Tile Republic https://tilerepublic.com.au 🙂
Looks great! We have the same tapeware and I was hoping to find out out where the shower screen hardware is from.
Thanks
Hi Sarah, I’ll try find the name and get back to you 🙂
Hi Sarah, apologies for the delay. Just wanted to let you know the shower screen hardware was from an independent tradie in Sydney. If it’s helpful, I can email you his name and number?
This bathroom looks amazing! What is the basin type?
Thanks for your lovely comment, Jan 🙂 The basin is a semi inset one from ADP called ‘Dignity’ who also made the vanity https://www.adpaustralia.com.au/semi-inset-basins We got it from Tile Republic in Canberra but on their site you should be able to find a local stockist. Hope this helps!