The customer’s wish was to revamp a 60’s Bathroom into a Resort style Bathroom. Their instructions were to construct a tiled partition wall, concealing a toilet suite on one side and a shower recess on the other, with a feature wall hung vanity on the exposed open wall.
Scope of Works:
After completely gutting the old Bathroom we installed a new ‘Hammersley brown’ aluminium window with a slider either end and a fixed panel in the centre – slightly wider overall than the original.
The existing brick rendered walls were carefully restored and extended from picture rail height to the ceiling. The new walls were ‘white set’ and the window edges ‘square set’.
New ‘Sydney Cove’ cornices were installed to provide an affordable, contemporary design which compliments a variety of decors.
A new timber partition wall was constructed in a ‘T junction’ off the middle of the window to allow ‘walk in’ style compartments for the shower and toilet areas. These two areas were concealed behind a 1200mm feature wall hung Marquis Vanity with a Caesar stone bench top and a crisp white semi-recessed basin. Above the vanity was a 1000mm x 900mm frameless polished edged mirror set flush with the surrounding tiles.
Underneath the vanity we installed LED strip lighting to create a floating perception and provide evening mood lighting.
The left hand compartment contains a ‘Caroma Invisi Smart Flush toilet suite’ with a concealed ‘in-wall’ cistern operated by two (2) pneumatic buttons mounted on a stainless steel plate above the suite. In the right hand compartment is a ‘walk-in’ style shower recess with a Stainless Steel grated drain installed across the entry. The shower recess features a stylish ‘Mizu’ mixer tap with an unusal ‘Phoenix Luscio’ shower arm.
On your immediate left as you enter the bathroom is a free standing egg-shaped ‘Park’ bath, with mixer tapware at one end and a curved wall mounted spout in the centre.
The shower and toilet compartments along with the rear and vanity walls are highlighted with a black feature 900mm x 330mm ‘Brunei Gris’ porcelain tile. This is augmented with a much lighter, warmer, steely grey 900mm x 330mm ‘Natal Gris’ wall tile and 300mm x 300mm floor tile.
The unique use of tile shades deliver a distinct and unusual ambience to this highly sophisticated yet functional bathroom.
Fact File:
Tiles: Spanish porcelain from Earp Bros, Newcastle.
PC Items: ‘Park’ bath from Harvey Norman, Newcastle. Vanity from Marquis, Port Stephens. Toilet, Tapware and Accessories from Reece Plumbing Supplies, Kotara.
Window from FIN Aluminium, Newcastle.
Expect to Pay:
$24,000 approximately, which includes all materials, workmanship, tiles, fixtures and accessories.
