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Rise and
shine
This family bathroom reflects
decor contrasts in the rest
of the home – with touches
of sparkle and glamour
Bathrooms and powder rooms present an
opportunity to break with a home’s principal
interior design. Alternatively, they can allow a
designer to extend a concept and have some fun
with it at the same time.
This bathroom and powder room are in
a house that features traditional and modern
spaces with a black-and-white palette, says
interior designer and homeowner Dana Lane.
“All these themes can be seen to varying
degrees in the family bathroom, which has a
predominantly old-world emphasis, with some
playful modern touches. A traditional dado rail
and beadboard wall set the scene, and the high
skirting boards featured elsewhere in the home
are continued here.
“Two principal elements lead the design,”
says Lane. “We reclaimed an old dresser and
gave it a new lease of life, painting it black and
adding a white engineered stone benchtop.
This solid piece is finished with a curved mixer
tap and freestanding basin. The clawfoot bath
is another old-world piece. This builds on the
black-and-white scheme seen in the vanity and
chequered floor tiles.”
More contemporary accents include the
clean-lined glass shower stall. Subway tiles
used to line the interior are in a modern, large
format, similar to the splashback in the kitchen.
Reflection and sparkle provide modern glamour – the room contains three contemporary
mirrors, a Deco-style mirror over the vanity,
and two other mirrors with frames decorated in
reflective glass studs. The claw feet on the bath
were dipped in chrome to make them shine.
The modest powder room has the same high
skirting boards and Smoked Oak limewashed
floors found in most rooms of the house.
This space also features a large mirror, but both
the washstand and tapware are contemporary.
A large painting of butterflies brings colour and
lightness to the space.

Left and following pages: This largely
black-and-white bathroom forms
part of a house that has traditionally
styled rooms at the front and
contemporary spaces to the rear.
The bathroom picks up on both
looks, featuring coloured walls, high
skirting boards and a dado rail that
are in keeping with the older-style
rooms, but also offering touches of
glamour and shiny modernity.

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