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The clients brief was simple , ‘ Design an award winning apartment ’, so when the layout had been approved René Dekker Design set about creating a unique experience . The core principle for the design would be to make use of many interesting finishes in every room ; nothing would be treated as ordinary , everything would be unique . The focus in phase one was the design of the en suites with the interior décor of all 5 as well as the Guest WC designed to make use of a combination of ’ out of the ordinary ’ materials so that the spaces would be visually exciting .
Bathroom 1 uses Calacatta as the main finish which is accentuated by the use of Silver Wave in the shower enclosure and the niche ( all cut from slab and book matched ) and the drawer unit is in lacquered fiddleback sycamore . Also part of the design was the heated floor as well as the recessed ceiling speakers , bespoke medicine cabinets with integrated lighting and Demista pads . Unusual extras include an Aquavision TV and heated walls to replace towel rails . Bathroom 2 combines simple faceted porcelain wall tiles with dark grey ‘ leathered ’ granite on the floor and
the niche as well as some striking Strato Olympus marble on the walls in the shower enclosure . Bathroom 3 is the children ’ s bathroom which uses a combination of off white and pearl porcelain tiles , timber joinery and pearlised mosaic . Bathroom 4 is clad in Bleu de Savoie and accented with dark grey ‘ satinated ’ granite and sfumatore ( gradiated ) glass mosaics . Finally bathroom 5 is completed in Calacatta Oro highlighted with a bespoke metalised textured panel behind the medicine cabinet .