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to optimum functionality. While your personal aesthetic preference for bathroom components may add cost to your budget, a good, pragmatic overall design catering to your needs should be a standard consideration when liaising with your builder or bathroom professional. Planning your bathroom will be an exciting part of your new home journey. If you build with GJ Gardner, expert designers will take the time to talk to you and understand your functional requirements and family routines. Each GJ Gardner franchise has a team of colour consultants and designers to help you create a bathroom that works, for you and your family. Before you talk to a design professional, ask yourself these key questions: What do you love about your current bathroom? What would you change? What feel should the new bathroom have? What colours do you like? And last, but not least, what is your perfect bathroom? For further details on bathrooms or build- ing a new home with GJ Gardner Homes, phone 0800 424 546. Web: www.gjgardner.co.nz save and share: search 49834 or gj gardner at Trendsideas.com Top: Tilework with the look of slate works well with a contemporary white and wood vanity and curvaceous freestanding tub in this GJ Gardner-designed bathroom. Above far left, left and above: Who the bathroom is for and how it will work aesthetically with the rest of the interior are key questions to ask a design professional before they create your ensuite or main bathroom. search | save | share at