DARK SECRETS
Light and texture are the keys to a deliciously moody bathroom.
The brief
“Make it moody and masculine” was the request the owners of this main bathroom put to interior designer Louise Walsh. “Designing around the ceiling trusses was challenging but other than that, I had free rein with the design. Our approach was to use minimal and uncluttered but really robust finishes. We focused on timber, stone and metal.”
The design
It was the black clay tiles from Surface Society that provided the starting point for Walsh’s design. “They’re dramatic in colour, and handmade, which means there’s a beautiful dynamism to them,” she says. “Texturally, they’re perfect because they bounce light around the room in just the way I hoped they would.” A skylight positioned over the toilet ensures there’s plenty of natural light to draw on. The floor of the shower and splashback for the vanity is flamed and brushed bintang granite. “It has a rawness to it that complements the trusses and blackbutt timber lining boards.”The colouration in the stone picks up on the Antique Bronze finish on the basin tapware and copper basin from Rogerseller. “The basin is like a piece of jewellery for the bathroom,” says Walsh. “It takes pride of place on the inset top of the vanity’s joinery.” The vanity’s inset ‘tray’ style reflects the joinery that features elsewhere on the property.
Louise Walsh Design, Lennox Head, NSW; (02) 6687 5010 or louisewalsh.com.au
‘A DARK BATHROOM ALLOWS FIXTURES WITH A SPECIAL FINISH TO BE SEEN AT THEIR BEST .’ Louise Walsh