CANYON HOUSE

Inspired by 1970s California, the materials, colours and lighting in this reimagined London home lend it an almost cinematic vibe. With velvet and elm timber the hero materials elsewhere in the house, the bathroom is a cool combination of microcement, ceramic, brass and reeded glass, but the retromade-modern cork tiles might be our favourite element — as much for their sustainability, sound-absorbing and tactile benefits as their rich visual appeal. A renewable and biodegradable natural resource, cork prevents heat loss for a softer and warmer feel underfoot.

BED, BATH, BEYOND There’s nothing ordinary about this former bedsit built in 1969 — which is now home to a pair of musicians and complete with a recording studio — and another design feature that makes the bathroom special is its proximity to the adjacent sleep space. It allows a direct progression from bath to bed, the textural washed-linen curtains drawn behind you before you drift off into dreamland below rustic wooden beams, your fluffy pillows propped up against a woven cane bedhead.