This particular client travelled extensively staying in some fabulous hotels around the globe, and they had always admired the bathrooms at the various hotels. They wanted to duplicate a similar look in their own home in London with their ensuite bathroom and guest toilet that was adjacent to it. Below are photos of it as it was before and then stripped out.
They wanted lots of marble with gold accents. Now the problem with marble is that it can be expensive and fragile. They liked Calacatta Gold or a black marble. Calacatta is a very expensive marble due to its pure almost white background. Ideally they wanted to install large 20 or 30mm slabs on the walls. The rooms were fairly small and could not really take the slab thickness along with the bed and Hardie board on the walls, also getting them into the space would be difficult. As a compromise, we replaced the calacatta on the walls with a large format porcelain tile at 10mm thick from Minoli, with the floor, bath and vanity units in Nero Marquina marble 30mm thick. Changing to a porcelain tile on the walls saved us around £10k on the overall budget.
Above is the slab that was chosen in multiple batches, enough to do the two bathrooms.
The hardware was by Dornbracht Supernova in a gold finish, truly luxurious. Below is a progress shot with the bottom one being nearly finished. There was a marble shelf for towels under the vanity, both of which are hung off the walls by large steel brackets and then cemented into place to take the weight of the marble.
Sketch showing the shadow gaps and details created around the bath; it's like putting the pieces of a complicated puzzle together.
A delightful photo of me looking very serious and a bit wrecked!
The gold accents were further emphasised by the gold leaf panel behind the toilet concealing a cupboard. The entrance door to the bathroom was also gold leafed with a matt black spray paint finish to the surround.
The door handle is by Turnstyle Designs with a leather plaited lever.
