I wanted our bathroom to be a retreat, a little sanctuary in a busy family home. This small room delivers volumes of light, nature and calm. It’s private, yet connected to the elements, a perfect lookout to the stars and moon from the ‘sky’ window. The high ceilings also help the bathroom feel more spacious with the high window bringing in gorgeous east light that allows the room glow in the morning.
Easy access shower, with controls outside to get the temperature right before you get wet. Wall mounted toilet and sink allow for easy cleaning the space to flow.
There is also some lunar inspiration with the surface of the tiles and light fittings, I tell Iarlaith the lights are planets, moons and a solar eclipse, seeing the moon through the high-level window makes it even more resonant. Simple lighting worked best for this calm room and we also added dimmer switches which is a nice feature for a bathroom. After years of renting, it’s very satisfying to have a beautifully formed room to feel new in every day. Bathrooms are hard work to get right, it’s not just about the sanitary ware or tiles, they are most successful when the architecture makes the space for the activities, a window with a view for the bath, high level window centred above the mirror and well placed and controlled lighting.
Room dimensions are 3.4 metre x 2.2 – 2.4M
Room height 3 – 3.6 M
Lights– lights.ie
Vanity unit – Deluxe bathrooms size
Sanitaryware – Bathroom world Galway
Eclipse mirror – Bathshack 800mm
Adamsez Sorrento 1676mm Freestanding Bath
Gemstone 1500x900mm tray – Linear flint grey
Roca Gap Rimless Wallhung Pan
Sonas SKAL Vessel Basin 600x400mm Arctic Grey
AQ Fuse Wall Mount Basin Mixer
Aq Kyloe Frestanding Bath ShowerMixer Chrome
Crosswater Glide II 2-Drawer Wall Hung Vanity Unit With Carrara Marble Worktop – 1000mm x450mm
Shower – Hans Croma Select E With Ecostat 2way Pack
Tiles – Tubs and tiles, Tenby white Matt 1200mm x 600mm
Cutting edge tiles – Glamstone Grey
Tiler – Rob Webb, Galway
Plumbers –Bromur- Dave, Gerry and Sam
Electrician – Oliver Mullens Electrical, James
