PRESS RELEASE FOR LATEST BATHROOM RENOVATIONS PROJECT BY ESSENCE INTERIORS.

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PROJECT; SOUTH PERTH , OLDER STYLE RENOVATED 1940'S HOME WITH CITY VIEWS, : SINGLE DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM- FULL RENOVATION OF ART DECO ERA BATHROOM (IN ORIGINAL STATE- NO TOILET IN BATHROOM.) BATH WAS TO BE RETAINED (BUT HAS BEEN RE ENAMELLED.) CHANDELEIR IS THE OWNERS OWN FITTING (ALREADY IN PLACE.) THE HOME HAD BEEN EXTENSIVELY RENOVATED IN STAGES, LEAVING ONLY THIS GROUND FLOOR BATHROOM IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE. THE OWNERS ARE A PROFESSIONAL FAMILY OF 4 , PARENTS, A NEWS JOURNALIST AND A ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE, LIVING AT HOME WITH 2 GROWN CHILDREN.

SCOPE OF WORKS: THE SHOWER WALL WAS BRICKED IN WITH BLACK WALL TILES AND LOOKED CLOSED IN AND VERY DARK. THIS WALL REQUIRED DEMOLITION. THE BATH WAS IN GOOD CONDITION AND WE DECIDED TO RETAIN IT AND RE ENAMEL IT. THERE WERE NO SCREENS ONLY A SHOWER CURTAIN. NEW SCREENS WERE FITTED. THERE WAS A SINGLE PINK PEDASTAL WITH NO STORAGE, SO A NEW VANITY WAS REQUIRED AND A BIGGER LIGHT ABOVE THE WINDOW/MIRROR. THE WINDOW HAD BEEN BOARDED UP AND THE INSIDE FRAME WAS BEING USED AS SHELF SPACE WITH A TINY MIRROR. THERE WERE SMALL MOSAICS ON THE FLOOR AND BLACK WALL TILES. THE OWNER HAD PUT A FAVOURITE CHANDELEIR IN THE CENTRE TO TRY AND LIFT THE BATHROOM SOME TIME EARLIER. THE ROOM HAS NO NATURAL VENTILATION SO A NEW STRONGER EXHAUST FAN WAS NEEDED TO BE FITTED AND A NEW POWER POINT. ALL WALLS REQUIRED A NEW PAINT JOB AND IT WAS SUGGESTED TO DO ONE WALL AS A FEATURE IN DULUX METALLIC PAINT ( WALL OVER BATH). THIS WAS DONE BY A PROFESSIONAL WITH SPRAY EQUIPMENT. THE DULUX COLOUR USED IS "MOON MARVEL" , HOWEVER THE WALLS WERE OLD, MEANING THE PREPARATION TO MAKE THE WALLS SMOOTH ,WAS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE, AS THIS PARTICULAR PAINT SHOWS EVERY IMPERFECTION IN THE PLASTERWORK.

TIME FRAME TO FINISH:
THIS BATHROOM TOOK ONLY 3 WEEKS TO FINISH.

BUDGET: ONLY $11,000 FOR ALL MATERIALS, TILES, VANITY TAPS ETC AND ALL LABOUR, ( NOT INCLUDING INTERIOR DESIGNERS FEE WHICH IS ON TOP )

MATERIALS USED:

VANITY, BASIN AND TAPWARE ALL BOUGHT AT THE BATHROOM OUTLET, HECTOR ST OSBORNE PARK. TILES; WALL AND FLOOR TILE BOUGHT AT CROSBY TILES AND WHITE AND SILVER FEATURE TILE, BY OSBORNE CERAMICS SHOWER FITTING ON A RAIL BY BERRI’S PLUMBTEC, FLOOR WASTE WITH TILE INSERT ALSO. SHOWER SCREEN AND MIRROR BY COOLING BROTHERS GLASS LIGHT FITTINGS BOTH BY HS REFLECTIONS MALAGA ACCESSSORIES BY BATHROOM OUTLET AND CLEVER BATHROOMS ( TOWEL RACK OVER BATH) RE- ENAMEL OF BATH BY BATHROOM RESURFACING. ( CONTACT JIM ON 0421933812) SILVER METALLIC PAINT IS METALLIC EFFECT, ‘MOON MARVEL’ BY DULUX- APPLIED USING SPRAY METHOD, BY TREVOR MOORE PAINTING. PLUMBERS BY WEMBLEY PLUMBING. ELECTRICAL BY WHITEHALL ELECTRICS. TILING TONY RAVI.

THE BRIEF:

THE OWNER WANTED A 'NEW LOOK' FOR THIS GRAND OLD BATHROOM, EVEN THOUGH SHE QUITE LIKED THE OLD ART DECO STYLE OF THE ROOM AND THE OLD 'PINK AND BLACK' COLOUR SCHEME................IT WAS QUITE A CLASSIC AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR ITS AGE ( CIRCA 1940'S). THE REST OF THE HOUSE HAD BEEN RENOVATED IN STAGES OVER THE YEARS AND THIS WAS THE ONLY REMAINING ORIGINAL ROOM ( BATHROOM.)

THE CLIENT FELT IT NEEDED LIGHTENING UP AND A BIT MORE 'SOPHISTICATION', AS IT WAS TO BE USED AS THE GUEST BATHROOM, ATTACHED TO 2 SPARE ROOMS DOWNSTAIRS.

THE OWNER DESCRIBED TO ME AN ALL WHITE SCHEME SHE HAD IMAGINED, WITH A BIT OF AN EARTHIER COLOURED SANDSTONE FLOORING AND A FAIR BIT OF DECORATIVE BLING IN THE FEATURE TILE AND FEATURE WALL. SHE WANTED A LARGE MIRROR TO REPLACE AN OLD WINDOW AND A LARGE VANITY FOR MORE STORAGE OF ITEMS UNDERNEATH.

WE CHOSE A MOSAIC GLASS AND MARBLE FEATURE TILE, WITH STRIPS OF SILVER, TO ADORN THE WHITE TILED WALL. THIS WAS TO GO VERTICALLY UP THE SIDE WALLS AND ON THE BATH RISER.

A NEW VANITY WITH GLOSS WHITE DOORS AND A STONE BENCHTOP WITH A SPECKLE MIRROR FINISH AND A TOP MOUNTED LARGE RECTANGULAR BASIN VESSEL, WITH ROUNDED EDGES, WAS CHOSEN TO FIT THE 1200 WIDE SPACE LEFT BY THE OLD PEDASTAL BASIN. ALL NEW TAPS WERE CHOSEN FROM THE SAME BUDGET SUPPLIER. ( THE VANITY WAS UNDER $1000.)

WE ADDED A NEW SLEEK AND MUCH LARGER OVERHEAD LIGHT OVER A BRAND NEW, LARGE RECTANGULAR, BEVEL EDGE MIRROR TO MAKE THE BATHROOM APPEAR BIGGER AND BRIGHTER.

THE FINISHING TOUCH WAS THE CHANDELIER WHICH REMAINED AS CENTREPIECE AND THE ACCESSORIES BOUGHT AT BATHROOM OUTLET, WHICH MATCH THE SQUARE LINES OF THE TAPWARE.

THE CHROME FINISH OF THESE ACCESSORIES, TIED IN WELL WITH THE NEW MIRROR AND THE SILVER STRIP IN THE WALL MOSAIC. SO TO FINISH OFF- A SINGLE WALL WAS TO PAINTED WITH A METALLIC FINISH TO TIE IN WITH THE 'SILVER GLAMOUR' THEME AND SO WE CHOSE DULUX METALLICS IN ‘MOON MARVEL’ FOR THIS AND IT WAS SPRAYED ON THE PREPARED WALL, BY PROFESSIONAL PAINTER TO GREAT EFFECT. THE PAINTED METALLIC WALL ADDS AN EXTRA SPOT OF GLAMOUR TO THE BATHROOM AND THE LIGHT FROM THE CHANDELIER, WHEN IT HITS THE METALLIC WALL, MAKES IT 'SHIMMER'.

THE RESULT? A GLAMOUROUS MAKE OVER FOR A GRAND OLD LADY BATHROOM FROM THE 40'S - ONE THAT HAS GIVEN IT A COMPLETE NEW LIGHT & BRIGHT LOOK, BUT HAS RETAINED ALL THE CHARM AND SOPHISTICATION OF THE ORIGINAL ERA IT WHICH IT WAS MADE.........AN 'ART DECO' TAKE ON A VERY MODERN COLOUR SCHEME. THE OWNERS WERE DELIGHTED.

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