HomeBeautiful
  • Open Homes
  • Bathroom
  • Kitchen
  • Outdoor
  • Decorate
  • Hamptons
  • Podcasts
  • Beach House
  • hacks
HomeBeautiful
  • Open Homes
  • Bathroom
  • Kitchen
  • Outdoor
  • Decorate
  • Hamptons
  • Podcasts
  • Beach House
  • hacks
Subscribe
Getting your coastal kitchen floor plan right
Watch 2:03

Getting your coastal kitchen floor plan right

{headline}

{headline}

How to get a bath bomb experience in the shower

How to get a bath bomb experience in the shower

A Hamptons-inspired family home on Sydney's lower North Shore

A Hamptons-inspired family home on Sydney's lower North Shore

How to keep your bathroom renovation under $10,000

How to keep your bathroom renovation under $10,000

7 best indoor plants for your bathroom

7 best indoor plants for your bathroom

{headline}

{headline}

Coronavirus update: How to clean your home

Coronavirus update: How to clean your home

Before and after: a stunning bathroom renovation

Before and after: a stunning bathroom renovation

5 jobs you can do around home while you’re self-isolating

5 jobs you can do around home while you’re self-isolating

{headline}

{headline}

This budget Kmart kitchen makeover is amazing

This budget Kmart kitchen makeover is amazing

Our Dream Kitchens & Bathrooms special is out now

Our Dream Kitchens & Bathrooms special is out now

Check out this amazing Kmart under-sink makeover

Check out this amazing Kmart under-sink makeover

How to organise your bathroom if you’re a beauty junkie

How to organise your bathroom if you’re a beauty junkie

3 signs your vanity needs more storage

3 signs your vanity needs more storage

Four new bathroom trends for 2020

Four new bathroom trends for 2020

10 Instagrammable floors from around the world

10 Instagrammable floors from around the world

  1. Home
  2. Bathroom

Bathroom renovation: A luxury makeover

This stunning transformation is a must-see - by Anna McCooe
  • 20 Jul 2017
Bathroom renovation: A luxury makeover
Martina Gemmola

This underused 1960s master suite was given a beautiful new lease of life.

Before and After bathroom renovation
Martina Gemmola

Time frame

Two months for design and eight weeks for the build.

The works

A whole new look and layout for the space. Storage was also added to both the bathing areas and the shower thanks to a new half-height wall, which also hides much of the plumbing.

Major changes

Carmel and her team removed the walls that divided up the existing walk-in robe and ensuite and installed double doors into the robe and bedroom to work with the scale of the rooms.

Budget savers

With the owner’s love of colour driving the design, simple white 600mm x 600mm wall tiles complement both the palette and the bottom line. And while still luxurious, the choice of freestanding bath shaved $4000 off the budget, being an acrylic Kado ‘Cirque’ model from Reece, instead of a stone or cast-iron option. “It was the perfect size at 1650mm and we really liked the soft, curved shape,” says Carmel.

Luxury bathroom vanity
Martina Gemmola

Vanity

This beautiful floating vanity feels like a furniture piece. The secret to its elegance, says Carmel, is striking just the right level of detail, with thin benchtops, under-mounted and understated basins and ‘Humble’ brass handles found at Auhaus Architects. 

Motifs

Between the Shelley Panton mirror and Dowel Jones ‘Lord Sconce’ lights, the recurrent circle motifs nod to the home’s retro roots in decadent fashion.

Pink Dressing room
Martina Gemmola

Chandelier

The stunning light-fitting belonged to the owner’s grandmother, so Carmel knew it was important to re-use the chandelier in the new robe. She deftly doubled its impact by using a mirror at the end of the space. The mirror also reflects light and houses storage on the flip side.

Dressing room 

Seating is often the one missed element from a dressing room. “Seeing as the robe was so big, I wanted the owners to be able to get dressed comfortably,” says Carmel of the low-slung bench and clever shoe storage, which is finished in white semi-gloss 2-pac.

Layout

The shower is privately located behind the American oak veneer and brass feature wall. Hiding away the more functional areas allows the bath and vanity in the front half of the bathroom to be the show-stoppers.

Interior designer: Carmel Wylie, GIA Bathrooms & Kitchens, 1300 442 736.

FREE Miranda Kerr Mug-SAVE 31%

by Royal Albert, when you subscribe

Subscribe Now
FREE Miranda Kerr Mug

FREE Miranda Kerr Mug-SAVE 31%

by Royal Albert, when you subscribe

Subscribe Now
FREE Miranda Kerr Mug

Recommended to you

Getting your coastal kitchen floor plan right
Watch 2:03

Getting your coastal kitchen floor plan right

{headline}

{headline}

How to get a bath bomb experience in the shower

How to get a bath bomb experience in the shower

A Hamptons-inspired family home on Sydney's lower North Shore

A Hamptons-inspired family home on Sydney's lower North Shore

How to keep your bathroom renovation under $10,000

How to keep your bathroom renovation under $10,000

7 best indoor plants for your bathroom

7 best indoor plants for your bathroom

{headline}

{headline}

Coronavirus update: How to clean your home

Coronavirus update: How to clean your home

Before and after: a stunning bathroom renovation

Before and after: a stunning bathroom renovation

5 jobs you can do around home while you’re self-isolating

5 jobs you can do around home while you’re self-isolating

{headline}

{headline}

This budget Kmart kitchen makeover is amazing

This budget Kmart kitchen makeover is amazing

Our Dream Kitchens & Bathrooms special is out now

Our Dream Kitchens & Bathrooms special is out now

Check out this amazing Kmart under-sink makeover

Check out this amazing Kmart under-sink makeover

How to organise your bathroom if you’re a beauty junkie

How to organise your bathroom if you’re a beauty junkie

3 signs your vanity needs more storage

3 signs your vanity needs more storage

Four new bathroom trends for 2020

Four new bathroom trends for 2020

10 Instagrammable floors from around the world

10 Instagrammable floors from around the world

HomeBeautiful
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
HomeBeautiful Magazine Subscribe
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy

Brands

  • Beauty Crew
  • marie claire
  • Who

Our Network

  • Better Homes and Gardens
  • BHG Shop
  • New Idea food
  • New Idea
  • Girlfriend
  • That’s Life
  • All Recipes
  • Practical Parenting
  • 7plus
  • 7News
  • Health Engine
  • The West Australian
  • Perth Now
  • Airtasker
  • Society One
  • Starts at 60
© 2021 Are Media PTY LTD
Get more from

Magazine Subscription Offer

FREE Miranda Kerr Mug-SAVE 31%

Shop This Offer
FREE Miranda Kerr Mug