Everyone’s familiar with the idea of using an old wooden ladder as a towel rack but this takes that one step further. Somehow it could only have been made by an Italian – they are often the first to embrace new materials and add a witty touch. Alberto Alessi told me that Italians love to…
I really wanted to use tiles round the freestanding bath to create the effect of a bath sitting on a rug. I also quite fancied the trompe l’oeil effect of painting a kilim on to the kitchen floorboards under the kitchen table. I didn’t do that as I wanted the freedom to be able to…
Regular readers will know that I have a very similar mirror to this in my bathroom and I do rather like the idea of adding something completely over the top and rather baroque to a room that tends to be quite stark with all those clean white lines and no soft furnishings to break it up.…
On the basis that most of us have bathrooms that aren’t quite as big as we’d like them to be any piece of furniture that you can squeeze in there had better earn its keep. This is that piece. Intended originally for halls for you to hang coats and be able to sit down and…
Based on the traditional dishes used in Moroccan and Turkish Hammams, this lidded bowl will hold bath salts, cotton wool or even rings and jewellery. It was designed by Sir Terence himself and made in India. www.conranshop.co.uk £28
Yesterday’s cabinet didn’t have a mirror (yes yes I heard the mutterings) so today we are putting that right with this. It has a double-side mirror door, fluorescent lamps at the sides and even a shaver socket at the side as well as three glass shelves inside which you can move to accommodate your preferred…
I have come late to the colour purple and I find I rather like it. Indeed I have used it in my own bathroom (Pelt Farrow & Ball for anyone who’s interested). So, back to the cabinet. This has rather pleasing curves and a couple of glass shelves inside for all those lotions and potions…
Sometimes in a small bathroom, you need a small shower mat and this is that. I take slight issue with its description as “thick cotton terry” as it manifestly isn’t but it’s not expensive, it’s a cool design and you’re only standing on the thing for about five minutes so it doesn’t need to be…
In addition to Radio 4, my bathroom absolutely must have a clock. It must have clear numbers – I can’t be worrying if it’s in the vague direction of the 7 or the 8 – and it must be large as I wear glasses and I can’t be squinting through the steam. This, then, at…
This is the stereotpyical luxury bath. Many of you might prefer something a little more modern but if you have the space, the great thing about this one is that you can paint it in any colour you choose. I recently styled a friend’s bathroom with a bath like this in shocking pink, with black…
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