Ways to Make Your Bathroom Look More Luxurious

Creating a luxury bathroom is more than just choosing between brass tapware or brushed nickel tapware. If you’re after simple, achievable solutions to bring luxury to your bathroom, browse these top 5 tips from Geelong Tiles & Bathware.

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Use the same tile on floor and walls to create a luxury bathroom space Build: Larkin & Draught Homes Image: Carli Wilson

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Floor to ceiling tiles will elevate your bathroom instantly Build: Larkin & Draught Homes Image: Carli Wilson

Use the Same Tile on Floors & Walls

For the best aesthetic effect, your floor tiles and wall tiles should be the same. Not only will using the same tile on floors and walls save you from experiencing decision paralysis, but you’ll also get that hotel-like luxury in an instant.

By applying this method, you will achieve cohesion, creating the perfect canvas for your tapware, vanity and bathware to shine. Your bathroom will look classier and more elegant - trust us.

Floor to Ceiling Bathroom Tiles

By installing bathroom tiles from the floor to the ceiling, you convey a sense of luxury as well as flair. By tiling right up to the ceiling, you can make your bathroom appear larger, whether that's a small ensuite becoming less cramped or a large bathroom becoming an expansive one in which you can indulge.

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Brushed nickel tapware will complement a lighter colour palette Design: Premium Interior Design Image: Nic Stephens

Use Coloured or Metal Tapware

Part of having a luxe bathroom is having the courage to use a personal touch in the interior design.

If, for example, you have white tiles, matte black or brushed nickel tapware can make all the difference in bringing sleek sophistication to the bathroom. If you have monochrome or white-and-black tiling patterns, choose brass tapware or other metallic accents.

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Matching your hardware to your tapware will take your bathroom to the next level Build: Furtulla Constructions Image: Supreme Digital Media

Install Matching Hardware & Accessories

While having an accent or centrepiece is one option, another is to install hardware or accessories of a matching style. Nothing conveys class like having everything fit into one elegant theme.

For example, you may want your basin and bathtub tapware and the door handles of any bathroom cabinets to be made of the same material and colour. Browse Geelong's largest selection of quality tiles and tapware to find your fit.

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A wall-hung vanity creates the illusion of having more space Build: Doherty Building Group Image: Tim Turner

Install A Wall-Hung Vanity

If you want to create crisp lines and a streamlined aesthetic in your bathroom, a wall-hung vanity is the way to go. It's a highly stylish choice because of its modern appearance and it creates the illusion of having more space. A wall-hung vanity blends in seamlessly with a luxurious, contemporary bathroom.

Book in a free interior selection with one of our designers to discover how you can create luxury in your home.

Introducing the Sutherland House Collection by Shaynna Blaze & Timberline

Having worked together on a number of exciting projects over the last five years, Shaynna Blaze and Timberline decided it was the perfect time to put their respective design and manufacturing minds together to create this beautiful range including vanities, matching storage cabinets, and a shaving cabinet.

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“Over the last ten years our bathrooms
have become the destination room
of luxury, an oasis and a place to
show off. I wanted to design a range
that had a small nod to Hollywood
glamour and mid-century design but
with the functionality of our modern
storage needs.”
— Shaynna Blaze

Form and Function Over Everything Else

Combining Hollywood glamour and mid-century modern design, the Sutherland House Collection is the perfect marriage of form and function. With plenty of additional storage options (thanks storage queen), you can create a beautiful and functional bathroom with just one range.

Option up your Sutherland House vanity with the Shaynna-designed drawer organisers, a secret inner drawer, or add the ingenious hanging door storage (that perfectly fits make-up brushes and more) to your shaving cabinet. Plus, there is the option of a simple - yet super practical - hair dryer storage. UHHHHHMAZING!

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The Deco Vanity

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The Sutherland House Collection offers plenty of storage options for your essentials

PATTERN OPTIONS

Like with all of Timberline’s vanities, you have the option to choose from an array of paint colours, benchtops, and basins to complete your vision. The Sutherland House collection is available in wall-hung or on legs.

Here is your chance to bring true luxury to your new bathroom with furniture fit for one of Australia’s most respected names in interior design. Check out our display in store or visit Timberline’s website for more information on the Sutherland House Collection.

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Project Focus | Victoria Terrace by Furtulla Constructions

Build: Furtulla Constructions
Design: RLD Design
Images: Supreme Digital Media

Furtulla Constructions, along with architects RLD Design, have transformed a 1980’s Belmont home into a modern and sophisticated gem. The project saw an extension and complete internal revamp of the existing home to create a spacious, functional, and timeless space for the owners to enjoy for years to come.

Timber and black accents work together in harmony to create a sophisticated kitchen in this Belmont transformation Build: Furtulla Constructions Design: RLD Design Image: Supreme Digital Media

The interiors take on a masculine aesthetic, with accents of black and mixed metals featured throughout the home. Timber features predominantly on the floors and kitchen cabinetry to inject a sense of warmth against the bold, dark elements.

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Luxe in all the right places Build: Furtulla Constructions Design: RLD Design Image: Supreme Digital Media

The homes’ sophistication is taken up a notch upon entering the ensuite. With honed Nero Marquina marble on the floors and walls of this glorious space, you can’t help but think you’ve stepped into a luxury 5 star hotel. Brushed brass tapware and fixtures from ABI Interiors complement the dark marble to add to the luxe factor in the space. It’s a big yes from us!

Sophisticated luxury continues in the combined laundry and bathroom Image: Supreme Digital Media

Marble and brushed brass tapware continue into the combined laundry and bathroom. Featuring both Nero Marquina and our 600x1200 Messina Grey porcelain marble-look tile, this space is refined and works harmoniously with the rest of the home.

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Our 600x600 Venetian Marble Rainbow external tiles take centre stage on the balcony Image: Supreme Digital Media

Moving outside, the balcony features our classic 600x600 Venetian Marble Rainbow external tiles. The terrazzo-look porcelain tiles take on the black and timber accents of the home to complete a cohesive inside-outside look.

VAND Builders bring Palm Springs to Ocean Grove

VAND Builders teamed up with Holman Designs and Mel Wilson Interiors to create the most epic Palm Springs-inspired home in the coastal suburb of Ocean Grove. The team worked closely with us to source the perfect tiles and bathware to complete their clients’ vision, and we’re totally in love with the result.

Build: VAND Builders
Design: Holman Designs
Interiors: Mel Wilson Interiors
Photography: Nic Stephens

Keep Warm Every Winter with Underfloor Heating

It’s official. Winter is here and boy does it feel like it’s here to stay…well, for a little while at least. With a change in seasons comes a realisation of the necessity of keeping warm in the colder months of the year. In the realm of tiles and bathware this necessity is no different, and thankfully there are solutions to help combat that cold feeling you get under your feet as you brush your teeth in the morning.

No longer do your tiled floors have to be cold and dreary thanks to this product. Bathrooms and ensuites – heck, even laundries - can benefit from the radiant heat provided by underfloor heating.  We are seeing more and more interior designers and architects specifying underfloor heating in projects insisting it is a non-negotiable in bathrooms. And we really can’t blame them.

BENEFITS

Radiant heat is what separates underfloor heating from forced air systems. Here’s how: Electric underfloor heating works by warming people through the magic of subtle, radiant heat. In short, the air temperature of the room can be much lower but the people inside will still feel warm and comfortable. As underfloor heating generally covers the entire floor of a space, this creates an even distribution of heat, meaning you stay warmer for longer in every corner of the room.

IS IT SAFE TO USE IN A BATHROOM?

Well yes, of course it is. Underfloor heating is ideal in bathrooms as it not only heats the floor, it also helps dry the floor, preventing the build-up of mould over time. In saying this, you may even wish to install it in the shower area to take advantage of these drying properties. If you prefer robe hooks over heated towel rails, you can even run the underfloor heating behind a tiled wall to help dry your towels.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

In a growing sustainably conscious society, underfloor heating is the answer to your energy saving woes. Most underfloor heating systems come equipped with a thermostat which allows you to set the heating to be on only when you require it. This in turn reduces the amount of time it is being used at its full capacity. While the running costs will vary between applications, site conditions and tariffs, some underfloor heating systems cost as little as 2c per M2 per hour to run – bonus!

Underfloor heating will, quite simply, change your life. No longer will you be dreading entering your cold bathroom on a miserable winter’s morning. With thanks to your individual programming, the thermostat will have warmed that floor right up as you slept. What’s not to love!?

Alana Perin