Artisan Bathroom Renovation

Tracey's downstairs bathroom in Titirangi was failing. The shower door had begun to rot, there was no extractor fan, and in a damp bush suburb that meant mould. She had renovated the upstairs bathroom a few years before and wanted this one to share its look rather than end up as a plain white room. The design runs on contrast. Patterned Artisan Deco Uno tiles cover the floor while the walls stay calm: matt white subway tiles on two sides, set with black grout, and a painted white wall behind the vanity. Keeping pattern off the walls stops a small room closing in. The same floor and wall tiles carry straight into the shower behind custom glass, so the material doesn't change where the shower starts and the room reads as one space. A floating St Michel vanity, its door finished in Southern Oak Wilderness, is the only warm material in the room. A thin black titanium strip frames it and ties it to the black Methven tapware, and a matching St Michel tower cabinet adds storage. Small patterned tiles leave no margin for error. Every grout line and repeat has to align across the floor, so our senior tiler set this one out. Scope Artisan Deco Uno 200 x 200 floor tiles and City White Matt 100 x 300 wall tiles, both from The Tile Depot Raised shower tray, with shower walls and floor fully waterproofed Custom glass, Reece matte black fittings and a Mizu Soothe mixer Tiled niche in light and dark grey hexagons St Michel floating vanity, 900mm Dante mirror cabinet and City tower storage cabinet Evora back-to-wall toilet and a heated towel rail New ventilation for the room Kevin Yang project managed the renovation, completed in October 2020. Full case study: Contemporary Bathroom Renovation in Titirangi