Wealden Times | WT188 | October 2017 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside
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WT <strong>Kitchen</strong> & <strong>Bathroom</strong> Supplement<br />
Old World Comforts: In Claire Basler’s<br />
bathroom, she has a generously sized vintage<br />
claw foot bathtub. Her trademark giant floral<br />
paintings, in this case irises on a silver canvas,<br />
provide a beautiful backdrop to bathe by. Linen<br />
towels hang from an old towel rail, heated by a<br />
shapely antique radiator.<br />
Reincarnate Key Pieces: An elegant,<br />
modern, square-legged side table becomes a<br />
practical bathing aid in Tim Rundle’s bathroom. On<br />
top, a vintage silver jug and soap dish reside, adding<br />
glinting, pretty accessories. Here, tiles play with<br />
proportion: large square floor tiles juxtapose with<br />
the tiny taupe and white mosaic tiles on the walls.<br />
The bath, painted in taupe, continues the natural,<br />
neutral feel. The large floor-to-ceiling window<br />
brings in the natural world, making this the perfect<br />
urban space in which to relax and reflect.<br />
There’s nothing quite like slipping into the warm, scented water of<br />
your own private oasis. Statistics show we spend three years of our life<br />
bathing, so investing some thought in the bathroom is well worth it.<br />
<strong>Bathroom</strong>s are our own private spaces, where we relax, wash and<br />
get ready to face the world or bid the day goodnight. Modern vintage<br />
bathrooms blend the best of contemporary conveniences with the<br />
beautiful classics the past has given us. The result is very, very relaxing.<br />
Modern life has given us the mod-cons that make a bathroom comfortable,<br />
yet it’s the old things, like the feel of a big brass tap/faucet, a sofa-sized<br />
bathtub, or the deluge of water that rains on you from a large Victorian<br />
rose head, which can make them truly luxurious. When it comes to<br />
designing your modern vintage bathroom, again it’s about contrast. Choose<br />
vintage or reproduction centrepieces (bathtub, lavatory, basi) to suit a fresh<br />
modern setting, or make your centrepieces chic and sleek, accessorising<br />
with traditional wall and floor finishes, or vintage textile accessories.<br />
Modern Vintage Style by Emily<br />
Chalmers & Ali Hanan is published<br />
by Ryland Peters & Small.<br />
WT readers can buy a copy for the special<br />
price of £14.99, including postage &<br />
packaging (RRP £19.99) by telephoning<br />
Macmillan Direct on 01256 302699 and<br />
quoting the reference KC5<br />
13 wealdentimes.co.uk
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