If in doubt, keep things simple and then add one. big. beautiful. statement. This bathroom manages to be timeless and classic, yet still modern thanks to the clam shell-style mirror.

Love the paint colour, love the arched door, love the checkered tiles (and the fact they're in an olive that matches the door). Via interior designer Emma Milne

I see you two-colour checkered tiles and raise you four-colour checkered tiles. Well played, Kim Lapin. 

Den of Dreams from Selzer Design Studio. Photography by Timothy Kaye.

Design is in the details: the reeded glass shower door; that stone benchtop with super-subtle drawer storage; the floors that mirror the benchtop; and side-positioned tapware (always a fave touch of mine).

And below, from the same house, this peachy powder room. From the same family, but not twins, thanks to similar lighting, and that side-positioned tapware again. 

Via Melbourne-based designers Fluent Studio

Yummy visual depth and texture here (and LOVE that sconce, too) - design collab between Michiru Higginbotham and Lauren Forrester

This is a masterclass in balance: the weight and heft of that stone kitchen island with the warmth of all the timber, and all that diffused light from the massive blinds (those blinds remind me of Japanese shoji screens) By Korean designer Salad Bowl Studio. 

 

 

Just had to share this little sink moment - a tasteful way to embrace the checkered aesthetic. Just enough to nod - not enough to date. Think of aesthetic trends as accents not anchors. 

Archways, but make them heritage.
Design by Michiru Higginbotham 

Design by Mr & Mrs Elias | Photography Nat Spada