Marble and Glass Bathroom

by Caren

Luxury Marble Bathroom

This luxury bathroom is unashamedly theatrical, what with the canopied bath and the bold decor.

There is a sense of space which is enhanced by the restful light colors and the scale of the shower and the bath.

I would not necessarily use the same ionic-columns-and-arches implementation in my dream bathroom, but ideas that I do take from this bathroom are:

* Elevate the generous bath and make it a focal point;

* Add a ceiling architectural element to break up a vast roof expanse and to add dimension;

* The beauty of marble on a large scale. By that I don't mean lots of marble (there's that too) but the fact that they didn't use standards sized tiles, but used outsized slabs of marble with minimum grout lines for the floor.

Having said that!

From a design point of view, I find the geometric inset motif on the floor incongruous. Both the color and the shape do not fit at all IMHO. It is too stark and geometric.

I would much rather see a plush Oriental carpet (in the same muted tones as the rest of the bathroom) in that space. Persian carpets in dream bathrooms are pure magic!