Tooting Bec
South London
A busy professional couple were expecting their first baby. With a big life change on the horizon, they wanted one room in their home that felt like a proper retreat.
The Brief
The bathroom needed to feel like a proper retreat — somewhere calm, considered, and entirely for them. With a first baby on the way, this was the one room they wanted to get exactly right before everything changed.
The inspiration was the boutique hotels they loved to stay in. That feeling of walking into a bathroom that's been designed with care, where every detail has been thought about and nothing feels generic. They wanted that at home.
The brief was clear: a spa-like bathroom with a statement basin at its heart.
The Approach
The challenge was delivering a boutique hotel feel without the boutique hotel budget — and in a real home that needed to function every day, not just look good in photographs.
The answer was to focus on a small number of high-impact decisions and get each one exactly right. Material choices would do the heavy lifting. Every fitting would be chosen for how it felt as much as how it looked.
The Design
The statement basin came first. A large double sink carved from striking purple-veined marble sits on a run of dark zellige tile — tactile, bold, and completely unexpected. Brushed brass wall-mounted taps and pendant lights overhead complete the vignette. It's the first thing you see when you walk in, and it sets the tone for everything else.
The shower was designed around calm. Pale herringbone marble tiles line the walls from floor to ceiling, with a built-in niche for storage and a brass overhead rose. The effect is quiet and enveloping — exactly the feeling of a hotel shower done properly.
Warm taupe walls tie the two areas together, keeping the space feeling soft and grounded rather than clinical. Every hardware choice — from the brass pendants to the brushed fittings — was made to feel considered rather than matched.
The Result
A bathroom that genuinely feels like an escape. Not a showroom, not a renovation project — a room that holds you at the end of a long day and reminds you that beautiful design doesn't have to be complicated.
The couple now have their retreat. And the statement basin they spent so long choosing? It's where they bathe their newborn daughter.
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