Sarah's Bathrooms

No, they're not my bathrooms but Interior Designer, Sarah Richardson.

I'm a big fan of Sarah's work and her TV shows in which Sarah shares with us the secrets of
design with a great focus on the details of the rooms / homes she designs. 

The one room of the home that I love to see in any of Sarah's work is the bathrooms. 

Sarah elevates her attention to detail in these rooms whether it be through the tiles she 

chooses and patterns she creates or the cabinetry installed along with the use of colour. 

Here's a break down of my favourite bathrooms designed by Sarah Richardson.

The wall of tiles Sarah chose for this bathroom are to die for, I am in love with them. 

I would love to be bold enough to have these tiles. The finishes in this bathroom just 

compliment each each other perfectly. For the vanity Sarah has refinished an old chest
of drawers, this is something Sarah does often to add a unique feel to her spaces.

I am also in love with the grey subway tile in the shower.

 

 

In Sarah's House 4, Sarah showed how to make upgrades to your new, standard builder home. 

Each bedroom had it's own bathroom and in the girls bathroom, Sarah really mixed it up.

Again the use of an old vintage piece of furniture was transformed into a vanity. The tiles in the shower

 were an interesting idea that I would never have thought of - mixing white and cream tiles in 

a great pattern. She has accessorised with pops of pink and orange but you can see that if 

you remove those, you could give this bathroom a completely different feel.

 

 

This is Sarah's own bathroom in her Summer Cottage. This bathroom was inspired by 

all the natural elements surrounding her cottage yet she still made it super gorgeous. 

Such luxurious elements where installed in the flooring, tiling and bath. 

But there were also some pieces that gave it that more relaxed cottage feel in 

the great vanity, green chair and the painted wood panelled walls and ceiling. 

Such a sweet bathroom.

 

This great bathroom in the first TV series, Sarah's House turned out so fun. 

She used a really interesting shade of green and it turned out so well with all the white. 

There she goes again transforming a unique piece of furniture into a vanity. 

Beautiful detail in the tiles with classic white subway with bans of green. 

This bathroom isn't just for the kids that's for sure!

 

 

This is the boys bathroom from the same series as the pink and orange girls bathroom above. 

Here Sarah has again shown her skill of great tile design. With the walls left painted white with a
wide grey band, Sarah has continued this look and design feature into the shower with a grey band of 

tiles carrying through the shower, clever idea. The sconces either side of the mirror are very cool, 

vintage industrial so it brings in a different element. 

Overall I love this and I would be happy to have this bathroom as my own.

 

Well what did you think of that round up of bathrooms?

One thing is for sure, Sarah definitely knows how to put together a great bathroom.

all images via sarahrichardsondesign

101 with Sarah

I was able to catch up on some episodes of Sarah 101 this weekend and 

couldn't help but like this living and dining space she did. 

Great colour scheme.

I want that coffee table.

The image above the sofa was taken by the homeowner. 

Sarah enlarged it and framed it in a light box.

 

The grey zebra rug on the floor was actually 2 rugs that she had sewn together.

A much more cost effective way than having a rug custom made.

 

She always finds really great second hand chairs and has them reupholstered.

 

Same here, a great find in an old mod century side board.

 

The wallpaper is a ocmbination of the seagrass and bamboo.

 

 Another pair of old second hand chairs. 

I wasn't sure what these were going to end up looking like once redone 

but I have to say I do like them, very much.

The dining space was very small so to save on some space, banquet seating was built in.

images via sarah101

Bathroom Design

For those design lovers out there, I think you'd agree that Sarah Richardson is one fabulous designer. 

I personally adore pretty much everything she does. She has an amazing eye, incorporates beautiful fabrics, reinvents great furniture pieces and has an overall great attention to detail. 

Below is the bathroom she did for the first series of Sarah House where she purchased, gutted and completely renovated a house. 

I am in love with this bathroom, I think it is just divine.

Let's start at the vanity. She hasn't used traditional bathroom vanity furniture, she had this custom made. She's added the taller section for extra storage and then placed the make-up vanity on the other side. It works really well and has a unique {dare I say expensive} look. 

The darker contrast of the vanity also gives it a beautiful contrast to the crisp, fresh and light colour palette.

{left side} What you can't see in this picture is that this sits right next to the toilet, you wouldn't think so would you?

What a lovely idea, if you have the room to put a small side table with floor length mirror behind it. 

They serve function but also a lovely little vignette, something which at times can be forgotten in a space such as the bathroom.

{right side & below}Tiles -  in the shower are a beautiful glass mosaic used only on the main wall and then she's carried it through in a single line through the white tiles throughout the rest of the shower. 

The same mosaics have been used on the outside of the shower also, which is a great concept.

The floors on the tile are also not short of detail. 

Sarah has gone for a large rectangular tile on the floor and framed out each tile at the ends in a tile that is smaller and in a darker shade. 

The tub is gorgeous and sits so perfectly in this space. 

Behind the tub, Sarah has used drapes, again not a very traditional concept in a bathroom but I love it. 

It brings in so much to the space - colour, texture and an element of luxury.

My opinion is t hat she has created a space that you would want to spend a lot of time in. And it's not a bathroom you would find in too many homes. 

It definitely has the Sarah Richardson signature.

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