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Puttin’ on the Ritz
Everything about this master suite, from the ornate furnishings to the
antique-style cast-iron bathtub, references a more glamorous era
When you enter a suite in a five-star
hotel, you close the door on the world
outside and walk into a private sanctuary.
That is precisely the feeling created by
this master suite in a new display home
built by Oswald Homes.
At 800m2, the house itself is grand, and
the master bedroom has similarly grand
proportions – it is large enough to boast
a seating area. But the pièce de résistance
is the view through wide doors to the
bathroom featuring a large antique-style
clawfoot tub on a raised plinth.

A tiled floor with a black-and-white
chequerboard pattern laid on the diagonal
serves to lead the eye directly to the tub,
which is also dramatic in black and white.
The look is not severe, however – the
white marble tiles have grey veining that
helps to soften the look.
With character all important, the
design team chose to line all the walls with
Bianco Carrara marble tiles – the same
marble that features on the plinth. This
provides a strong visual continuity and
conveys an old-world aesthetic.

Preceding pages: Although this bathroom features
a limited palette of materials, it has plenty of
glamour, thanks to the dramatic positioning of an
antique-style clawfoot bathtub on a marble plinth.
Facing page: All the walls, including the shower
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