Above: The his-and-hers ensuite vanity was
custom designed by the owner/designer and
continues the black-and-gold look in the bedroom.
The twin mirrors suspended over the twin basins
were also custom made with the stand-out frames
formed from square-profiled tubular steel. Lighting
was important in the design, using wall sconces
with traditional filaments to contribute to the
ensuite’s warm ambience.
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studs marked out on the headboard.”
The antiqued black side tables and tall-
boy continue the theme, while the designer
spray-painted an old travelling trunk in
gold gloss, just to give it some pop.
Black and gold are again the domi-
nant colours in the bathroom, but here the
standout feature is the tiled plank floor,
laid in a herringbone pattern that stretches
up the back wall of the double walk-in
shower.
“I came up with the idea of laying
them in that pattern to evoke the feeling
of an old parquet floor – but on a huge
scale,” Hynes says.
The ceramic tiles have the appropriate
look of aged, blackened floorboards – in
keeping with the designer’s theme.
The twin mirrors suspended from
chains above the vanity were custom-
made from square-profiled tubular steel,
then powdercoated in black. All the fix-
tures and fittings in the bathroom were
chosen for their similar angular profile,
then powdercoated black, too.
The designer says her only departure