After 20 years of not having running water and a toilet in my home studio I have finally put it together. I have been slowly collecting materials for many years and the entire woodwork comes from the streets within a few blocks from the house, including the studs and framework. I even found a Cedar staircase that goes to the studio above, complete with banister, which I found on the footpath 200 yards from my front step .
The decorative Victorian fireplace tiles have come from various ‘ reuse and recycle’ places along with the ceiling which is made of translucent white Perspex on the backside of an old shop sign. The floor tiles are made from the slate after the studio had to have a new roof. The doorway is set on a corner and with the door being made from the backs of curved 1940’s theatre seats.
The inside of the door is stippled in matte green as a contrast to all the woodwork which has a satin finish. The sink near the doorway repeats the shape of the bath. The mirrors have been set into the steps of the exposed staircase above the toilet. The floating fish follows a sea theme throughout the bathroom. The walls above the tiles came from Pine kitchen cupboard doors. The window from the outside is Chinese (a relic with dragon carving). On the inside is a glass assemblage which is illuminated when the main bathroom light is switched on. The main light is set in a compartment in line with the ceiling as part of it .
I was given the sides and the end of a French Victorian bed, made of French Oak. I used the end of the bed to house a wall mirror which is above the sink and because it was too long for the wall, it extends around the next wall above the bath. The rails of the bed, which of course match the mirror, are used around the rest of the bathroom as a border between the tilling and the woodwork. To unite the decorative tilling, I mixed powdered pigments into the grouting. The towel rail is made from a Dragon Boat Paddle, since it was a little too long for the wall I turned it down as if bent .
