This month, Paul Illingworth, Design Manager at Abode explains the latest bathroom trends influencing the interior design sector, and how it’s inspired the future expansion of the company’s popular Kite range …
The bathroom continues to reinforce its role in the home, recognised as a private sanctuary where self-care coupled with next-level luxury have become top priority. Helping to shape some of the most original designs, styles and finishes in the marketplace, the latest wellness trends are encouraging a more emotive approach to bathroom design with warm metallics and vintage references coming through.
With the emphasis on luxury continuing to define a large portion of the bathroom, we have a noted a rise in demand for warm metallic finishes with brass becoming the most desirable metal in 2023. Bridging the gap between traditional and contemporary interior styles, brass even in its raw state, has an ability to be paired with almost any material such as marble and porcelain through to concrete and wood.
As brass continues to gain momentum in the marketplace, we are finding that the type of finishing techniques such as brushed or antique, and the authenticity of each precision-engineered component, are helping to keep this material fresh and modern in today’s bathroom space. Adding an extra layer of luxury, highly decorative brassware that naturally depict vintage style references like the timeless checkerboard pattern, have become a great way to embrace authenticity.
Taking refined glamour to the next level with a subtle mix of past and present, our Kite Bathroom Collection exclusively by Abode, is characterized by its slender proportions, and fusion-style aesthetic that suits both a contemporary and traditional décor. Handcrafted in Italy, Kite is inspired by the classic elegance and enduring qualities of the Chesterfield sofa made popular in the Victorian era.
The diamond embossed handles introduce a signature style across a complete range of basin, bath and shower brassware, and given the rise for original product innovations, we are pleased to be expanding the range in 2023, to include a new wall-mounted design in Antique Brass available this spring.
Contemporary matt black solutions are holding firm in the bathroom this year with statement taps and showers in modern shapes still coming out on top. Neither too masculine or feminine, black themed bathroom interiors are catering to the trend for paired back bathroom interiors, which are rich in tone and texture. This said, the latest colour-drenched interiors are taking their inspiration from Scandi-style design, with lighter sorbet colours in varying degrees of green, warm pink and clay being singled out as the next go-to colours in 2023.
Achieving the right balance between traditional and contemporary interiors has become somewhat of an art form in bathroom design and being able to create a blended décor that is both classic and modern, has shifted homeowner focus towards taps that are signature by design. The days of a ‘one size, fits all’ bathroom is a thing of the past and so the desire for more specialist product designs, which add an extra layer of luxury and convenience, are on the rise.
New small-space solutions are also coming to the fore with taps, which are tailored specifically for the proportions of a compact space or basin design, as the market demands the same high standards no matter the size of bathroom. Wall mounted taps remain consistently popular in the contemporary bathroom, clawing back valuable countertop space around the basin area, along with distinct monobloc designs and single lever options which are small-scale by design and help to add functionality without compromising on style or quality.
As furniture shrinks in size to accommodate smaller bathroom layouts, it is down to essential hardware items to introduce a touch of luxury and when it comes to bathroom taps then distinct finishes, optimum control features and statement designs are top priority.
For further info, please contact Abode: call 01226 283 434, email [email protected], visit www.abodedesigns.co.uk, www.pronteau.co.uk and www.proboil.co.uk