View of main bathroom vanity featuring oak cabinetry, brushed gunmetal tapware, white conrete top and timber surround mirror, part of Rarebirds Interiors’ Freemans Bay Auckland renovation.

Bathroom Design and Supply, Project Co-Ordination and Management

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Gunson by Rarebirds Interiors is a full kitchen and laundry design in Freemans Bay...

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  • “Sensational artwork requires sensational interior design to ensure that three new bathrooms pack the same creative punch.”

    Pristine white horizontal interior cladding, set against distinct gunmetal architectural detailing, were also strong elements to consider when designing this home’s bathroom spaces. These elements served as inspiration, enabling the Rarebirds Interiors design team to craft bold design ideas through their material and fittings choices.

    The whimsical, balloon-like Flos Glo pendant installation over a Victoria & Albert freestanding bath is not the only hero piece in the main bathroom. A Rarebirds Interiors warm oak vanity, expertly crafted and featuring more Flos lighting and a bold gunmetal undermounted basin, provides another striking design moment.

    Large, moody LaFaenza Vis Military Green wall tiles, teamed with an Ergon Lombarda terrazzo floor tile and smaller white textured subway tiles, complete the desired sense of artistic drama in the main bathroom. These same tiles, arranged in a new layout, create continuity in the home’s ensuite, accentuating the shower’s soaring skylight and providing a beautiful tonal juxtaposition to a pure white Falper vanity.

    With a Francis Bacon artwork hanging outside the door, the powder room had the formidable task of balancing against artistic greatness. Black Ergon Lombarda terrazzo tiles, colour-blocked on both the floor and walls, create a strong geometric impact alongside the pure white subway tile. This textured subway tile, stacked vertically, connects all three bathroom spaces and reinforces the home’s architectural detailing.

Kelsie Barley

Photo of hallway looking into powder room , timber feature wall with francis bacon triptic paintings, honey timber flooring with walls and ceiling colour blocked, renovated powder room with darktiles in background.
Photo into main bathroom, villeroy and boch bath, flos glo pendants, plumbline buddy gunmetal tapware, custom oak vanity and mirror detail with astro zeppo sconces, darkgreen tiles on white subways on soft grey floor tiles
Main bathroom detail photo showing bath, pendants above, towel poles with green towel draped over, toilet with in wall cistern and gunmetal como push plate, green tile with white subway tiles.
Main bathroom , detail shot , shower hardware and sliding door in gunmetal looking at houses stairwell and dark metal architectural detail.
Overview of main bathroom with floating timber vanity, glass shower screen, light grey floor tiles, and green and white tiled walls, completed by Rarebirds Interiors for a Freemans Bay home renovation.
Image in main bathroom looking at vanity, oak finish and mirror surround detail, caesarstone cloudburst concrete top and upstand, plumbline buddy tapware in gunmetal, reflection of shower and buddy tapware in mirror.
Photo looking into main bathroom from hallway, white painted horizontal slatted detailing on walls.
Wider view of ensuite featuring floating falper vanity, gunmetal buddy tapware with light grey floor tiles, designed by Rarebirds Interiors as part of a Freemans Bay renovation project in Auckland.
Looking into ensuite from Masterbed room.
Detail of ensuite shower with grey floor tiles, framed shower glass, vertical white and green wall tiles, and bulkhead detail, styled by Rarebirds Interiors during a renovation project in Freemans Bay, Auckland.
Cropped in photo in powder room , gunmetal plumbline flush plate over sfera toilet, dark granite look alike tiles to walls and textured white glosee subway tiles to walls, black brutalist vase with dried nz native twigs for staging.
Close-up of ensuite vanity showing cabinet fronts, white top and sink, green wall tiles and sleek gunmetal fittings, part of Rarebirds Interiors
Powderoom cropped detail shot of vanity and mirror and tiles with water running from gunmetal plumbline buddy wall mounted tapware.
Powderroom space designed by rarebirds with dark grey floor tiles and matching feature, white stacked wall tiles, gunmetal fittings.
Wider photo in powder room , gunmetal plumbline flush plate over sfera toilet, dark granite look alike tiles to walls and textured white glosee subway tiles to walls, black brutalist vase with dried nz native twigs for staging.
“In 2022 I had Rarebirds design and manage the rebuild of my three bathrooms. I found the team originally by asking my trusted tradies who they loved to work with, then stalking their (obvious) design sense online before meeting the team.

I had strong ideas of how I wanted the bathrooms to look, and limitations on the layout which they respected while still guiding and improving the design in every way.

Their eye for detail is exceptional, the small lighting and design details they insisted on are what I notice and appreciate now everyday, combined with a wealth of knowledge about fixtures and relationships with suppliers which was massively important.

Their management of the trades and scheduling was so impressive; they know and use good people and kept it under control even in the madness of 2022 Covid times.

I’m delighted with the end result, their budgets were accurate, they coped admirably with my freak outs and I’d recommend the team highly.”
— Sophie

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