With inspiration drawn from period pieces and traditional manufacturing techniques, Drummonds’ classic bathroom collections are perfect for today’s eclectic interiors - where old and new sit happily together.

Drummonds’ Spey cast iron bath is the classic of all classic roll top baths:

• The largest and most elegant of its type, it makes a magnificent center-piece to the bathroom – and with Drummonds’ floor mounted Skye bath mixer, there is plenty of room for a truly luxurious bathing experience.
• The outside is finished to individual requirements – raw, primed, painted or polished and lacquered to a mirror-like finish.

It is shown in our picture, painted in Little Greene Company’s colours from the ‘Rolling Fog’ range:

Bath in ‘143’, walls in ‘Dark 160’, panelling in ‘Pale 158’.

Drummonds’ Spey bath: Priced from £3319 Inc VAT.

(Image courtesy of Little Greene Paint Company.)

Drummonds specialize in the manufacture of deluxe cast iron baths, sanitary ware, showers, taps and brass door furniture.

They also source and supply architectural antiques, reclaimed and new flooring, baths, bathrooms and brassware and restore genuine antique cast iron baths.

To view their stunning range of classic handmade cast iron baths, visit Drummond’s website
Tel: (0207) 376 4499

Fed up of the rushed morning shower ritual to help wake you up for the day?
Now, you can shower in style with the new Atreo wet room concept from Jacuzzi UK, designed to be both beautiful and adaptable.

With fluid shapes that embrace the body and stimulate the mind, the Jacuzzi® Atreo, featured here is something to wake up for rather than pass through.

There are two sub categories within the Atreo luxury shower range:

• All are distinguished by the overhead bracket and many configurations can be achieved, as the side and front panels are not linked, allowing flexibility when positioning the enclosure within the bathroom:

• Jacuzzi Atreo key features include a UV bonded towel rail on the side panels and 6mm glass with Jacuzzi Clearglass coating for ease of cleaning.

• A clever wall profile system ensures that any potentially unsightly adjustments to the enclosure, take place behind the stylish matt silver wall post, maintaining a perfect appearance to your enclosure and cushioned magnetic door closure.

• Prices range from £1,161 for the Atreo Recess Hinge Door and from £1,700 for the Atreo Walk In Wet Room Corner.

The new Jacuzzi Designer Range New Innovations catalogue is available to download now, and features highly desirable products that look superb and perform to the highest standard.

The Jacuzzi ranges are sold exclusively through specialist bathroom retailers throughout the UK.

For further details visit the Jacuzzi website.

Tel: (01782) 717175

A growing trend towards dramatic and decorative stonework has opened a new colour palette for traditionally pale bathrooms.

Embrace the look with Limestone Gallery’s Golden Black marble, part of a wide portfolio of exotic stones offered by this luxury stonework supplier:

• The vanity top in Golden Black marble (in our picture) is part of a complete refurbishment of a former Ambassadors residence in South West London, where Limestone Gallery supplied and installed 5 luxury bathrooms in a range of stones.

• This stone is available in tiles, slabs and blocks for all types of stonework.

• Applications: Interior and exterior.

• Exterior use is assessed on a project by project basis.

• Golden Black marble is priced from £450.00 per sq metre plus VAT cut to size.

Colourful and exotic stones such as onyx and marble are very much in vogue.
There is plenty of scope with these exciting materials to either create a focus, such as a vanity top, or a major feature such as book matched walls or even a solid carved bathtub.

Limestone Gallery specializes in the manufacture and installation of bespoke stonework in limestone, marble, granite and onyx. Each stone is carefully sourced and monitored to ensure a consistent high quality that will fulfil their clients’ expectations.

Visit the Limestone Gallery’s website to view the stunning projects gallery.

Tel: (020) 7735 8555

BC Designs has launched a beautiful new bath called Paradise.

Inspired by nature, its ornate design has a striking textured leaf pattern and flowing curves that add to its soft and delicate look:

• The oval shape creates the perfect space to comfortably relax in.

• The Paradise is made from Cian® solid surfacing, which is a renewable, decorative surface material that is manufactured from an advanced blend of acrylic modified polyester resin and mineral fillers.

• This means the beauty of the bath will not fade as it is stain and scratch resistant, non-porous and able to withstand long-term daily use.

• The bath measures L1960mm x W965mm x H560 and costs around £4,290.

Barrie Cutchie, established BC Designs over ten years ago, specialising in baths and bathroom lighting products. Barrie has a passion for design and bases many of his products on period originals.

BC Designs retails its products nationwide via independent bathroom merchants.

Visit the BC Designs website to view more beautifully stylish bathtubs.

Tel: (01206) 827 100

The elegant ‘Oval 2′ freestanding bath, new from Aston Matthews, measures a generous 1800 mm by 1000 mm.

The bath has a pleasing elliptical shape with gently sloping ends making it an extremely comfortable design in which to lie back and relax.

Unlike the many acrylic baths on the market, Oval is manufactured from durable steel with a high quality, scratch resistant enamel finish that retains its glossy good looks and feels smooth to the touch.

It is a one piece, seamless construction with no unsightly joints.

The bath is designed for use with a floor spout and is priced at £3,499.

Aston Matthews advises - Designing your perfect bathroom - start with the bath:

• The best place to start is with the bath as this is the largest item you will have to accommodate.

• Steel baths are a durable option for the modern bathroom and are available as either single or double-ended designs.

• For added luxury there’s the option of a soaking tub or super deep bath, and many steel baths can be fitted with whirlpool jets.

• If you want to make more of a design statement, and space permits, a free-standing cast iron bath, which dominates the centre of the room, is an idea.

Visit the Aston Matthews website for further information.

Tel: 020 7226 7220

BC Designs has a great range of IP rated bathroom lighting, which has been designed with safety in mind.

Offering solutions for use in every zone of the bathroom, BC Designs’ lighting range fuses the latest technology with high quality materials, to create durable and fun products:

The GL040 RGB Colour Change Light is IP68 rated, which is the ultimate in watertight fittings.

• The red, green and blue colour changing light can be completely submersed and is suitable for use in showers, saunas and steam rooms.

• It measures Diameter 75mm x L43mm and costs £115 for the light (NB Must be used with an RGB Box and controller).

The FireLED downlight has a life expectancy of over 50,000 hours. The LED light consumes around 15% of the energy used by halogen lamps, yet it is brighter.

• The FireLED comes with a 7 year guarantee and requires zero maintenance. It has been given a 90 minute fire rating due to its unique optimum cooling design which ensures it does not overheat and will stay safe.

• It is available in an IP65 Showerproof rating and an IP44 Splashproof Rating, depending on where it is needed.

• Measures Diameter 91mm. x H109mm. Priced from £127.

For more information and lighting inspiration visit the BC Designs website.

Inspired by period pieces and traditional manufacturing techniques, Drummonds’ classic bathroom products can take centre stage in our ever-larger bathrooms.

Splendid in their sheer scale, sumptuous materials and solid construction, they revel in the luxury of space.

A former bedroom in a Georgian townhouse has been converted into a vast en-suite for the master bedroom:

• Emphasising the space, a cool colour palette forms the perfect backdrop for Drummonds’ magnificent freestanding Spittal shower, (Pictured here), which the owner describes as a “work of art” in its own right and “far too beautiful to be stuck in a corner”:

• A complete glass-enclosed shower unit, which can stand magnificently in the middle of your bathroom, or even in your bedroom.

• The Spittal shower has a classic 8” shower head, and water jets built into the frame, providing you with a blissful all-over drenching.

• Another work of art is positioned by the window. The Torridge Chariot Boat bath is made in cast iron, with a dry-fritt enamelled interior and hand polished and lacquered exterior.

• Each Drummonds’ bath is manufactured individually, taking up to four weeks to complete.

• On the other side of the room stands an imposing double vanity basin, with beautiful white Arabascato marble top and upstand.

• A Drummonds heated towel rail in nickel finish, matches the precision-cast brassware and fittings used throughout the bathroom.

Flooded with natural light and gleaming with reflective surfaces, this bathroom is a living space in its own right.

Spittal Shower: £12,950.

Torridge Bath from £2,825.

Heated towel rail from £1,685.

Double vanity basin from £5,175.
(all prices exclude vat)

Visit the Drummonds website to view all of the above and much more.

Drummonds: 78 Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4HN.

Tel: (020) 7376 4499

Frontline, a leading UK bathroom supplier and distributor, has launched a brilliant new website for 2010.

It is extremely easy to navigate, enabling customers to browse over 6000 classic and contemporary products, from Frontline’s ever expanding bathroom range.

With the inbuilt Digi-Page functionality users can browse the virtual catalogue, clicking on each page to “turn over”.

The new website categorises all collections and ranges clearly on the Home page.

Users can also select ‘Latest Products & Special Offers’, to find out about Frontline’s newest additions and fantastic deals; information about its ‘Lifetime Guarantee’; and ‘Frontline News & PR’, with a downloadable newsletter.

Frontline’s Marketing Director, Michael Sammon, says, “Whether our customers are looking for contemporary-chic or classic elegance, with no expense spared, or working within specified budgets, we know we offer the perfect one-stop bathroom solution.”

The Frontline professionals pride themselves on customer service and delivery, to ensure the bath time experience is positive from “online to bath time!”

All products are featured in the new (biggest ever) Frontline catalogue, The Complete Bathroom.

The catalogue can be ordered online via the ‘Click here’ button.

Check the new Frontline website for your nearest stockist.

Tel: (0845) 470 2427.

BC Designs has introduced two new baths into their Thinn range.

The Kurvstone and Tassestone baths are made from a new material called Cianstone, which produces the look of natural stone and has the durability of a Cian solid surface bath.

Cian is a renewable, decorative surface material, which is created using an advanced blend of acrylic modified polyester resin and mineral fillers.

• The use of Cianstone means that the new baths are repairable and have excellent water temperature retaining properties.

• Created using the latest casting technology, the baths have a solid colour throughout.

• They are 20-25mm thick and provide a maximum amount of internal bathing area due to the stylish, rimless design.

The Tassestone bath in our picture, measures: L1770mm x H555mm x W880mm and is priced at £3,324.

The Kurvstone, a larger model, measures L1890 x H560mm x W900mm and priced at £3,445.

Visit the BC Designs website  for more information on the new Cianstone baths.

Tel: (01206) 827 100

Bringing elements of nature into the bathroom, award winning interiors company, Taylor’s Etc, has introduced the ‘Geo’ bath to its expansive and luxurious product portfolio.

Manufactured from Teak and made by hand, the ‘Geo’ bath uses one of nature’s finest materials, to produce a classic design that also boasts an en-vogue, contemporary edge.

A beautifully rich timber, Teak benefits from a natural oily surface, which makes it both watertight and antiseptic. While the ‘Geo’ bathtub glows beautifully from within, it is also warm to the touch and great for insulating heat.

Inspired by Japanese ofuro’s, traditionally used to warm the body and relax tired muscles and nerves, ‘Geo’ is the perfect place for users to unwind in, following a stressful day at work.

Highly versatile, ‘Geo’ baths come in standard and deep versions, retailing from £5,000 including VAT.

The single ‘Geo’ bath measures 165 x 70 x 54cm and the double model measures 175 x 85 x54cm; both are supplied with a complementary backrest.

Whether you are looking for a Minimal Italian bathroom, a Travertine clad Mediterranean style en-suite, or an Iconic Phillippe Starck cloakroom, Taylor’s Etc have a bathroom range to fit your requirements.

For further information visit the Taylor’s Etc. website.
Tel: 01920 487867