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Bathroom Laundry Renovation

Often renovation projects extend beyond one room to a combination project. Tackling your renovation as a combination project has benefits, which we discuss on this page. In this particular job we renovated a combination bathroom & laundry which is a common undertaking for our team. This project achieved great results for our clients, who can now enjoy their amazing new bathroom and fabulous new laundry! Talk to our team about your bathroom renovation – we’re looking forward to hearing from you.

Project Highlights

In this bathroom and laundry renovation, highlights include the custom vanity, custom cabinetry, and LED lighting that transforms the room into something exceptional.

Benefits of Combination Renovations

There are two main benefits to tackling your renovations as combination projects. Firstly, you’re getting everything done in one go. Bathroom renovation can be intrusive, and successful planning means minimising how long the team needs to be on site for. Also, it’s more efficient to tackle two (or more) rooms at the same time, because the work can be streamlined much better than taking the work on separately.

Square tile insert strip drain — Tile Insert Strip Drain

Asymmetrical Shower Renovation

Symmetry – Not Always The Best Option.

In interior design, symmetry always appears as a safe option – the thinking is that if everything is the same, then less things can go wrong! However, bringing some asymmetrical thinking into the design approach can yield great results, especially in bathroom renovations.

This renovation project, undertaken on the Gold Coast by Armrock Constructions, includes an asymmetrical shower solution – unlike the conventional square or rectangular shapes usually described by showers, this one uses the shape of an irregular polygon.

Although this is a matter of necessity in the case of this renovation, it’s interesting to see the value that it adds to the bathroom and also to the argument of increasing asymmetrical aspects in general.

Demolition

Every renovation starts with demolition. By removing the old fixtures and fittings, new possibilities are quickly realised. In the ‘before’ pictures for this renovation, you can see how the previous vanity featured a long shelf going past the toilet. We’ve opted to remove this feature and open up the space around the toilet and within the room for our finished result.

Square Block Rain Shower

You can tell this shower is going to be a hard one to leave! This type of solution looks great and functions well too. Within this Gold Coast shower space, there is plenty of room to move. Finally there is a neat glass and silver rack for accessories such as soap and shampoo.

Custom Stylish Vanity

When you work with Armrock Constructions you will find we’ve got amazing options in custom-made vanities. This example features gloss-white exterior, stylish silver handles, stone-style laminate top, and a partially raised basin. It’s an opulent effect which chooses not to be understated.

Unlimited Bathroom Renovation

In this “Unlimited Bathroom Renovation” we have maximised space and created a distinct modern style. Armrock bathrooms are designed for Gold Coast living, and this one is no exception.

A truly spacious bathroom must not only have space but also flow. In this renovation, the sense of flow creates an effect that is unbound by the constraints of the floor, walls and ceiling.

Before the Renovation

Before the renovation commenced, the vanity, steps and bathtub took up a whole lengthwise side of the bathroom. It was a cluttered collection of fixtures and fittings that in conjunction with the old tiling and uniform colour scheme created a highly dense visual tangle. For this Gold Coast bathroom, it was time for an upgrade!

The old bathroom was:

Cluttered
Tired
Not optimising space

Armrock Renovators Go To Work

A standout element in this finished renovation is the custom-made Armrock vanity. We’re achieving extraordinary results working with modern laminate solutions. You can learn more about our custom vanities here.

Something interesting to point out about this design is the proximity of the colour tone between the floor and the front of the vanity. This gives the impression of the vanity rising up, and accentuates the benchtop, basins, tapware and broad mirror through contrast.

Showers create a large visual footprint because they occupy significant vertical space. This semi-frameless option diminishes this visual strength and allows the shower to blend into the room better. Because the tiling and walls of the shower consistent with the rest of the bathroom, it seems almost as if this shower is not there at all!

There’s more information our shower solutions here.

Having removed the bath from this room, the cistern is no longer squeezed into a corner as an afterthought. It’s still in the same position, so no plumbing relocation was required.

The solution for this renovation included a double tile insert drain – a square drain for the main bathroom and a horizontal drain for the shower. This solution gives the drains a minimal visual footprint.

Interested in bathroom drains? More info here: Bathroom drains.

5 Star Bathroom Renovation

There’s nothing like the feeling of walking into your own bathroom and feeling like you’re in a 5-Star resort. In this recent Gold Coast Renovation, the team from Armrock Constructions worked with our clients to create a striking, innovative and intensely modern bathroom experience. We’re proud of the results we’ve achieved. Read on to learn more about this renovation.

Subtle Entry Details

As soon as you step in the doorway of this bathroom, you know you’re into something special. The deep blue-greys in the door bounce off the warm timber frame for a positive transition into this expansive bathroom.

Take a look at the colour palette from the entrance. These darker tones create a backdrop against which white features such as the cistern and bathtub generate an emphatic visual appearance.

Cube Vanity Solution

This innovative vanity breaks away from pre-conceived vanity ideas to create a cube-like feature for the basin. It’s dead simple and it’s always going to be nice and tidy – no collection of clutter for this vanity! With its central location, it also serves to divide the room between the cistern and bathtub.

Sometimes in renovations, decisions are made for you – utilising this position for the vanity, you can see how the width is constrained by the presence of the windows on each side. We’ve turned this into a strength here by condensing the vanity for an emphatic statement.

If you’re interested in vanities, talk to our team about a custom vanity to suit your project. Learn more about custom vanities here.

In this image, you can see how the cistern, basin and bathtub are linked together by their white colour. This elevates the room and accentuates these features against the darker tones of the walls and floor. Because the bathroom has got two tall, louvred windows, a fabulous relationship occurs in which the eye is drawn up towards the twin towers of light!

Free Standing Bathtub

This free-standing bathtub enjoys the benefit of natural light from the louvres directly behind. It joins with the open shower to create a wet area and designated bathing zone on this end of the bathroom.

5 Star Shower

Rounding out this fantastic bathroom is the frameless shower. Featuring a large rainfall showerhead & handheld combo, it’s simple and elegant. The oversized wall tiles to all the talking here. This shower solution is functional, looks fantastic, and finishes off this 5-star bathroom renovation.

Black and White Bathroom Renovation

Black and white is a great colour combination to work with. It’s both classical and modern, making it easily applicable to a variety of styles. In this Gold Coast bathroom renovation project, Armrock Constructions achieved a sharp result. This article discusses the project and the different ways you can work with black and white to make your renovation a success.

Natural Light Amplification

Before we get started on the details, let’s just mention upfront how much this bathroom benefits from natural light. Always take into account natural light when planning your renovation. Showering, bathing and using the bathroom during daylight hours is an experience amplified by this enhancement.

Design Tip: Natural Light

Always consider how you can utilise natural lighting in your bathroom renovation. It creates a pleasant experience when using the room. Don’t forget privacy considerations!

Black Accessories

Black accessories such as door handles, tapware and shower-heads is certainly a safe bet. This bathroom uses the classical black / white colour palette, in which accessories stand out and look ultra-sharp by virtue of their high-contrast relationship (in colour and texture too – matt vs gloss).

Continuation of Line and Bridging

Any bathroom renovation includes a number of important choices. This bathroom has an interesting challenge which is the disposition of the windows, in conjunction with the variations in elevation in the ceiling. As you can see below, the location of the vanity and its mirror allow a continuation of the window effect for an expansive aesthetic in the bathroom, which helps to bridge the spaces between the low and high ceiling, diminishing the impact of this difference.

Black and White Vanity Solution

This is a simple but lovely vanity. Simplicity is always a virtue in interior design, but there’s more happening here than immediately meets the eye. Whilst the vanity retains its sharp edges, the mounted basin provides a rounded impression, offsetting sharper edges and also proving kind on the wrists and arms when washing hands. Meanwhile, simple black handles, plug and tapware keep the black/white theme going and hold together this deceptively simple vanity.

Modern Semi-Frameless Shower

This is a fabulous photo and highlights the large square floor-tiles used in this bathroom. The semi-frameless shower is a fine option for minimal design, and allows focus to remain on specific items of deliberate interest.

White Tile and Timber Style

This Gold Coast bathroom renovation evokes a classic style with all the modern mod-cons. It’s a great example of the work achieved by Armrock Constructions. Our renovations make a difference – if you’re on the Gold Coast, contact our team today for a free measure and quote. Read on to learn more about how we made this project a success.

Design Tip: Contrast

This bathroom creates a strong contrast between the white tiles, the dark grout-lines and the black tapware. Black and white combinations are classical and timeless. With white as the dominant colour, the design can easily be adapted to a variety of applications. The addition of a natural component (benchtop) softens the design and makes it more accessible.

Checked Success Niche

A popular option with our Gold Coast clients is the incorporation of tiled niches into showers or walls. This approach is fast becoming a signature inclusion for many of our bathroom projects.

You can see some further examples of these types of niches in our section on tiled bathroom niches.

Tapware

In this renovation, the tapware, door handles and accessories are in matching matt-black. Currently, this type of approach is popular and is an easy resolution towards an integrated bathroom style. We’re often doing black (matt or gloss) or silver highlights in this way.

Design Tip: Repetition

Repeating the black tapware and fixtures in this bathroom provides a visual footprint that guides the eye through the room for continuity and to help organise the elements visually. By repeating elements in your bathroom renovation design, it creates a sense of visual expectation as the eye travels around the room.

Checked Success Shower

This shower incorporates a black framed solution to match other bathroom accessories. It’s all about those fabulous subway tiles here, showcased through the glass for a shower that’s simple yet appealing. This bathroom colour palette uses classical black and white to strong effect, but this strong palette is softened with the organic timber tones. It’s a winner!

Custom Armrock Vanity

Armrock Constructions specialises in custom vanities. You can learn more about custom vanities for your bathroom here. This vanity is a standout component of this renovation. It includes a timber-look laminate top which brings visual interest and an organic element into the design.

The gloss-white finish features matt-black fittings and tapware which link the unit to other parts of the room, and a purposeful rectangular mirror to compliment the lines in the room.