Here Margret explains why she loves white so much and shows how she is using it as a background to design her beautiful bathroom. And you will see that in this example, white is far from being boring and cold!
It is not an overstatement to say that the summer here in Iceland has barely arrived! As I am sitting here in the north of Iceland and looking out of my window at the mountaintops covered with snow and ash on top of that, I begin to wonder about the colour white.
White is not technically a colour it is neutral but I will call it a colour here for ease of use.
I have always loved white rooms and thought of them as a symbol for holiness, purity, tranquility and balance and of course white is a sign of peace.
Here in Iceland we use white a lot indoors. It is very common to have both walls and ceiling white. It seems that we Icelanders are afraid of using many colours.
White can be very refreshing and cool in hot environments. Well, here we are not in need for more cool and fresh!
I think that our love for white comes from the fact that in the wintertime it can be dark for up to 20 hours a day so it is all about getting more light.
In my house I have white walls, ceiling and floors in the living room so everything else floats in a white space. White has the power to lighten up any structure so the white becomes like white canvas for every other object in the room to shine!
Everything goes with white and there is nothing more relaxing than a white room.
White reflects all light and makes spaces appear larger and that´s why I chose white tiles for a bathroom that I am going to show you. The brief was to have the room spacious, warm and with a spa feeling.
White can be very refreshing and cool in hot environments. Well, here we are not in need for more cool and fresh!
I think that our love for white comes from the fact that in the wintertime it can be dark for up to 20 hours a day so it is all about getting more light.
In my house I have white walls, ceiling and floors in the living room so everything else floats in a white space. White has the power to lighten up any structure so the white becomes like white canvas for every other object in the room to shine!
Everything goes with white and there is nothing more relaxing than a white room.
White reflects all light and makes spaces appear larger and that´s why I chose white tiles for a bathroom that I am going to show you. The brief was to have the room spacious, warm and with a spa feeling.
I decided to take one wall down and join two rooms into one big bathroom.
To make the room seem even bigger I decided to have the shower and bath combined and open. There is good ventilation in the room and it has two big windows.
The shower is laid with bricks and white glass mosaic-tiles. Walls are painted with lime-paint. There are brown tiles on the floormade from quartz and they also cover one big wall to make a warm feeling in the room and as contrast to the white glass tiles.
Ethanol mini-fireplace to bring into the room the feeling of a spa.
Table and mirror are from solid teak wood.
The cabinet is from solid teak-wood and inside are Italian crochet baskets.ab
Margret Thorarensen
To make the room seem even bigger I decided to have the shower and bath combined and open. There is good ventilation in the room and it has two big windows.
The shower is laid with bricks and white glass mosaic-tiles. Walls are painted with lime-paint. There are brown tiles on the floormade from quartz and they also cover one big wall to make a warm feeling in the room and as contrast to the white glass tiles.
Ethanol mini-fireplace to bring into the room the feeling of a spa.
Table and mirror are from solid teak wood.
The sink and the WC have soft lines to match the shower/bath.
White glass mosaic tiles on the wall.
The cabinet is from solid teak-wood and inside are Italian crochet baskets.ab
Margret Thorarensen
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