“Eye-catching baths in marble, copper and gold are not just for soaking. They are for showing off”, says Katrina Burroughs.
“When you have pretty much everything you could want in a home – from a cinema room and sauna to a walk-in pantry and his-and-hers wardrobes – one little extra that will make a serious design splash is a bespoke bath. The options for creating what is essentially a giant human-washing bowl are surprisingly varied. In some opulent projects, couples commission a bath each as separate sanctuaries. Others might install a megatub for sharing. But when it comes to the details, these can be as individual as the bathers’ tastes. Some might be simple egg-shaped baths, other sculptural spaces that can reflect a predilection for outré materials and eccentric design not indulged in public areas at home. How eccentric? Well, meet the surrealist bath. Splinterworks, the studio known for its gleaming metal pool slides, has created a collection of “hammock” baths that appear to defy gravity.
After an outing at Glastonbury Festival two years ago, its King Hamaca is swinging its way into luxury homes across the globe. For a residential penthouse above the Tampa Edition hotel in Florida, Splinterworks engineered a hammock bath in marine-grade mirror-polished stainless steel that appears to levitate in front a window with views across the bay. (No wizardry was involved, sadly – there is a support system in the vertical mullion window frame.)
A King Hamaca large enough for two costs from £40,650.”
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