Lifestyle Ceramics: 3 Must Haves For A Luxury Home Makeover

Lifestyle Ceramics combines decades of experience with innovation and passion in order to help you realise your dream interior with luxury tiles that reflect your personality and style.

What elements do you need to create the ultimate in luxury spaces at home? Here are three must-haves you should consider in your next home makeover!

#1: Large Format Slabs

Large-format tiles on the floor or walls can help to create the illusion of space and seamlessness, even in a smaller room. A tiny powder room, for example, will instantly get an upgrade when you choose an exclusive large format slab as the statement finish in this space.

The trend to incorporate large format tiles and slabs in the bathroom also means that the room can transform into something mesmerising and beautiful. The bathroom becomes more than just a functional space for cleansing and hygienic purposes. It becomes a luxury retreat where you will want to spend all of your time.

Many designers are thus opting for larger format slabs that evoke a feeling of luxury and exclusivity. In fact, many are fast falling in love with the idea of using large porcelain slabs for a variety of applications, from flooring and walls to countertops, and much more. The larger slabs draw the eye in and create a beautiful streamlined and balanced look that is simply captivating.

#2: Eco-friendly water solutions

We are all about sustainable living and we love seeing luxury homes incoporating some of the very basics to save on this valuable resource.

Despite most of us knowing that we live in a water-scarce country, the drought in the Western Cape a few years ago really highlighted how precious water is and how much we take it for granted.

When thinking of reducing water consumption most people immediately think of watering their gardens less or reducing evaporation from pools, however simple daily tasks such as washing dishes, flushing the toilet and showering use a lot of water.

Did you know that a dual flush cistern uses 3 litres for a half-flush and 6 litres for a full flush, whilst older single flush cisterns use nine to 11 litres per flush? Filling the sink to wash dishes uses between 15 and 18 litres and a top loader washing machine uses 120-150 litres on a normal cycle.

However as one of Lifestyle Ceramics core areas of business is creating beautiful bathrooms and kitchens with the finest finishes, they are mainly concerned with finding fittings for these areas that will help save water.

The team at Lifestyle Ceramics are always looking for products that are beautiful and smart and Hansgrohe’s EcoSmart technology ticks both boxes.

Hansgrohe showers and taps are equipped with EcoSmart technology that consumes up to 60% less water than conventional products. Moreover, they also lower hot water consumption reduces the energy requirement.

Using the EcoSmart fittings reduces water consumption to 9 l/min on overhead and hand showers and taps only use five litres of water per minute as standard.

#3: Sweet Sophistication in a Bathroom Basin

With basins, you may not realise it at first, but when you think about it, it becomes apparent just how many times you use the bathroom basin each day. The basin is an integral and necessary element of the bathroom, so why not choose an exceptional one?

At Lifestyle Ceramics, the focus is on providing the South African public with high-quality basins that are chosen based on their functionality and overall appeal. An expert team of buyers at Lifestyle Ceramics do sufficient research into luxury international brands and trends. This is to ensure that they are always bringing you the very best quality and the latest trends. Currently, their range of basins come from brands such as Villeroy & Boch, Victoria & Albert, Kohler and Glass Design Italy.

With so many gorgeous basins to choose from, it can be tough picking the right one. Why not speak to a design expert that can assist you in making the perfect choice for your bathroom design project?

One of our favourites at the moment is the beautiful Scenic Ramada basin. A symbiotic relationship between classical engraving and design innovation has created a basin that is luxurious, tantalising and magnificent. This is Scenic Ramada, the new glass design ‘jewel’, infused with a sense of drama and characterised by that purity inherent in its material and craftsmanship.

Fashioned from 24% lead-crystal in an exclusive Ruby Red, Scenic Ramada features a bevelled edge with diamond cuts, strategically placed to conjure up a captivating interplay of light and reflection.

Crystal tap handles are also available in matching ruby red.