Time to get rough and ready in the bathroom with unexpected salvage

Kya deLongchamps says although domestic ‘rough luxury’ is on trend for 2017 it pays to be aware that this is designer dereliction and not real ruination.

I’VE said it before, but we are braver design animals in the bathroom than anywhere else in the house.

With domestic ‘rough luxury’ determined as on trend for 2017 (decadent sophistication set against the conceit of ragged, aged walls and floors), there’s a rising tide of interest in the inclusion of raw, naturally distressed and repurposed materials in contemporary bathroom design.