DESIGN vs REALITY
From Concept To Completion
Every Forazzi bathroom begins as a considered drawing a careful study of light, layout, material and proportion. Slide between the original 3D visual and the finished installation to see exactly what our design service delivers.
EXPLORE THREE RECENT PROJECT
WHY THIS MATTERS
The visual you see is the bathroom you receive.
We deliberately recreate every 3D render to match the exact angle and perspective our photographer will eventually shoot from. The result is something rare in our trade: a true side-by-side between what was promised at design stage and what was built.
Below are three recent projects, each with the full design story the brief, the constraints, the choices, and the outcome.
GLENEAGLES COURT
THE BRIEF
A calm retreat for a growing family
Our clients, a young family with two children, asked for a bathroom that would feel adult and serene, but stand up to daily use by everyone in the household. Storage, durability and quiet luxury were the priorities. They had been inspired by a hotel stay in Copenhagen and wanted to bring some of that feeling home.
DESIGN CHALLENGES
A narrow footprint with sloping ceilings
The original room ran long and narrow, with an awkward soil stack boxed into one corner and an Edwardian sash window that flooded the space with light but limited where we could place tall units. Our brief was to keep the freestanding bath, which meant rerouting hot and cold feeds through a structural wall.
LAYOUT & CONSIDERATIONS
Lengthening the line of sight
We aligned the basin, WC and bath along one wall to keep the opposite side completely open. A full-height mirror behind the basin doubles the natural light from the window, and a recessed shelf in the shower replaces all visible storage. Underfloor heating freed up the wall plane entirely.
MATERIALS & PRODUCTS
Softened minerals, warm metals
Bottega Caliza wall tile
PORCELANOSA
Terrazzo Bianco floor
PORCELANOSA
Brushed brass mixer suite
CROSSWATER
Brushed brass mixer suite
SCOPE BATHROOMS
MONTAGUE STREET
THE BRIEF
A full wetroom in a tenement flat
The owners wanted to remove the existing bath entirely and convert the room into an open wetroom — a bold choice in a traditional Glasgow tenement. They wanted hotel-grade waterproofing they could trust beneath them, and a finish that would feel modern but still respect the building's character.
DESIGN CHALLENGES
Falls, drainage and a timber subfloor
Tenement floors are timber, joisted, and almost never level. Achieving the required fall to a linear drain while keeping the threshold flush with the hallway required us to strip back to the joists, install a custom-fabricated tray former, and tank the entire room. We also had to discreetly box in a heritage water main.
LAYOUT & CONSIDERATIONS
One material, one plane
We took the wall tile down onto the floor and out under the basin to create a single continuous plane — visually doubling the room's apparent size. The walk-in shower is defined only by a single panel of low-iron glass, so nothing interrupts the eye. Niches were planned during first-fix to keep all storage recessed.
MATERIALS & PRODUCTS
Quiet stone, considered hardware
Mystone Travertino
PORCELANOSA
Wall-hung WC suite
PORCELANOSA
Concealed thermostatic valve
CROSSWATER
Linear shower channel
SCOPE BATHROOMS
KIRKLEE GARDENS
THE BRIEF
An ensuite that earns its keep
A new-build principal suite where the existing ensuite felt cramped and uninspired. The owners wanted the room to feel like an extension of the bedroom restful, generous, and tonally consistent rather than a utilitarian afterthought tucked behind a door.
DESIGN CHALLENGES
Borrowed light, low ceilings
The room had only one small high-level window and a slightly compressed ceiling height following an upstairs extension. Without careful planning, the space would have read as dark and tight. Every lighting and finish choice had to work harder than usual.
LAYOUT & CONSIDERATIONS
Light as a building material
We layered three lighting circuits a backlit mirror, an LED strip washing the ceiling, and warm floor-level accent lighting and specified pale, reflective finishes throughout. A double vanity with integrated under-counter lighting visually lifts the floor plane and adds depth to the room at night.
MATERIALS & PRODUCTS
Pale, polished, precise
Calacatta porcelain
PORCELANOSA
Bespoke twin vanity
PORCELANOSA
Backlit LED mirror
CROSSWATER
Polished chrome brassware
SCOPE BATHROOMS