Bathroom of the Week: A Former Burberry Designer’s Playful Family Bath, Before and After
Adding a firehose of color to her family’s Edwardian house came naturally to Natasha Lyon. Not be confused with the American actress of nearly the same name, Lyon has a fashion degree and an impressive resume as an accessories director and designer—for Burberry, Victoria Beckham, and Acne Studios, among others.
In 2019, having just left London with their two young kids for the seaside town of Margate in Kent, Lyon and her husband, John, founded their own creative studio, Appreciation Project, devoted to offering inventive dried floral bouquets and vases. Lyon used their newly invigorated home as a backdrop for their wares, and soon her interior design career was launched.
We particularly like Lyon’s family bath and shower room refresh, which began with the purchase of a vintage pink pedestal sink on Facebook Marketplace.
Photography courtesy of Appreciation Project (@appreciationprojectuk).
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Lyon paired the sink with an outsized checked floor and a diminutive backsplash: a lineup of five playfully patterned tiles that “lend a joyous statement,” as Lyon puts it. “With two small children, we spend a lot of time in the bathroom. I wanted it to be playful and to feel as welcoming as the other rooms in the house.” And as in the other rooms, there are glimpses of Lyon’s vintage colored glass collection on display (but out of reach).
