New Zealand designer Katie Lockhart first honed her skills as a stylist before starting her interior design business and founding shop Everyday Needs (where she also launched a paint line). Earlier this year, Lockhart returned her focus to interiors and has been restoring Auckland’s tired suburban homes into characterful spaces. One such project is the renovation of two bathrooms in a midcentury farmhouse on the North Shore of Auckland with green Heath Ceramics tile, handmade storage cabinets, and matte white fixtures. Here’s a look.
Photography by Neeve Woodward, courtesy of Katie Lockhart Studio.
Bathroom One
![the owners of the house are opting to slowly restore it “sympathetically 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/katie-lockhart-studio-heath-ceramics-tile-bathroom-neeve-woodward-1-733x1100.jpg)
![the tile is heath ceramics \2 by 4 inch tiles in “soapstone.” all 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/katie-lockhart-studio-heath-ceramics-tile-bathroom-neeve-woodward-4-1-733x1100.jpg)
![the faucet is the dornbracht tara single hole lavatory mixer with the dorn 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/katie-lockhart-studio-heath-ceramics-tile-bathroom-neeve-woodward-5-733x961.jpg)
![the bath’s toilet is just beyond the half wall, and the shower—al 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/katie-lockhart-studio-heath-ceramics-tile-bathroom-neeve-woodward-9-733x488.jpg)
Bathroom Two
![the second bath is a variation on the green theme and has a different layout. 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/katie-lockhart-studio-heath-ceramics-tile-bathroom-neeve-woodward-2-733x1100.jpg)
![the custom medicine cabinet in iroko wood was made with grant bailey. 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/katie-lockhart-studio-heath-ceramics-tile-bathroom-neeve-woodward-3-733x1100.jpg)
![the bath faucet is the dornbracht tara trim lavatory mixer in matte white. 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/katie-lockhart-studio-heath-ceramics-tile-bathroom-neeve-woodward-6-733x1100.jpg)
![the custom bathtub was drawn up in sketch up to work out the dimensions before 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/katie-lockhart-studio-heath-ceramics-tile-bathroom-neeve-woodward-7-733x1100.jpg)
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- Small-Space Living: An Airy Studio Apartment in a Garage
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