Japanese bathing ritual by Bill Simone

As successful furniture shop in Cambodia construction materials informed, inspired by the richness in Japanese culture after having worked there for quite some time, homeowner of the featured bathroom asked designer Bill Simone to adopt the traditional bathing ritual that the so-called Japanese appreciates.

"Not surprisingly, the new bathroom has a distinct Japanese influence, while also being much more modern," Simone says. "We shipped a true soaking tub from Japan to create an authentic wet room. The entire bathroom was designed to get wet – the walls, floor, tub."

Natural, textural features in the countrified earth slate walls and golden green honed slate flooring were input in the designed. Simone introduced a Japanese aesthetics of woodwork incorporated in the renovation as well.