b'bathroomexoticinspirationUsing the image of a lacquered Chinese box, architect and homeowner have created a pair of rich and unusual bathrooms. T he ordinary bathroom brief to an architect usually has a list of sensible things like the number of basins and lights, and a nice safe colour scheme of crisp white. But homeowner Sarah does not do ordinary. For the pair of bathrooms in the renovation of her 1970s townhouse, she gave architect Lloyd Macomber three words: Chinese lacquer box.Lloyd,directorofSalmondReedArchitects,hasworkedon enough projects with Sarah during the past 10 years to know exactly what she meant. The pair complete each others sentences, neither has the words neutral or resale value in their mindset, and bothlove colour. 72'