All built and tiled by Colin Barber
All built and tiled by Colin Barber
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Location
Canterbury
Year of completion
2020
Project cost
$0 - $0.25m

This little jewel of a powder-room was previously an unremarkable, functional 'grey' WC; a cold space both aesthically and literally. 

The work to change it included floor insultation and a WarmUp under-tile heater for the marble floor, a Geberit under-counter cistern to give a cleaner look to the room plus form the shelf, and the commission from New Zealand's handmade tile maker Middle Earth, of the subway tiles - in 'Sterling Moss' green. Decorations, colour scheme and Zoffany blind by Fiona Fletcher, our in-house interiors consultant. 

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Finished powder-room 'The Green Room' as named by the client
Finished powder-room 'The Green Room' as named by the client
Same room - the before shot
Same room - the before shot
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A touch of luxury in the 'smallest room'
A touch of luxury in the 'smallest room'
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Colin is a specialist tiler of great experience. He hs been trading as Colin Barber Tiling Co since 1988 in London UK, and now based in Christchurch NZ.

As well as consistently in work for a wide variety of clients and projects, Colin has worked as tiler/contractor on many architectural projects and high value residential works, notable among them restoration work at Buckingham Palace and master bathrooms for Sting, Kate Moss, Ozzy Osbourne, Michael Bloomberg and Simon Cowell. 

He was the tile contractor for TileMile project in Clerkenwell Design Week which won a London Design Week Gold award in 2014.

He has been in demand for his quality of work with tiles for 3 + decades - using every type of tile material and format - especially in mosaics. 

He has been a member of the UK Tile Association [TTA] since 2000, and is designated a 'master tiler' 

He has done international work for clients in Paris, St. Tropez, Marbella, The Highlands of Scotland, New York, and now New Zealand.

 In moving to New Zealand in 2019 with his Christchurch born wife - the photographer Fiona Fletcher, he brings with him 30 plus years of  tiling experience as tiler and contractor, much of it on first-class projects.

Projects large and small. Likewise tiles - v small to large !

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