Potts Point Bathrooms By Shantala Mack Interiors
In a heritage Potts Point apartment, Brodware tapware anchors a pair of mother–daughter bathrooms reworked by Shantala Mack Interiors—honouring curves and timber while elevating function.
Photos SIMON WHITBREAD
Roma Bronze tapware from Brodware’s Manhattan Collection brings just the right amount of warmth—pairing seamlessly with the rich timber detailing of the apartment’s heritage windows and door frames.
‘The bronze hardware from Brodware was the perfect addition, as it helped tie in the rich wooden tones in the window sills and the doors to both bathrooms,’ says Shantala Mack.
‘The briefs were polar opposite, the daughter wanted anything but colour, and the mother wanted a statement wallpaper.’
Brodware’s Manhattan Collection refines a classical silhouette into something modern yet measured, with streamlined lines softened by smooth, considered curves.
“The home is very opulent with striking art, bold silk curtains, and a metallic wallpaper to the powder room—we wanted to extend this character and presence into the bathrooms as well.”
‘We wanted the bathrooms to have a sense of whimsical charm.’
Brodware’s Manhattan in Roma Bronze PVD sets the tone across both rooms.
Murano chandeliers lend a measured note of old-world charm, in step with the home’s character.
‘The design of the Manhattan Collection felt like the perfect pairing for the project, it has a lovely curved edge to the handles that feel wonderful in your hand, and style feels modern yet elegant.’
Set in a heritage apartment building in Sydney’s Potts Point, two bathrooms for a mother and daughter have been reworked with measured clarity—balancing opulence and restraint, with tapware from Brodware acting as a unifying anchor across both spaces.
Led by Shantala Mack Interiors, the bathrooms read as a study in threading contemporary ease through heritage fabric: curved walls and original timber sills are honoured; proportion is clarified and materials do the narrative heavy lifting. The result is richly atmospheric yet avoids imitation, quietly tied together by a trio of touch points—Statuario marble, Murano glass, and bronze Brodware hardware, threading both spaces into one story.
‘The bathrooms were feeling rather tired, but there were gorgeous wooden detailed window sills that both had, and the main bathroom with the stunning curved wall and curved door to match, we extended the curves and added floating shelving to highlight this feature, and also create a more useful space in the corner of the bathroom that wasn’t used,’ shares Shantala.
The briefs were deliberately distinct: one for a mother drawn to pattern and colour; one for a daughter seeking calm neutrality—yet the rooms still needed to speak the same language. ‘The briefs were polar opposite, the daughter wanted anything but colour, and the mother wanted a statement wallpaper. We anchored the spaces and unified them through the marble flooring, the bronze tapware and the chandeliers that were used in both bathrooms,’ Shantala says.
Brodware provides the through-line across both bathrooms, specified in the Manhattan Collection in Roma Bronze PVD to bridge Statuario marble, tadelakt and timber.
On performance and feel, the choice is equally considered: the PVD finish holds its colour over time, and the Manhattan profile, streamlined with softly curved handles, sits comfortably in the hand while reading modern yet elegant. As Shantala adds, ‘The Roma Bronze is a gorgeous colour, and it had just the right amount of warmth in the tone to go with the rich wooden detailing in the heritage windows and the door frames. The design of the Manhattan range felt like the perfect pairing, it has a lovely curved edge to the handles that feel wonderful in your hand, and style feels modern yet elegant.’
Heritage context, modern tactility, and fixtures chosen to wear well, Potts Point Bathrooms shows how a few decisive moves, with Brodware as a through-line, can anchor two different briefs into a single, sophisticated story.
