Eight interiors with colourful tapware that puts the fun in functional
Metallic finishes tend to dominate kitchen and bathroom fittings, but this lookbook rounds up tapware picked out in vivid pop colours.
Taps and faucets are an oft-overlooked detail in interiors, despite them being an essential functional element of bathrooms and kitchens.
Rather than being an afterthought, the following taps, spouts, controls and faucets act as focal points that draw the eye.
Read on for examples of interiors featuring red, orange, pink, green, yellow and blue tapware.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring boat interiors, statement sofas and tattoo parlours.
Trellick Tower renovation, UK, by Archmongers
Neutral tones abound in London studio Archmongers' renovation of this duplex in the famed brutalist Trellick Tower in all spaces but one: the bathroom.
Here, red tapware at the sink and acid yellow shower controls stand out against brown terrazzo, plain white tile and dusky brown grout.
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Fohlenweg, Germany, by O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects
A lime green tap springs from the floor behind the bathtub in this wood-panelled bedroom within a house in Berlin developed by UK-based studio O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects.
The studio also added flashes of green in the kitchen, in the form of painted floor-to-ceiling cupboards and a striking green-marble countertop.
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Louisville Road house, UK, by 2LG Studio
Calming pinks, purples and blues are found throughout the interiors of this house in south London by local practice 2LG Studio.
Light blue was appropriately selected for an en-suite bathroom, where the colour extends from the tiled floor to the wall-mounted knobs and handheld shower hose.
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Cloud House, USA, by Solk Architecture
A bright red mixer tap provides a striking focal point in the otherwise naturally-finished kitchen of this upstate New York house.
This differs from the white walls, warm-toned oak cabinetry and slate grey appliances found elsewhere in the space.
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Light pink taps and controls complement the pale pink tiles and surfaces in this bathroom, which architecture studio DeDraft made comparatively rosy compared to the rest of the house.
AYN3 is located on historic parkland in Oxfordshire, but differs from its 17th-century neighbours in its concrete-and-Cotswold stone construction.
House of Three Patios, Spain, by Twobo Arquitectura
A yellow-tiled volume is crowned with a flush-mounted ceramic sink and matching mixer tap in this cohesive outdoor kitchen.
Local studio Twobo Arquitectura chose yellow to zone this area through the use of block-colour, contrasting it against the blue-tiled chimney beside it.
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Bright orange handles on the bath taps and shower wand blend seamlessly into the funhouse-informed interior scheme of this holiday home on Australia's New South Wales coast.
Interior design studio YSG made the six-bedroom house highly visually stimulating through the use of patterned wallpaper, which also forms a backdrop for the chunky bathtub.
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A Place in the Country, UK, by Studio Ben Allen
Paired with a graphic yellow clawfoot bathtub, a minimal red spout sprouts from the white tiled floor of this bathroom.
The chunky tap matches the shower head above, as well as the pops of red found throughout the interiors of this former farmhouse converted by London practice Studio Ben Allen.
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This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring boat interiors, statement sofas and tattoo parlours.