Toilets ...today...tomorrow

Toilets . would u believe that toilets were a big deal ,as far as human needs are concerned they are  …I don’t deny that  but we have been thru ages where we have  been comfortable behind  a convenient bush  as well .as some are even now  are in touch with the nature  in the most natural way  Let me not digress ……when your apartment is of a crore  then the toilets do gain a lot of significance …folks I am speaking from an interior designers  point of view .Now this pent house  has 6 six toilets …sorry seven….including the powder room . after much thought ,deliberation and umpteen meetings the owners came to an  amicable decision to have the toilets in marbles .No not the Rajasthani ones ,,,,they are for neo rich desis …the old money ed class go for the Italian marble ,with gold ,copper or silver inlays. And so there I was designing the toilets with a colleague of mine .we designed the flooring and the walls with  dark Prado ,Italian beige with copper palladio tiles . the cost was balanced by the owner and our TL  who with the patience of a saint redid the designs as and when the choice of the marbles changed….t the tiles selected had names like passion ,energy  ,elegance and electricity ……we laid them to match the personalities of the house hold. The old owners had’ passion’ where as their young sons got ‘electricity ‘and ‘strength’ .the daughters had ‘purity’ and ‘elegance’the powder room … the ultimate status symbol was done in white marble with gold inlay worked tiles  and also sported an MF Hussain (he would nt be turning in his grave as he would have got a couple of crores for it .Two toilets were designed for the  yet to be born grand children of thie yet to be married sons  ( shows how  futuristically thought ful people are ) the the accessories were  of a lakh each …..boy! may they never have diarrhea ……Each toilet sported a skylight ….. with a view of the blue sky above .well ……all said and done there was the landscaping to be done and finally that too was over  and the final result each  commode was placed  amidst bushy plants .and each toilet sported pebbled pathway to the commode  and turfy grass in bits and pieces all around . ….so ….they u are!  even today man is most comfortable behind a convenient bush  ……only this is  his  personal bush ….