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ruth_jackson89

HOUSEH2T: The bathroom, The pink zone....

Ruth jackson
7 years ago

hi guys! just had offer accepted on a house that needs a lot done to it and I am going to post a few rooms to ask for help! I am new to all this and open to all suggestions. we are going to be tight on budget so affordable solutions are needed :)

First up is this glorious bathroom! dont get me wrong I actually love the pink suite and even the tile, i just wished it was all pink and not with the white! what would you do before affording the change? anything I can do to make it work a little better?

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    Amber Jeavons Ltd
    7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Hello Ruth,

    Well let's just say that Brexit budget is something I'm rather good at. Well I spent £1.5K on my bathroom (not including fitting, which I wasn't happy with.. The chap in question was terrible! Had been fitting bathrooms for 15 years he said! Never seen such terrible work. I had to coach him and re- do a lot myself... This is not the first time I have come across a tradesman that works to average and bad, rather than brilliant...

    Back to design, I think you need to make this dramatic, a bold statement, not that it isn't but it's not quite right.. I would suggest a new pink loo seat and to paint the bath panels in the same pink for something very easy and inexpensive. This way it blends with the scheme.

    If you like the tiles you can do several things.. change the white for something either the same or slightly darker to really make the pink theme stand out.. Or replace them with the same colour.. This could be difficult unless there is a box of spares somewhere, you then remove the stripe altogether.. Or another idea replace the tiles altogether for something else entirely in the same colour......

    I like gold/brass and it's still very much in, but for me and the candy pink, I'd have said nickel taps would be fantastic here... along with some stylish accessories..

    For flooring something again that blends with the scheme so pink again.. Tiles or perhaps lino would be a good idea..

    Here a few more sedate ideas than your bathroom but the focus here is perhaps what you could add with interesting decorative pieces... If your budget could stretch to it.. consider a different shower.. Rectangular or square would instantly modernise to a more pleasing aesthetic which would better sit with a newer scheme.. I also wonder what the rest of the house looks like.. there may be more exciting rooms ahead which you can update to your liking..

    : ))

    Not all pink suites but some ideas you could incorporate into your scheme..

    For loo seats...

    http://mybathroomstore.co.uk/products/pink-novelty-toilet-seat-80622

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rose-Salmon-Pink-Toilet-seat/dp/B002B8QP08

    https://www.plumbingsupply.com/colored-toilet-seats.html

    http://www.wayfair.co.uk/MDF-Elongated-Toilet-Seat-140011-BEFY7960.html?piid%5B0%5D=17533060

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