Ensuite bathroom with reclaimed wood feature wall? Design help!

6 years ago

Hi everyone, would appreciate some advice and pointers please!
We’re currently having a loft conversion with an ensuite bathroom and are soon about to start on the bathroom bit. I’ve fallen in love with some reclaimed wood effect tiles that I thought to use as the feature wall within the shower, and tiling the rest of the bathroom with 2 complimentary coloured tiles, the darker for the floor and the lighter for the walls. To open the floor space I was going to use a 60cm vanity in dark wood to work off the darker hues in the wood tiles.

My desperate design questions I need help with are:

1. I wanted to use a round mirror to contrast the square sharp lines around the bathroom, can I make it larger or the same as the vanity, say like 60+cm? It would be more modern looking with in built LED as it would be minimalist and save on buying/installing separate lights and mirror

2. With tiling, I was wondering if I should tile one wall the same colour as the floor, to bring it together and stop a strip of colour effect in a small bathroom?? Or is that just a silly idea?!

3. Finally, any other design ideas that would take give the bathroom a wow factor would be much appreciated!

I don’t have an actual bathroom to help me visualise the space which is what is possibly hindering, but I’ve included the final plans and some photos of the tiles and mirror I plan to use if that’s any good..thanks so much!

Ps the sample tiles of the plain colours have more of a bluish grey and warm white feel which compliments the wood colour, which I don’t think come through in that photo

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Carolina

6 years ago

Hi, I would only tile the shower back wall with the reclaimed wood tiles. The mirror I'd keep max. as wide as the vanity unit, not wider. I think the tiles you've chosen will give the bathroom enough of a wow factor.

A frameless glass shower screen/door would be nice. Also think about adding a ledge and/or seat in the shower.

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Esma
Original Author
6 years ago
I can’t seem to edit but another thought/question - with regards tiling the shower feature wall, should I tile all 3 walls or just the 1 back wall? And then tile the 2 side walls the same as the rest of the bathroom for a continuity effect?
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OnePlan
6 years ago
I agree with Carolina !
Juliet Docherty
6 years ago
I also agree with Carolina. This is exactly the same layout as my small ensuite and i have a patterned tiled wall at the back of the shower and the floor. I would think about matching the wall colour exactly to the plain wall tile for continuity and to make the other areas look seamless.
Carolina
6 years ago
As a side note; think about where you want the loo roll holder to go. Somewhere slightly in front of the toilet is ergonomically the most pleasant place. I'm not quite sure what the boiler situation will be. Will it be boxed in so the loo roll holder can be mounted on it? Can you have a cupboard built in the corner next to it for your stash of loo paper (I sound as if I'm loo paper obsessed :-) ). Will the radiator be higher up on the wall, so you can have the loo roll holder under it? I know it's a very pragmatic thing, but important! Or maybe it's just my apparent loo paper obsession :-D
Esma
Original Author
6 years ago
Amazing, thanks!

I actually haven’t given the loo roll holder any thought so again thanks, some food for thought! We haven’t figured out the situation with the boiler but in all likelihood I’ll try and box it in with perhaps a smallish high up cupboard to stop it cluttering the room. I can then put the holder below it I think. I’ll take a closer look when the skeleton of the room is done and try and tweak some space.

And with regards the tiles colourhappy, just to clarify, do you mean make the floor and walls the same colour, rather than two different shades? Or do you mean match the plain wall tiles to the colour of the wood tiles, and keep a darker floor?

In my head I was going to tile the walls with the warm hues of the wood tiles, and a darker bluish grey tile for the floor to come off the blue tones of the wood tiles - does that make it too busy then? I was going for the black and white bathroom look that Carolina posted but the shower tray will be white and raised, so won’t give me uninterrupted colour..this has been my biggest dilemma!
Juliet Docherty
6 years ago
Hi Esma, Sorry if I confused things. I was saying that in my bathroom I used a large scale patterned tile both on the floor and on one back shower wall, and a different pale cool grey everywhere else. To stop it looking too complex I painted the walls the same as the grey tile. I would tile one wall in the shower with the patterned tile and keep everything else low key like you have suggested. Maybe make sure that the wall tile is a colour you would like in the equivalent paint - if that makes sense.
Esma
Original Author
6 years ago
Brilliant thank you, I’m still undecided though as to whether to tile the floor a darker colour or to keep the walls and floor the same colour..is there a rule I should be following or something that would tip it one way or the other? x
Juliet Docherty
6 years ago
A darker tone of the same colour, that should work.
Esma
Original Author
5 years ago
Just an update to this post, and thank you everyone for your help. This is how I did the bathroom in the end, I hope you like it!
Esma
Original Author
5 years ago
There is just the issue of the cupboard in he corner, do you think I should go brown to match the vanity unit, white or grey? Or a mix? My husband started painting the doors in a light blue colour but it doesn’t seem to come together with the rest of the scheme unless I put some down in it somewhere? Any ideas?
Esma
Original Author
5 years ago
Sorry not down, it’s supposed to read brown!
Juliet Docherty
5 years ago
Looks fantastic. Love it!
Juliet Docherty
5 years ago
HI Esma, I would paint the cupboard an exact match to the surrounding tile colour. This may take a few test post, but that way it will blend.
Esma
Original Author
5 years ago
I think I might do exactly that actually..I was staring at the bathroom cupboard for a good 10mins yesterday, my husband thought I was mad! But I think you’re right, it would look better blended into the surroundings
Juliet Docherty
5 years ago
I know that feeling! Look closely at the colour of the tiles and try to discern the nearest 'colour' ie violet, violet/red, orange etc. This is the undertone and will help with selecting a paint colour. Avoid words like beige or taupe, they are not helpful.
Juliet Docherty
5 years ago
I know that feeling! Look closely at the colour of the tiles and try to discern the nearest 'colour' ie violet, violet/red, orange etc. This is the undertone and will help with selecting a paint colour. Avoid words like beige or taupe, they are not helpful.

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