I love mirrored "open top" boxes - get them as tall as the tallest products. They make a small area look sleek and brighter , and he can still just grab and drop back when he has used stuff. I'd get a row of maybe four identical , about as narrow as a shoebox size or smaller so that they just sit along the top nicely together. weddingbee a few years back shows how to make them of you can't find any locally. If your back wall was papered I'd be papering the boxes to match and then they wouldn't be so noticeable. (I'm a one for wallpaper!)

Like the inset with the shelf. I've put that 'inset' into all my showers and it works great but hadn't thought of the extra shelf. Love the tiles but don't love wet rooms - don't like getting a wet bum when using the toilet and that's what seems to always happen!

They do amazing guided architectural tours of the Barbican - I went on one a few years ago, totally brilliant and made me love the place even more. Also, if you love the Barbican, too, check out 'I, Anna', a UK film that came out in 2012 with Charlotte Rampling, which shows off the flats really well via the beautifully done interior of one of them (though it's quite a dark film, be warned!). Yes, I think I'm a Barbican nerd.

Texture brings warmth and takes away that laboratory office look. Wood, stone, marble, glass and silks, linen, cotton. Even some synthetics like perspex.