Advice for renovation of small en suite please
Hello. We have a small en suite with no window. We are removing the bath to have a walk in shower in it, 1200 length as that is all that will fit. We have spent hours and days trying to work out how to configure it so that we maximise space, make it feel light, but also modern and functional. I am now losing the will to live so could do with some thoughts/advice please?
Will a dark colour of tiles in the shower and light in the rest of the room be too dark for a windowless area?
Is it better to have a combined sink/toilet vanity, or a separate sink vanity and back to wall toilet unit (ideally a conform height toilet due to knee operation)?
We are also thinking of having a sink that site on top of the vanity rather than moulded into the vanity, so any advice on those would be great.
Many thanks in anticipation
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last monthHow wide will your shower enclosure be? It may be worth visiting some bathroom showrooms just to try out sizings as if it’s only 700mm wide it can feel very snug. My bathroom is tiny and I removed the bath and put in a quadrant shower simply because it was the only enclosure that would fit. Mine is 900 x 900. I did step into a 700 x 700 in B&Q and it was tiny, my elbows hit the sides! Quadrant showers aren’t the smartest of showers but they are space saving. What is on the other wall opposite the sink and loo? The door I assume? I also got a sink set in a vanity unit which is quite simple but again space saving. Here’s my sink/vanity combo which I found in a bathroom showroom.
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