Remember how the bathroom was a delightful mushroom with mushroom taps and a mushroom bath with a baggy panel that never quite fitted back and always gaped open a little. The taps had had some kind of hardcore cleaning product on them at some point and so always looked tarnished.
There was also that utterly pointless shelf on which we had balanced the beige plastic cabinet which had fallen off the wall about a year before. That cabinet was an organisers wet dream: I have never seen so many different sized shelves and compartments - all of which were moveable so you could Create Your Own interior depending on how you felt that day. All in dark brown plastic.
Sadly, I never thought to take a photo.
The loo roll holder matched with a pointless brown plastic flap over the toilet roll (because no-one wants a dusty roll?). The flap broke just after we moved in and always sat on a squiff and made roll changing awkward.
It was also dotted with mirrors and an overwhelming number of towel rails. If you think too hard about that it hurts.
And it was entirely ENTIRELY tiled in beige with pink flowers. And a wood-effect lino with careless paint splatters from the previous owners.
How did we last so long with that bathroom?!
So, this is before (avec the Lovely RB):
And this is how the landing looked. Oh GOD I remember this ...
With the renovation, we did the following:
1. Removed that pointless shelf
2. Gave a foot on the left to the built-in cupboards in our bedroom.
3. Replaced the entire suite, installed a roll-top and moved the shower to the other end
4. Installed solid-wood flooring
5. Installed a heated towel rail and removed the radiator.
6. Rehung the door.
6. Rehung the door.
7. Painted it.
And this is it now ... I'm sorry the pictures are a bit shit. I really don't know why they are. I blame the tools. (Note the lovely grey wall of the hallway - I LOVED that. It's gone now as I did it over the wallpaper, but it WILL be replaced. Note too the amount of orange-brown wood that remains and and that LOVELY pink carpet. It's still there ...)
Anyway:
Paint is Cornforth White (F&B) - it looks really dark in this one, but it's a gorgeous mid-grey. Mirror runs full length of the wall and was a bargain from Ikea. See my lovely Homebase drama queen lights? This time it's a FOURSOME :)
White heated towel rail. I would've preferred chrome but white gives out more heat apparently. Oh, and that towel rail above it? Most expensive thing in the world.
Same shower as in our ensuite - I think we got the last at the bargain price. Tiles are matt white metro tiles from Tons of Tiles with a mid-grey grout. We spent days agonising over that grout but we made the right choice. We're really pleased with them.
Anyway:
Paint is Cornforth White (F&B) - it looks really dark in this one, but it's a gorgeous mid-grey. Mirror runs full length of the wall and was a bargain from Ikea. See my lovely Homebase drama queen lights? This time it's a FOURSOME :)
White heated towel rail. I would've preferred chrome but white gives out more heat apparently. Oh, and that towel rail above it? Most expensive thing in the world.
Same shower as in our ensuite - I think we got the last at the bargain price. Tiles are matt white metro tiles from Tons of Tiles with a mid-grey grout. We spent days agonising over that grout but we made the right choice. We're really pleased with them.
In short, you come into our house, see something stuck in some kind of weird time limbo, go to the loo and are like --- have I gone through a rabbit hole to 2012? Which is EXACTLY the aim, especially when my mum comes to visit. Confusing my mum's fun.
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