Small downstairs cloakroom with sink and toilet - decoration ideas please...paint, tile or wallpaper?

[hulahoopsilove]

not sure what to do with this room, very small not sure if to just wallpaper it all and tiles behind sink as a splashback, or just paint

[Misty9]

I'll follow this as we have similar but it's just painted white and panelled with white boards and I think about how to jazz it up every time I'm in there!

[hulahoopsilove]

bump

[Dumpylump]

I have a downstairs loo, the one all visitors use. Every single person remarks on it - I wallpapered it in a Laura Ashley paper which is no longer available, but there are many similar ones around now.
It's black, with big white and silver pattern. I put in a silver chandelier and an oversized mirror with a big frame above the sink.
The loo seat is black and glittery.
I think it may be my favourite room in the whole house!

[Misty9]

Ooh i love that idea dumpy might have to steal it, though don't think light fitting would work for a chandelier.

[hulahoopsilove]

sounds fab...can you post a pic of it dumpy?

[Dumpylump]

Hope this works!

[Misty9]

Brilliant, thank you! Your bathroom is about twice the size of mine though.

[toptomatoes]

We had lovely wallpaper in our cloakroom but recently had to strip it all off and paint as the combination of small boys with bad aim and a powerful tap on the sink was very bad for the wallpaper! If you don't have this problem then wallpaper looks great!

[Beingblonde]

Ours is papered in old DC comics floor to ceiling - it's tiny but it looks ace!

[hulahoopsilove]

dumpy - stunning, love it!!! Im going to go for a purple swirly wallpaper I think and glitsy chandlier

[spottymoo]

Dumpylumpy Is that a loo roll holder next to the loo?

Ours is pale blue then the wall were the sink is done in a red and blue flowered wallpaper white splash back it looks clean and fresh IMO.
But the paper needs to come off as it's got grubby finger marks now.

[Dumpylump]

Um no.....it's a small glittery tailors "form" - with marabou feather trim. I don't know why, and I actually can't remember where, I just like it because its so ridiculous!

[spottymoo]

It looks really good would have been awesome if it was a loo hider

[hulahoopsilove]

ah yes what's everyone got on the sink wall? Have to have tiled area I suppose do to splash back etc...

[amy83firsttimer]

My mum used to be an interior designer and she'd always do something crazy in the downstairs loo - you can buy ludicrously expensive wallpaper as you only need a little bit. If you don't like wallpaper you can paint in quite a brave / dark colour then hang loads and loads of small framed photos grouped together or completely covering a wall. For example loads of b/w prints of horses all in gold frames. You can even make your own prints very cheaply by buying a magazine and then photocopying the pages to convert them to b/w.