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To ask you to look at this pic of my new bathroom and tell me why I hate it!

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Canyoutellwhoiamyet · 20/02/2019 17:15

Name changed as outing.

We have saved so hard for this new bathroom. We have reconfigured it and had everything new. Stripped to bare brick.

I really don't like it :-(

We still want to put a shelf up behind the toilet with some nice things on, and a towel storer where 3 towels will be rolled up at once in there.

Please be honest. Be as brutal as needed. I want to change the paint I think but no idea what to. We need to get a blind. What else can I do to make this the dream bathroom I envisaged Blush

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TheFaerieQueene · 20/02/2019 17:29

It’s the loo brush. Get rid and it will look fab! 😉

Processedpea · 20/02/2019 17:30

More plants I think it's nice

HerRoyalNotness · 20/02/2019 17:30

Yes just add some greenery and pattern via the blind and some art. I think it looks nice!

MrsMartinRohde · 20/02/2019 17:30

Not a fan of the flooring, and I think it needs more tiles, too.

Changing the wall colour would go a long way to pepping it up. The shower and bath are lovely.

ValleyoftheHorses · 20/02/2019 17:31

I think it’s lovely but personally I would have fully tiled the window wall behind the bath with a feature tile. It needs something - paint it?

Bowchicawowow · 20/02/2019 17:31

It looks like a bathroom showroom. You need to make it your own.

OllyBJolly · 20/02/2019 17:31

it's lovely - just needs a bit of personalisation. You'll be able to change the whole look and feel just by having different coloured accessories.

(jealous of your bath - looks lovely for a long soak!)

FadedRed · 20/02/2019 17:32

It’s very nice, as pp’s day, just bland.
The beauty of it is ANY colour scheme would go in it. What’s your favourite colour? I personally don’t like coloured walls, so wouldn’t paint it another colour, but would choose the accessories in a theme colour/s.

TheCreativeLife · 20/02/2019 17:32

The floor is a bit dark for my taste. What about a nice colourful mat and some cheerful curtains? A couple of humidity-loving plants? Moth orchids would like it there. And yes, a couple of shelves with some nice bits and pieces. Job done, it will look fab

AgathaF · 20/02/2019 17:32

I'd paint at least one of the walls a much deeper colour, maybe bright pink or teal. Then match in towels and blind to that. Art on the wall/s, some nice shelving with candles/plant/lovely bathroom items on, and I like a nice clock in the bathroom too. There's nothing wrong with the room, it just needs dressing like any other room in the house.

IncrediblySadToo · 20/02/2019 17:32

🤣 at DH loving it because he does the decorating 🤣

Take a tile with you and find a paint you love. Bribe DH to repaint or threaten to do it yourself.

Did DH do the tiling or would you have to pay a tiler?

Kissmycousinkate · 20/02/2019 17:33

Looks lovely, some nice bright towels and blind to match with a nice picture on the wall will pull it altogether. I'd go for brights like cerise, orange or bright green. Paint is fine

SmallFluffyChicken · 20/02/2019 17:33

It is bloody lovely! Just needs some stuff in it! Tiles are fine height around bath. Have a look on line and find a theme you like and stick with those colours for accessories, picture/s, blind. It is an amazing bathroom. Love all of it. I would happily swap.

Mouikey · 20/02/2019 17:33

So I’ve read the comments and am offering my view! Each of the component parts are lovely but I’m not keen on the layout and would have (if space and I’m not sure that there is) put the sink and loo next to each other.

I’d personally tile floor to Celing as it currently looks like a brand new home bathroom - sort of half finished. Classic large tiles in a neutral colour.

Accessories with nik naks and towels to add colour so you have a classic bathroom that can change quickly and easily.

Currently it has no character - so add your own!!!

sheerjewl · 20/02/2019 17:34

Its looks really lovely but I personally like bathrooms that are all tiled now rather than painted walls. I think that stops it looking so bare and more modern. It's very much personal preference though !

Sparkygal · 20/02/2019 17:34

I think it's lovely. Once you have a blind, bright towels that will add your splash of colour. Personally I would go for a fairly neutral blind and add the colour through your towels, and a bright picture.
Could you fit a slim vase at the end of the bath with an elegant fake flower?

ChariotsofFish · 20/02/2019 17:34

Change the wall colour and add a blind. At the minute it looks like an empty house decorated in 1999 when everything was magnolia. I’d go for a sage green on the walls and a patterned blind. There’s nothing wrong with the expensive bits of the bathroom, the fittings and flooring are perfectly nice.

JinglingHellsBells · 20/02/2019 17:34

I think it depends on what you like. there is no rule that the walls have to be coloured. I hate coloured walls.

My bathroom is a white suite, white tiles with some silver trim (it's old and ready for replacement), white walls and a dark grey slate floor. I have a large, original painting on the largest wall.

Stayawayfromitsmouth · 20/02/2019 17:35

It's lovely except the magnolia paint. Change that and get some soft furnishings in. A bathmat and towels. Some plants or accesories

SweepTheHalls · 20/02/2019 17:35

Add a nice tall plant!

CalamityJune · 20/02/2019 17:35

I see what you mean. It's really lovely but as it's quite plain at the moment it looks a bit like a rental or property developer type room.

A lovely big plant to stand on the floor will be nice, as well as a traily one on the shelf.

A coloured or patterned blind will be nice.

My sister got a lovely wooden bath tray from etsy recently and has a couple of candles and posh toiletries on it which looks lovely.

By the time you've got some towels and your things in there it will be lovely.

buttertoff33 · 20/02/2019 17:35

I never get the British tiling method - just a few tiles around the sink and bath tub. A proper bath is fully tiled. To me it looks as if you ran out of tiles. Otherwise it is nice.

Shelbybear · 20/02/2019 17:35

It needs colour, maybe even just some wall art, candles, towels or even some paint.

I would have went for tile on the floor but the floor is nice.

A bright blind will male such a difference too.

I would have gone for some more tiling at your sink and made it a bit more bold or interesting.

I think it's a really nicely fitted bathroom and the mirror and sink are particularly nice. It's really not awful at all. Just needs some nice touches.

Seaseasea · 20/02/2019 17:36

It’s a perfect blank canvas! I’d wallpaper a nice white paper with big green leaves as patterns and then a freestanding tall tree plant and mini one with green accessories. I love it

SpaSushi · 20/02/2019 17:36

Needs more tiling, i would have all walls tiled half at least and some full
Paint colour doesn't match tiles
Tiles colour doesn't match flooring

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