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

[Canyoutellwhoiamyet]

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

I agree it might help to paint it a warm white rather than magnolia. Counter-intuitively, as you might thing that would make it more clinical - but it will make it brighter and look better with the suite, and once you add the colourful bits it wouldn't feel cold.

Also if money is tight - try Asda, I have bought some surprisingly modern and cool bathroom bits from there, bathmats etc.

Ideally re paint but if that isn’t an option some bright towels might give it the colour you need.

It's lovely but looks v bare. Don't think cream is right colour for walls at all. Even white would look better. Cream and pale grey do not go. Personally I think I would have had white tiles and dark grey walls with the dark wood floor. I don't like the trim on top of the sink.

The cream paint is too wrong with the white suite.
Paint the walls an actual colour with matching blind and assessoties etc

This is with my fat fingers but you get this gist .. a bit of colour is what is needed .

The beige and grey is the same as hospital bathrooms in my area - I think that's it. But colour can change that look

If you decide to change the wall colour, please don’t paint lots of colour test patches all over your walls.
Get tester pots, paint at least 2/3 coats onto a big bit of card/paper with no white edges you can then try it in different parts of the room, the colour will look different in different light, also try in at night in artificial light. You can then keep you painted sample incase you want to try it in another room in your house. Remember to write the paint name and company on the back.
Can you tell I used to work in an interior/paint shop 😂

I would hang a couple of framed prints on the wall. Something bright and outdoorsy.

Was this just so you could show off your bathroom?

Whilst the lighting isn't ideal, from a design perspective, the following needs to be addressed:-

1. Paint colour (it appears to be a lemon/beige colour);
2. Tiles by the bath should go up to the ceiling (consider tiling the entire bathroom, not just areas that may be splashed with water);
3. That sink and mirror is hideous;
4. The shower is tiny and could have been a larger size;
5. The floor clashes with the decor (consider tiling the entire floor); and
6. The bathroom doesn't follow current or even traditional design trends and looks cheap.

Advantage(s)

1. It looks like it will be easy to keep clean;
2. It isn't cramped or cluttered; and
3. You can make changes to the paint colour as well as the tiles (tiles are dated).

Actually the more I think about it, the more I agree it is the cream that gives it not quite the right look. Cream with white just slightly says "hospital bathroom".

Blinds with fabric like these:

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Or this:
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It's a small window, so you can go for something with a real wow factor.

It is basically good! A wise move, not to have floor to ceiling tiles, as they are a bugger when they go out of fashion/need replacing. Painted walls are far easier. My DC would love the looking glass...

Tester pots are your friends. Paint them onto cardboard and move them around to see what they look like in different lights. You probably need to have something to complement the tiles - I wouldn't go for anything too glaring. It's strangely trickier to style a nice new bathroom than a hotchpotch old one (mine is in the latter category - F&B paint, loads of ancient pictures/photos and books, battered old chair etc - you can get away with anything if nothing at all matches). I agree with PP who say you need something on the walls, and a nice blind, and I think matching/complementary things are definitely the way to go in a new bathroom like yours. For my blinds, I went to various fabric shops until I found something I liked (John Lewis isn't a fabric shop, obvs, but they do free swatches, which are useful). I then bought the fabric on eBay for half the price, and found a local lady to make them up. I can make curtains, but not successful blinds!

Love the sink unit!

I agree it’s a bit ‘white’. You need to put something up to break up the whiteness, or some nicely coloured towels. Looks lovely though.

It’s a great classic bathroom! Just add colour as the others have said. You need texture; that’s what’s missing. Wallpaper, plants and a rug. And get some colourful printed towels! It’s all about the layering
At this point. Don’t despair!

What sort of look are you after OP, bright or warm or sophisticated or what?

Next often have some nice blinds. I'd find a nice patterned one I liked and then pick out one of the colours for the walls.

Maybe something like this with a soft grey for the walls?

www.next.co.uk/g5211070s8#347988

I think a simple improvement would be to tile up to the ceiling and paint the walls white. Then you would have a grey and white theme. Then you could add some plants around the place and maybe a blind x

In all my years, I've never seen wall art in a bathroom 🤔 I'm amazed at how many people are suggesting putting pictures up.

I loathe plants in bathrooms and think they look twacky but it just shows how personal taste is. Likewise pink/red/teal/orange feature walls.

3. That sink and mirror is hideous;

Hideous? 😂

I would love that bathroom, you should see mine!!!

As I always say to my DC: "Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? If not all three, then don't say it".

Perhaps take heed, @NewUserNamePostedBefore

I really like it actually just needs a bit of colour. New blind and towels I think it’ll be lovely. I like clean uncluttered rooms.

Needs more tiles I think and a bit of colour- whatever colour you like...even a warm grey would do.

You could then add accessories in a metal such as gold/copper to add some warmth to the room. I would also use car spray paint on the faucets in this colour but that's just my particular taste.

It's very nice just I think I would've expected more tiles and some colour. Shouldnt be too expensive to jazz it up a little.

Don't change the tiles or paint, until you've tried the dressing option. It's much easier to change if you don't like it!

Why does everyone hate half-tiled walls? Tiling an entire bathroom floor to ceiling on all walls always looks a bit "and here's where I murder you and sluice the blood off my easy-clean decor" to me. Not to mention keeping all that grout mould-free.

Vive la half-tiled walls! OP, have you got a Pinterest board? I would start pinning dream bathrooms and try to figure out what they've got that yours is lacking, before you get out the tester paint pots/wallpaper/invest in multiple plants even though you should totally just fill it with plants.

It's really lovely. I think I'd do what's already suggested- add colour to the walls, shutters, artwork and possibly a statement bathroom light.

and meant to add, pick out the little bright colour with some towels/bathmat etc.