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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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MikeUniformMike · 20/02/2019 17:55

You need a pedestal mat round the loo and a matching bath mat, a bog brush and a bottle of bleach.

Hoppahouse · 20/02/2019 17:56

I think it's the cream colour that's letting it down. Other than that, it's a lovely bathroom!

mimibunz · 20/02/2019 17:56

Ok, yes, the mirror could be replaced with something a bit less plain, but it’s not hideous! Pinterest could be your friend!

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Canyoutellwhoiamyet · 20/02/2019 17:57

@newusernamepostedbefore it's not a tiny shower, it's 1200 x 800
Probably just the camera angle.
And no if i wanted to show off my bathroom I would have posted to fb not mumsnet. I'm too embarrassed to show anyone in RL as it stands

We were advised by all 5 fitters that quoted not to tile the floor of an upstairs bathroom

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WaxOnFeckOff · 20/02/2019 17:57

I have pictures in my bathroom - and my downstairs toilet. en-suite walls don't have room.

ChesterGreySideboard · 20/02/2019 17:57

You need a pedestal mat round the loo and a matching bath mat, a bog brush and a bottle of bleach.

Can you still get the fuzzy toilet seat covers to match the towels?

Jaxhog · 20/02/2019 17:57

Someone suggested going to John Lewis - good idea. Or your local curtain shop. Borrow a swatch book and prop it up in your bathroom to see how it looks.

3in4years · 20/02/2019 17:57

I love it.

Jaxhog · 20/02/2019 17:58

You need a pedestal mat round the loo and a matching bath mat, a bog brush and a bottle of bleach.

Nooooooooo!

Hoppahouse · 20/02/2019 17:59

I think a different colour, that goes nicely with the white, will make a whole lot of difference.

To ask you to look at this pic of my new bathroom and tell me why I hate it!
To ask you to look at this pic of my new bathroom and tell me why I hate it!
To ask you to look at this pic of my new bathroom and tell me why I hate it!
Chickaletta16 · 20/02/2019 18:00

It's lovely you need some nice tiles or a change of paint Colour xx

peachgreen · 20/02/2019 18:00

Honestly OP, it just needs more colour on the walls (I'd go a nice grey/green), some window dressing and some more "stuff". Browse Pinterest for some inspiration.

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Canyoutellwhoiamyet · 20/02/2019 18:00

Better pic of shower

To ask you to look at this pic of my new bathroom and tell me why I hate it!
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TonTonMacoute · 20/02/2019 18:01

Good grief, I am Envy with envy. Our bathroom is a shithole (in every sense) and badly needs doing up. I can't imagine why you hate your lovely new bathroom!

Jaxhog · 20/02/2019 18:01

Otherwise, it looks funadamentally fine just as it is. Lovely actually. I wish I could come and dress it for you. A blank canvas is so much fun!

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Canyoutellwhoiamyet · 20/02/2019 18:01

We can't change the tiles, only add to them. I'm worried they are awful now too!

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speakout · 20/02/2019 18:02

It;s lovely.

It looks stark because it's new and bare.

You need some personalisation.

I would introduce more wood- but that's my preference, some colour on the walls would work too- and that window needs some dressing.

Horsemad · 20/02/2019 18:02

Haven't read the whole thread but it is lovely!!

I'm still in the process of deciding on mine & I hate all the faffing around, shopping!

Do you mind me asking - what size shower you have there please?

BlackType · 20/02/2019 18:03

Sorry - bit obsessed with houses (serial renovator). I think one mistake people can make with bathrooms is to treat them differently from the other rooms in the house. To my mind, they're just another room, which happens to have a bath/shower/loo/basin combination, rather than a sofa/dining table/whatever. It's best to do whatever makes you personally feel warm and comfortable and happy in it, in the same way that you have presumably done with the rest of your house, OP? What kinds of curtains/blinds/colours have you got elsewhere? Could that be a starting point?

MikeUniformMike · 20/02/2019 18:03

damn, i forgot the seat cover.

WaxOnFeckOff · 20/02/2019 18:03

This was when mine was done - much smaller than yours OP and I wasn't entirely happy with the wall colour which has now changed, but gives you an idea

To ask you to look at this pic of my new bathroom and tell me why I hate it!
Springwalk · 20/02/2019 18:03

The bathroom is lovely.
The creams walls make it look insipid.
Depending on your taste change it to dove grey, navy or whatever you like. The walls need to change.
Something to dress the window,
A stylish mirror on the wall
Talk candelabra in corner.
Fluffy towels
You will love it then

Springwalk · 20/02/2019 18:03

Tall

Puzzledandpissedoff · 20/02/2019 18:03

I love the hardware and agree with PPs that more colour will make a big difference, but I really don't think you've got enough tiling. The areas at each end of the bath will get splashed, and if that tiny tiled splashback is all you've got behind the sink, that wall is going to get filthy

Could the tiled area, at least around the sink, be extended a bit?