toilet wallpaper

[user1489228947]

Hi all.

I've been doing a fair amount of home renovation and decoration in the last couple of years and no matter how much thought and effort I put into it, I never seem to quite get it right. That's not me being hard on myself - design just doesn't come naturally to me.

I am about to replace the bathroom and obviously decorate it. I feel relatively confident with the bathroom design choices, tiles and colour scheme. Our toilet is next door to the bathroom, and is a very small room (toilet width plus maybe 20cm or so either side. The room is about 2 metres long. There isn't room for a sink in there and so we are putting in a toilet with a built in sink on top of the cistern. So far so good.

I was going to just paint the toilet room but am leaning towards a wallpaper and have seen a large print design I like. There is a wall in the bathroom where this wallpaper would also work well and would tie to two rooms together somewhat. However I am unsure if a large design in the small space of the toilet would work or feel overwhelming for the room. To break it up I though about putting in waist height white wooden panels with the wallpaper above that to the ceiling. I don't see the point of bringing in the bathroom tiles into the toilet other than above the tiny cistern sink. This is the paper - a lot more £ than I would normally pay but I like it and treats are much deserved after the last 11 months!

www.johnlewis.com/sanderson-fernery-wallpaper/dglw216633/p4131256

I can't believe how much I'm overthinking this - possibly to distract me from everything else thats going on in the world - but also because I just want to feel satisfied and not another design failure!

Any advice or suggestions welcome.

[quote MakeTeaNotWar]@user1489228947 we have a tired bathroom next to the loo that needs a refurb, what are your plans for yours?[/quote]
At the moment there is a bath with shower over it on the left hand side with a largish between the bath and the right hand side wall. The sink and non shower end of the bath are against the window wall. We are moving the bath to go along the window wall which is a perfect fit, and we can get in a separate shower cubicle on the left and a smaller sink unit on the right. The bath panel and sink unit is by Montrose - white shaker style - a bit like this www.egbandk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/montrose-heritage-Mussel.jpg

@orangenasturtium

I love everyone's photos, they all look stunning!

I think both the tiles and the wallpaper you have chosen are beautiful, OP. On screen, the tiles look like they have a blue/grey green tone and the wallpaper has a yellow green tone. It looks like they will clash.

I'm not sure about the wallpaper in such a small, narrow room because it draws the eye vertically, highlighting the height compared to width of the room. I think random, all over patterns work better, like EmmaStone's and Accoooooo's photos or a pattern that draws the eye horizontally, like MakeTeaNotWar's koi. Sorry... Part panelling or tiling will help counteract that a bit. 2/5 wall height is the classic proportion.

Thanks for this - I think we are switching the same wallpaper and the same tiles to the blue versions rather than the green as DH has disclosed a dislike for “green”.

Really appreciate your comments about how it draws the eye. We may be able to switch to the koi style now going for the blue tiles. I just love the wallpaper and it’s so easy to convince yourself things work when you like them!