Shower panels advice - Rock Salt Prints in very small bathroom

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Please help! We are shortly redoing our downstairs bathroom which is small and narrow with only a small window for natural light. At the moment it's hideous, with peeling paint and old tiles coming off the walls! I really want to be brave and decorate it in a way that makes my heart sing whenever I'm in there, but I'm also really scared I'm going to make a big, expensive mistake that I regret!

I've attached a rough layout. There's a small window low down behind the toilet. We plan to swap round the sink and the towel rail positions but keep the shower and toilet in the same place.

I've looked at lots of bathroom companies and all of the shower panels are so dull - mostly grey or white, and very cold colours. We're in Scotland and I feel I need warm colours to brighten up the room, but I can't go too dark as it'll be oppressive. I'm thinking about getting shower panels from Rock Salt Prints as they have some lovely options, but I'm worried that my ideas might look dreadful in real life! I really like Botanical Sand (Botanical Watercolour Sand Shower Panel -) but would it be too twee and busy? There are three walls to cover with shower panels so it might be a bit too in your face? Or could I have the wall facing the toilet in that and have something more neutral on the other two shower walls? But what? Any words of wisdom?

Or what about Blush Pink Marble: Blush Pink Marble Effect Shower Wall Panel -. That's still striking but perhaps a bit safer? What do you think?

Please advise as I really don't have a clue and find it hard to visualise the finished room! I'd love flooring advice too. I love Harvey Maria floor tiles (Bathroom LVT Flooring | Harvey Maria) but I'm worried if I had a decorative floor with a decorative shower, it might be far too busy!

I much prefer the first to the second, OP. The first looks like a wallpaper and is unusual and charming; the pink marble I find very unappealing.

Building on that, it depends how much you love colour and pattern. I have Harvey Maria floor tiles in pale blue and white checkerboard in my bathroom. They do an ochre colour and I think ochre and white checkerboard would look lovely.

You could paint the remaining walls the same colour as the background of the panels, or one of the detail colours. If you go with the background colour I'd be tempted to use one of the detail colours as a accent eg the blind, towels etc. If you use a strong colour I would keep blinds etc quite neutral.

Thanks so much Ketzele, that's really, really helpful. I do love all of the beautiful wallpapers you can get nowadays so that's why I love the shower panel so much! Hopefully in real life it wouldn't look too shiny and plasticky. Are these the floor tiles you mean: Dovetail Ochre - Harvey Maria
I really appreciate the advice as I really lack confidence with these kind of decisions!