Do you have framed pictures in your bathroom?

[Wigeon]

Trying to make our house a bit more homely - the bathroom is nice but very bland, so I'd like to put some framed pictures up. But will the pictures to horribly mouldy? The bathroom is pretty well ventilated - we usually shower with the door half open and a window wide open, but of course it still gets quite steamy.

Anyone got pictures in their bathroom which haven't gone wrinkly and mouldy?

We've got them in the downstairs loo, but even there they built up mould on the wall behind them, until we sorted out the ventilation.

Yes been there 7 years now and fine, do get dusty though as they are on the walls above where my airer sits and the 'drying clothes fluff' seems to settle there.

I have 2 fairly big prints on canvas in my en-suite shower room. They've been there for ages and are absolutely fine. I'm thinking because there's no glass to steam up perhaps?

Oh, hadn't thought of mould behind the frames...Hm....

What about a wall decal instead?

I did (some turtle photos we had taken) but over a few years they went odd - not mouldy, but like they had crinkled/ had big air bubbles or something. Maybe if I had sealed the frame?

Hm, do have a wall decal in DD2's room, but think they are a bit tacky for a grown up room...

Yes, 4yoniD, am worried they might go wrinkly like that with the moisture.

we have paintings in the shower room ... they are fine as the door is normally open

once you get your extractor fan installed, the bathroom will be less damp.

Is there any point having an extractor fan if you shower with the window and door open, for ventilation?

Is the wind blowing in through the window today, or out?

Is the window opened every time someone uses the bathroom?

Er, not sure if the wind is blowing in or out - the steam just wafts about and is less than if the window and door were closed!

The window is pretty much permanently open at least a bit, and wide open when someone has a shower.

Still undecided about whether to put the pictures up in there!

I would and then accept they might have a shorter life.

having said that we had a massive canvas and a large photo in our last bathroom

I have a photo in the bathroom printed on acrylic and fixed about 20mm from the wall by print lounge. It wasn't cheap, but still looks like new.

I'm having the same issue with 2 pictures I'm having framed. The framer said to use silicon sealant between the frame and the glass to seal it and reckoned it would be fine in my bathroom. The back is sealed anyway so he said that wouldn't need any treatment.

Thank you for all the further replies!

We do, but it's a large room with good ventilation.

How about putting up something that's nice but that you don't care about too much, then leaving it over winter to see if any problem develops?

Get a photo copied so it's not the original that goes wrinkly if it does go wrinkly. Get a frame from a charity shop so it's inexpensive and you don't mind too much if it disintegrates.

If this survives the winter ok then it's probably safe to put up something more valuable if you want to.