Bathroom make over

Interior Designer’s nightmare – minute bathroom!

Here we go again, tiny bathroom, brief asks for storage, grab handles on the bath and a non slip surface to be suitable for an elderly couple who use it as a second home. Oh and I forgot, to cost as little as possible!
So here are is the before photo

In drastic need of updating and yes, that is the dreaded carpet on the floor! As you can see the bathroom is very much on the small side. The shower is on the wrong side of the bath and there was a stain on the carpet where water had come from the shower and dripped down the side of the bath. There was only one thing for it – gut the room completely including tiles off walls and start from scratch.

Here we have the ‘after’ photos.

I decided to move the shower pipe work to the other end of the bath. A false wall had to be installed together with a slightly shorter bath. This would then enable the fitting of a shower screen. The storage is fitted with a back to the wall toilet. The whole design was put together for ease of cleaning with no nooks and crannies to harbour dust and grime.
I had thought of putting a shade of fawn on the walls in order to bring a contrast to the tiles and roller blind. Once the tiles and blind were up, I decided it would look much crisper and cleaner with the greyish shaded tiles and white walls.

I think you will agree that this is a world of difference!

Anne Stuart