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Looking online for bathroom inspiration just seems to throw up pics of mansion-sized rooms with views of the ocean and walk in showers the size of our entire first floor ... so I'm hankering after pics of real bathrooms used by actual people 🙂
We've got a weeny bathroom we're looking to overhaul so looking to keep everything as light and bright as possible without it being all clinical white and glossy.
It looks like we're going to get a mate in the trade to make us some fitted furniture to utilise the space - but we're undecided whether to have white fronted units and a sort of dark grey worktop or creamy coloured cupboard fronts with a sort of browny worktop. No idea what to do about colour of wall tiles (guessing white or cream) and floor (which is going to be vinyl).
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Worktop? In a bathroom?
sorry about the size of the picture, my camera phone isn't too good.
This is the "family" bathroom, the most used in the house.
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aP, what else goes on the top of fitted furniture? They make them about 350mm for bathroom. It doesn't have to be a 900mm breakfast bar robbed out of the kitchen.
Some kind of middleground between that one and the likes of this nonsense would be good.
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We've got a weeny bathroom
Rough dimensions?
Do you need a bath?
Id be wary taking out the bath. You might not use it regularly, but could make the house a lot harder to sell, imo. (especially to a woman 🙂
I'd be wary taking out the bath. You might not use it regularly, but could make the house a lot harder to sell, imo (especially to a woman).
or to anyone with kids
Rip out the bath, we don't have one anymore they just take up acres of space.
fight! fight! fight!
I'd be happy to get rid of the bath. Especially as I'd be banned from washing bike stuff in a new one but the OH says there will be a new bath so, there will be a new bath.
+1 for never removing the bath - it will put off loads of people from buying the property.
Yes it needs cleaning lol
No pic to hand but we've just fitted an attic bathroom which is very small but useable - it's 2.5m x 80cm internal dimensions - has a toilet, sink, radiator and shower. Can provide more details if it's of any relevance
If this exciting thread hits 100, i'll post a pic of mrs peter file in the bathroom 😀
Well I think that guarantees a healthy response 🙂
Need a wider angle lens really.
Anyway, vanity unit made from Ikea kitchen carcass and work top, same as in my kitchen and utility room. Couple of drop in basins. Bristan taps and valves - really solid feel.
Bath has an overflow filler and a mixer valve on the wall. Looks nice. Massive bath so that I can fit in when I do want one (once a year usually) 1800mm I think - Im 6'4".
More importantly a nice big walk in shower. Which gets used everyday.
Only problem with the shower is the half door - when you get a good hot shower going it convects cooler air round the door and up past your goolies. Fully closed doors would prevent that.
(EDIT: and if anyone can guess which side of the vanity unit is for Mrs S and which for me, they get a jelly bean 😉 )
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Well I think that guarantees a healthy response
he he, i've actually got one of her [i]on[/i] the toilet. Not sure how wrong that is. She looks so happy and relaxed though, I like it 🙂
My sister' house has a small bathroom, and they looked at getting rid of the bath. In the end, they settled on a short, deep bath. I can't remember what it was called now (sorry not much help)...
It's a bit like this one....
http://www.bathstore.com/products/pool-acrylic-bath-1500-x-700-1592.html
I had one of those ikea worktops in my last house and it really, really didn't like getting wet (it would swell badly) so I would be interested to know in how that holds in your bathroom.
Another cheap options it to get a large piece of slate tiling (you can get huge ones, that are around 2 1/2ft wide, and 5 ft long) and cut holes in that for the basins,and polish the edges up. Last bathroom I did was like that and the slate cost around £40 from Mandarin stone and was big enough to fit to basins in and have plenty of space around them, all you need is a hole saw and a few hours to polish it up.
If this exciting thread hits 100, i'll post a pic of mrs peter file in the bathroom
Wasn't someone fervently stalking her?
4 more posts and we're a quarter of the way there...
It's tempting to remove the tub completely (especially after being forced to have nothing but baths for the last 3 weeks since the shower had to be taken out of commission ... the shower weeing into the wall is the reason we're having to redo the bathroom in the first place) but I know it could be a make or break thing when it comes to selling, so it's staying (and Onzadog won't be taking dirty bike bits anywhere near it!)
Dimensions are 2.4m by 1.7m and 2.4m tall, so pretty titchy.
Thanks for the photo matzzz. That shaker style of unit is what we're looking at having ourselves so useful to see it in situ with tiles and stuff.
Oh and I'll post a picture of me in the bath if it doesn't get at least half way there...
There's one of me in my bath on my flickr IIRC....
I'm designing my bathroom just now, will post up pics when done. Going for casadeco "fish" wallpaper
Al - can you give me a link to that please?
The units were from MFI before they went pop, they are readily available from other sources as ours is now 7 years old, the bath / shower combo was a good idea as it meant keeping the bath and a shower also , the tiles are a copy of some limestone ones I wanted until I found out they were going to cost 2 grand !
Did mine recently - went for a shower bath as we didn't have space for a separate shower;
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It's all personal preference, obviously, and I don't like to rain on anyone's bathroom, but a shower-bath seems like the worst of both worlds.
Main reason was it retained the bath for the kids but gave some additional elbow room when stood in the shower.
It's the length of a normal bath but with a 6" extension at one end.
Not sure why that's worse than a normal bath with a ahower over it?
Same as waswas although yours is square mines circular I don't see a problem it being the worst of both worlds, very deep and great for a soak the only issue I can see is if your are unsteady on your feet as its tall to get over but being as this is a bike forum most peeps should be able to swing a leg
It's all personal preference, obviously, and I don't like to rain on anyone's bathroom, but a shower-bath seems like the worst of both worlds.
Your solution?
Not sure why that's worse than a normal bath with a ahower over it?
My thoughts exactly. Shower/baths solve a common problem for us plebs with small homes that don't have room for a bath, shower and a gold-plated bidet.
I guess you could put a shower some of your bathrooms and a bath in the main one. Thats what am intending to do anyway....
I used to have 3 large bathrooms (all with showers and baths) in my previous house. Now I have one small(ish) bathroom with a shower over the bath. Can't say it's having a materially negative effect on my life/well-being 🙂
Mine looks like the showers at a festival. 😥
Oooh wwaswas, where did you get your showerbath from?
That looks to be the exact same one me and 'im have our eyes on. And just out of interest, how well do you find that shower screen for keeping the splashes contained? Onzadog was concerned that it didn't really looked like it gave much coverage and we'd need to put in some sort of additional screen...
It's from B&Q
[url= http://www.diy.com/nav/rooms/bathrooms/web-exclusive-bathroom-offers/web_exclusive_bathroom_suite_offers/Cooke-and-Lewis-Adelphi-Shower-Bath-Pack-R-H-11087509 ]http://www.diy.com/nav/rooms/bathrooms/web-exclusive-bathroom-offers/web_exclusive_bathroom_suite_offers/Cooke-and-Lewis-Adelphi-Shower-Bath-Pack-R-H-11087509[/url]
although we didn;t get the pack thing.
their delivery was pretty poor, tbh - took them 4 attempts to deliver 10 items - they either forgot stuff or damaged it en-route. So I'd make sure you're not on a tight timetable or that you've got all the kit before you start.
Having got it all it seems to be decent kit and all went together ok. I've never fitted a bathroom before and bar the plastering and electrics I did the whole job myself.
the screen is fine for catching splashes. I've fitted a glass panel over the window recess as that side was less protected - got it made to size at local glass shop and got the metal channel off the web - cost about £75 in total.
sorry for crap iphone photo and marks on the glass;
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Wooden bath ?
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Obviously not mine !
two sinks Stoner? wtf?
Thinking of a shower bath when I get mine done, currently get a small shower cublcle and a small bath, think this would make the room seem larger.
Thanks for sharing your the B&Q experience. We had our kitchen supplied and installed by them a few years back and I can honestly say it was one of the worst experiences of our life (almost made it to the small claims court!) and we swore never to have anything to do with them again.
However the years have passed and our memories have faded (!) and I'm ashamed to say we've been toying with the idea of getting our stuff from B&Q this time round as they're currently having a sale and of course their prices are so much cheaper than everything else we've looked at. We were thinking that perhaps just getting them to supply the stuff we wouldn't have so much of a headache, but you've just confirmed that it would be no different whatsoever (we had nightmare delivery problems too) so balls to that, frankly.
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I'm just about to have the bath pulled out and a walk in shower installed in the place I'm just buying. GF made the comment about resale but I haven't had a bath in years (!) and why just do things for others' taste? Magnolia everywhere? However, I was rather more concerned about Stoner's observations re convection blasts. My shower will be a walk-in with a wet room screen which hopefully doesn't set up the same eddies and currents. Incidentally Grohe have got a good shower deal on for this month and if you're buying stuff, check out 'Ergonomicdesigns' as I found their stuff much better and much better priced than the Bathstore.
tbh if your house has got the right things going for it a shower/bath will make naff all difference
we looked at some that were marginally acceptable but the lack of a bath put us off.
we looked at 1 that ticked all the right boxes bar the shower/bath one and it didnt take much convincing that we didnt really care for the bath in the end .... so i wouldnt let that put you off unless your on a high turn around street and all the houses have baths as you will then be at a disadvantage
richc - when you install an Ikea oak top, never ever use their own wood treatment - it's water based and is rubbish at sealing the wood grain. Use 5-10 coats of Danish Oil. Its long lasting, gets right into the grain, has plenty of solids to build up and is very waterproof. Keeps the oak looking spot on.
as for two sinks, if you have the space, why not? when you're both getting ready for snuggle-time it's great not getting in each other's way. Esp when the Mrs takes half an hour and you just want a splash and dash.
In the flat we had a fantastic old victorian vanity double basin on enamelled legs. Looked ace.
@Stoner - I have those worktops in my kitchen and they have been treated with the Ikea wood treatment. they need regularly re-doing to keep them waterproof which is a pain...
Do you think I could just switch to using the Danish Oil you recommended, or would I need to remove the Ikea stuff (i.e. by sanding them down to bare wood again) before applying it?
Id give them a light sand, but with not too fine a grit or you'll close the grain up. A wipe with a clean damp rag. Leave to dry. The Ikea stuff doesnt really get into the wood much and it certainly doesnt build on top so I doubt youd need to do much to get the grain of the wood open again.
Danish takes time to apply and build. I use a sponge and green scourer pad.
Apply coats with the sponge, evenly. Allow to dry and gently buff with the scourer (takes off any dust particles or "lumpy" bits of oil) before applying the next coat. Do this for as long as you arent bored. Minimum 3 or 4 coats, if you want a really long lasting finish then go for 5+
Thanks for the tips!
What he said.+1 for never removing the bath - it will put off loads of people from buying the property.
If its a small bathroom forget fitted furniture, just have the loo, basin and bath (small size if necessary)with shower over.
May I also suggest having underfloor heating, as I radiator in small space takes up room. Oh and it's so yummy on your tootsies.
The rest of the house is also small. The idea of fitted furniture is to store towels and laundry in there.
I've got a decent power shower over the bath (not enough room for to have a separate one) and don't see any disadvantage of it over a shower cubicle - more space (the whole bath) and the shower works just as well..