Would you change a sky blue bathroom suite ???

Mind_the_Gap

If you want to keep the blue suite, avoid yellow walls. You should go for a complementary colour on the walls and in a lighter tone, so a very pale blue (see Laura Ashley Duck Egg White), or an ivory/ cream, or a pale biscuit/milky coffee colour. Dulux Almond White, Laura Ashley Pale Twine, that kind of thing. Ceiling in Cotton White, not brilliant white.

What's on the floor? (Apart from teenagers' underwear, etc). Tiles?Laminate?What colour?

SailorSam

If you have the spare cash then by all means modernise, but sky blue is Ok mot as if it's datk green or brown.
I'd decorate around it, if you did want to sell in the future as long as the bathroom is clean and bright it wouldn't be a deal breaker.

hypothetical

I'd definitely say keep it! Bathrooms are all a bit identikit currently. I've spent ages looking through reclamation yards and ebay for a suitable bathroom suite.

Coloured suites are a bit like tiled fireplaces; some are amazing, some aren't. All are undervalued by the design fetishists currently leading on what we do with our homes.

My 2p. Hope you win the argument. If you don't please do take it out carefully and ebay it. Oh and let me know!

As to wall colours - I'd agree with Mind The Gap, but its your bathroom...

ormus

rip it out and throw it as far as you can.

Quiet_Life

Keep it:j
Every time you lie in a sky blue bath it is as if you are floating in the ocean on a beautiful summer's day.....
well that's what it means to me:o


Yes I know I must get out more:(

lollipopsarah

I'd keep it too, if it ain't broke, just change the walls, much cheaper.
As for selling, well most people change stuff anyway when they move in.
Deffo no yellow walls for me though.
xx

SnowyOwl_2

If you can justify the expense and mess of getting rid of something which is still in good condition and works perfectly just because you (or rather your husband) doesn't like the colour, then by all means go ahead. Personally I could never justify doing that! I think the advice you're getting about teaming it with a pale colour on the walls is good, but not yellow as that really is a bit of a throw back to some other best forgotten era. You can add some strong colour with your towels, bath mat, window curtain, rubber ducks and other easily replaceable items.

If the house is currently for sale and you are having little interest then it might be an actual investment to change it to a very cheap white suite which would appeal to more people. A coloured suite wouldn't put me off buying a house if the suite was good quality etc etc. If the house isn't for sale then replacing it is just a waste of cash.

kitschkitty

Mind_the_Gap wrote: »

If you want to keep the blue suite, avoid yellow walls. You should go for a complementary colour on the walls and in a lighter tone, so a very pale blue (see Laura Ashley Duck Egg White), or an ivory/ cream, or a pale biscuit/milky coffee colour. Dulux Almond White, Laura Ashley Pale Twine, that kind of thing. Ceiling in Cotton White, not brilliant white.

What's on the floor? (Apart from teenagers' underwear, etc). Tiles?Laminate?What colour?

Totally agree with this.

Pale blue is a lovely colour for a suite, it's avocado, burgundy, navy or orange that I'd have serious trouble living with! (Any deep or bright colours are pretty bad).

As colour schemes go even lemon yellow with sky blue is a pretty bold (and rather retro) colour scheme. Neutral complimentary colours are the best choice and as mentioned if you feel you need an injection of colour easily removable accessories are the way to go.

I also agree good flooring (neutral and matching) is a better investment.

Also I would say 100% has to be chrome and never gold fixtures! A nice set of taps can keep the bathroom looking clean and modern.

jackieb

I have a sky blue bathroom suite. It's in good condition but everything else (tiles, floor and ceiling are dire). When I get the money i'm going to change the suite as well though as it if i'm going to the trouble of replacing the bare bones i'm not going to put an old suite back in again (plus if that toilet seat ever breaks i'm going to have a right job on my hand to replace it as the toilet is square lol - and if the bath ever develops a leak i'm going to have to rip the tiles off the side - why tile a bath!). I quite like it though even though it wouldn't have been something i'd have chosen myself - it's just everything else that lets it down.

Put it this way, sky blue is better than the green of my other toilet!

Is the colour similar to mine?

ed110220

Two questions to start with: 1) do you actually like the sky blue colour? 2) are you planning to sell the house soon?

If you like the colour and have no imminent plans to sell, why change it just to follow a fad? You don't have to make your house exactly the same as everyone elses just to follow the herd.

Personally, I think white bathrooms are boring or clinical, but that's just my taste.