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Hollyboll

edinburgher wrote: »

I am a walking contradiction at times HB

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I know that feeling - both those feelings .... All of them :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Luckyinlife

Sounds great ed for the bathroom

I got a under sink storage with soft close draws haha wasn't that expensive looks great loads of storage and the sink is built in can pick them up for about £100-200 for a nice one


i managed to find some cook and lewis taps on offer for £10 fair to say i wouldn't let them go haha

A_Frayed_Knot

Bathroom sounds lovely:), know someone who has just finished major gut out/refurb in a bathroom, well whole house actually, has got the upvc panelling on wall and ceiling, lighting was easy to do (for them). Got a lovely bathroom mirror with lights from B & M rrp £80 their price £50 and @ldi's this week have the chrome towel heaters (saw them this morning) for £20 but do look on the small side.
Worth having a look though.
Only 2 more sleeps (if you get any):D. Good Luck with the move.

edinburgher

I got a under sink storage with soft close draws haha wasn't that expensive looks great loads of storage and the sink is built in can pick them up for about £100-200 for a nice one

What sorts of shops did you look at for storage LIL? Or was it largely online?

Went with floor-to-ceiling tiles around the bath and opted for wood cladding along the other walls (as the paint colour on the walls above is much easier to change than tiles!)

I think wood cladding can look great. My folks have a cottage with masses of it over a foot of insulation, it is super cozy. Not sure it would look right in our 70s house though.

hiddenshadow

edinburgher wrote: »

I think wood cladding can look great. My folks have a cottage with masses of it over a foot of insulation, it is super cozy. Not sure it would look right in our 70s house though.

Our house was built in 1970. I think it looks pretty good (but I'm biased ) - we put up a picture rail above it to delineate the paint vs cladding, and painted the cladding a very faint white (so that the wood grain still shows through a bit). Picture rail is a glossy white. It allowed us to go with a pretty strong colour for the walls (sort of an ocean blue/teal) because it's only the top half of the wall.

Also, on the ceiling front, I've become converted to the 2-shades-lighter-than-the-walls camp - have done that in our bedroom and our bathroom (the two most recent rooms we painted) and it looks great. You don't really notice the ceiling much compared to the stark white. (We did 50/50 white matt mixed with our ocean blue for the ceiling which worked well until DH tried to touch it up with 100% ocean blue :rotfl:)

edinburgher

Sounds lovely, not dissimilar to a rellies house who lives very close to the beach and has gone for nautical light

hiddenshadow

Thanks! Didn't really have any sort of theme going (for the bathroom or the house ) but at least the colours go well together. (Solely down to me as DH is colour-blind. Bonus is that he won't know to complain if something doesn't match, down side is that I'm the only one to blame in that case!)

gallygirl

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Re heated towel rail, if it is chrome.....Please bear in mind they look great, do keep the bathroom warm, but need constant 'buffing'. I would still have them again though

Tilly x x

edinburgher wrote: »

How do you buff yours Tilly

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Hi Mr E, I use a microfibre duster and it works brilliantly. Tend to do it 2-3 times a week.

Buff? Is that the same as running the last bit of paper off the toilet roll across any bits with marks/noticeable dust?

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Gally, we clearly share a more ad hoc approach to housework.......

Luckyinlife

100% of my stuff came from online its just so much cheaper and you get it there and then

Ebay i got my suit from wich included the sink/ under sink storage a company on there loads about

you can get ones to fit around the sink or ones with the sink fits into the top the ones with the sink in the top offer the best looks and space and you get more space around the sink area for toothbrush soap dispenser ect

THe cladding i actually ripped out of the bathroom its was the old style personally its not my thing in a bathroom but i have new upv cladding in my pourch and its really nice

wiring shouldn't be a huge issue for you