Boring white bathroom suites. AAGGHHHH

vet8

I know this is not really the right place for this question, but in my experience posters here are very well informed.

My query is about bathroom suites. I am trying to buy a new one for my house and EVERY single one I have seen in shops or on the web, is white. I find that SOOO boring. I cannot be the only person in the world who would like a different colour.

Can anyone explain why they are all white? And is there anywhere that sells coloured ones?

I particularly hate the way they usually include in the price white bath panels and uncomfortable plastic white toilet seats, so the overall affect is like a white cat eating cod in a snow storm.

Can anyone advise me where I can go to buy one in any other colour?

Thanks.


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Canucklehead

Good evening: You could start here... http://www.discontinuedbathrooms.co.uk/

White has been the fashion for years now and the manufacturers will design and produce to meet demand..retailers will act accordingly.

You could always post on Freecycle. My OH has stripped out bathroom suites in all colours of the rainbow in his career and in the last few years it has all ended up at the local tip to be recycled.

HTH

Canucklehead

Big_Bird_4

White is the neutral choice that will not put buyers off if you eventually decide to sell your house. If you go for something different you risk alienating the proportion of potential buyers who do not share your taste.

leetread

If you aren't keen on the all white effect try using a vanity unit or maybe furniture. Shades who make this sort of thing for example do an extremely contemporary gloss blue door or if that is not to your liking any decent plumbers merchant will be able to show you different options on bath panels and seats in various wooden finishes.
Certain colours are still available Roca for example do matt black, green or blue pottery, but in the main cream or pergamon are available

Hope this helps

loracan1

Canucklehead wrote: »

White has been the fashion for years now

Bathroom suites always were white (with rare exceptions) till the 70s. We just regained common sense. (Anyone for avocado?)

catt_2

Hi Vet

I concur with what the previous posters have said.

White has been and continues to be in fashion in the UK and has mass market appeal for its neutrality, its appearance of cleanliness and light-reflectivity, making a small room appear larger. If you ever intend to sell your home, then keeping it neutral is sound advice! Have you considered adding colour with removeable accessories? A readily available colourful wc seat might cheer you and won't cost the earth!

At the Ideal Home Exibition this spring and other exhibitions I've attended, only white suites were on display. This indicates it will be next season's 'colour' as well.

Having said all that, colours are available, particularly at the high end. A designer friend of mine has recently fitted out a bathroom in a warehouse style city flat with dark grey natural slate walls and floor, combined with a black enamelled suite! She also did an Edwardian refurb with a retro-style suite with blue flowers on the inside of the suite. So your choice might depend on the style of your home and the extent of your budget.

Over in Germany at the exhibitions, colours are becoming available. It is often a few years before continental interior design ideas come to the UK and sometimes they never catch on. These new colours are not the pastel blue or pink of old, nor the dull avocado, peach or champagne. These are intense, vibrant colours (think swimming pool blue!) which are shown off to best effect with powerful lighting.

For my part, I have just chosen a plain white suite and I'll be very happy with that.

Offered: Light blue suite. 1975. Many previous careful owners.

Interested?!:cool:

chipmunk

Hi Vet8

You could try here or here. Just Google "coloured bathroom suites".

Badger_Lady

I love avacado! But I recognise I'm alone, so I stick with white for the resale value. Doesn't mean the whole room has to be white though - coloured walls (apart from the tiling), and funky accessories are good...

Good on you for doing your own thing! None of us are brave enough :-)

Inactive

I just love my burgundy suite, I don't even care if it isn't fashionable, I don't do " fashion ".

White, soooooo booooooring.:D

samuela66

I have a "BROWN" bathroom suite, cant wait to get the blooming thing ripped out its hideous.................:o

beverleyhills

Colours tend to be dicontinued after a number of years. If an item is broken. it is easier to find a white repacement, than repace the whole suite.