It's fine. Get a better curtain, put the air freshener away, and paint.
Or you could wallpaper the top half of the walls and paint the bottom half.

Hi, it's a great little project, you can absolutely improve it. I think curtains are better avoided in the toilet; I think a shutter would be ideal. Then replace the toilet seat, with a wooden one, I have a toilet that faces the door like this and the wooden seat looks much better, it breaks up the shape. Finally paint the room two complementing colours, bottom half of the wall and top half. This reduces the tall skinny feel. Voila, a room that will feel very fresh and pleasant.

This toilet room looks like it is in an old house going on the door knobs and on the light switch. All suggestions here are great.... but would prefer a nice white shutter rather than a curtain..
My suggestion is -
change the window to two fixed overlaping panes of opaque glass...the top one over the lower one. and on the inside of the window opening and the lower one on the outside...and have a fixed powder coated security screen with fly screen in it fixed to the outside...there will always be ventilation and security.....then you can have a little shutter inside if you like for decorative purposes and extra security....thieves love toilet windows!

Don't like wooden toilet seats unless they are in a decorative timber like wallnut or mahogany and made all in one piece.....because they tend to crack...( doubt you will find a new one that is in one piece). Try and source an old one and have it restored if you like wooden. I have one in mahogany and everybody comments...and its warm to sit on.
Just a suggestion because of the expense. Have you heard of the Bidet Seat? a Google search will get you the info. That would put luxury and comfort into your tiniest room.

Light Peppermint is a great colour for a tiny toot, bright white ceiling and a really "out there" light fitting...unless you can afford a modern 'warm light' with an exhaust fan combined...nothing worse than a cold toilet room!
Another conforting colour would be a nice rich golden cream and a stark white ceiling. This would go well with a timber seat. I would keep the walls all one coloiur. I would purchase a classy chrome toilet roll holder and...if there's enough space...have a tiny tiny handwashing basin...they are available.
For the floor, since it is quite small, you may like to splash out on something " kind" underfoot, like 'click clack' timber to match the wooden seat...if you go that way, or even cork and with a good polyurethane finish....no stain, warm underfoot, easy-clean. There are other products that are comfort, safety and hygene orientated and are laid all in one piece. Otherwise I would have a really top quality thick cream vynol..(never know how to spell that) and preferably one with an overall pattern...a tile pattern will only make the space look small again
If you are creatively disposed....a nice mural wallpaper on the back wall could be an innovative touch and depending on the picture ( I was thinking a forest, sunshine and tall trees)...it would give depth to the room.
My house is old, my toilet room like yours and I live in a rural town where only 40 years ago all the toilets were outside houses and the 'night man" would come....so, in keeping with that history, my loo mimicks the Aussie Outhouse...with the mural and the timber seat, but its not everyone's preference...thought I'd mention it since toilets do not have to look...sanitary.. and can be really creative places whilst being very comfortable.
Comfort in a toilet, for me, is a major consideration...I hate cold uninviting loos!.
Lastly but not least...a nice shiny chrome toilet roll storage.." thingy" or even a little decorative white one with room for a plant on top. For the plant...one that loves living in toilets is a Prostrate Creeping Juniper...just a thought.
Oh, the toilet brush..(.mine is white ceramic and in the shape of a siamese cat with a long neck...does not look like a toilet brush)...so...something that disguises what it is rather than just a cannister or a plastic..object. The LOO is important, small enough to allow a bit of extravagance...and the best thing of all... yours...it is separate from the bathroom and that is quite a feature these days...so take advantage of the feature!.

Thanks so much for the comments so far. @IWallwork do you mean this kind of two-tone wall?

Strip the room of everything including the toilet suite, I like those lining boards in the picture above, and the idea of mint walls. Spring fresh!
Hunt around for some fence palings and stain them lightly or leave them grey as they are, glue them to your back wall like a stretcher bond pattern, so the entire wall looks like laid floorboards. Install a new ceramic toilet suite, one with a soft close lid and wide rim seat, comfort is second only to cleanliness in a loo.
Paint the other walls in that gorgeous peppermint, and hang two a3 sized thin timber frames tying in the timber wall, and frame somethting green, perhaps a leaf from the garden, hang side by side at the eye height of a tallish person sitting on the loo.
Hanging on one wall makes you ignore the other one, and you won't feel as closed in with something to look at. The hint of green and some framed foliage helps create a feeling of freshness, also a good thing here, and I would hang a glass terrarium from the opposite wall with frames, just above the cistern, with simple succulents or air plants like Spanish moss?. The trailing real life plant will be like a breath of fresh air, and will even provide more of that. The floor I would re-tile, or leave as concrete with a lacquer.
If you have nowhere to keep your glen 20 you could always hang a shower caddy on the back of the door. A cosmetic bag for the ladies essentials and it's out of sight most of the time.
There you go, a lush loo!

Curtains need to go perhaps a nice white timber Venetian ( cheaper than shutters ) replace the toilet seat with something more modern . Line the wall with tongue & groove timber panels & paint . Use a light colour and keep the ceiling the same colour this is make a small room seem larger . Install a modern light fitting , new toilet roll holder. If you must have a toilet brush perhaps have a small floor cabinet in one corner & you can keep toilet rolls in it as we'll . Toilets can be cold therefore a nice cushioned floor vinyl or linoleum in a bright colour would be warm & also add a real pop ! Happy decorating .

The toilet room look can B improved by few slim framed pictures of your favorite birds or flowers or other art affects. I do not agree with the wall paper suggestion as the product that removes the glue that keeps the paper on the wall is extremely TOXIC!!! after a while U can re-paint the walls. I have done that after renovations and it looks v. good. Good luck

@ Neryl Hollingsworth....anything goes in an olden toilet room. Here you have some really good suggestions and creative ones, I am sure you will be inspired to do your own thing.
Some of the wall murals available today are 'self-stick' if you are worried about toxicity...toilet spray is toxic too...not much today that's not unless you source a really GREEN supplier for everything. Anyway...why would you be removing the glue, so the wallpapers with the view...if you have just made the decision to put it up? Don't get the drift of that information.
Do you have any artistic friends? I painted my own mural in my loo...made a faux stained class window effect and used glass paints so it appears that you are looking out a window to a lovely view.....plenty of solutions other than wallpaper..and even wallpaper if you are not that GREEN...Its your loo and Houzzers are here happy to provide you with ideas. I like the one of the old fence pailings...for my place, so might do a re-do...its about time. You might like a more classical look.
I have just come across a website called WOODDWORKERS...in Brisbane, Sydney and ?Sunshine or Gold Coast...they have the most amazing array of reprduction doors, windows, decorative bits and pieces, breezeways for above doors from old Queensland homes going back to 1928!....I am going to get some of the pieces for my old place...but thought that there are some really GREAT windows and other bits that would look terriffic on the wall of a loo in an old house...if you like that kind of thing. Have a sticky beak! Have fun!
www.woodworkers.com.au

We saw a place where they had used old newspapers as wallpaper in the loo.
Inexpensive and it looked amazing.

depending on budget you could replace the toliet with a back to wall unit
replace the floor with a vynial under lay there are so many new colors and designs and it feel less cold on the floor then tiles
and if you have the room what about a wash basin
and try the white venetians option and a miror too
and if you could what about a cut out in the wall to put your sprays hand towels and toilet paper

Particularly like the idea of a "cut out" niche in the wall for tiolet things.

Again, depends on the budget as per the other comments. Wall hung toilet with the cistern built into a boxing, new tiles and possibly a very small catalano basin. However, a new curtain, wallpaper and a couple of great accessories would totally change the atmosphere.

Love that idea of a cut-out space in the wall, @Romanjude - if I am thinking of the right thing. Do you have any photos of this kind of thing?

Hi Neryl, I agree with a white plantation shutter on the window. For the wall find a fabulous wall paper, you wont need much of it, and paper down to dado level and perhaps use tongue and groove boards below that, or even pressed tin panels painted either in white or a colour to accent the wall paper. You could have a niche cut in the lower part of the wall to place the toilet brush and toilet paper or get a pretty, small vintage cabinet to put where that box is. Lovely ceramic floor tiles, or a good lino would finish it off. Have a look in houzz and see how fabulous wall papers can look. I love one by the Australian designer Florence Broadhurst called The Cranes which is a chinoiserie pattern, but you could use geometric lattice designs, fish, birds, trees, etc. Sarah's House used a wonderful bird paper called A Twitter by Schumacher. There is a wall paper out there to suit every taste and house style.

The room is annoying you because the items in it don't coordinate with the wall or tile colours, or even each other. Things don't have to be matchy-matchy (though that could be lovely in a small space) but they do have to play nicely.

Assuming you don't want to replace tiles or plumbing:

1. Check for leaks before you do anything.

2. Paint the walls a colour that goes with the floor tiles (I don't think mint would work, honestly) and is compatible with the colour of the adjoining room.

3. Get a matching set for the waste-basket, toilet brush and roll holder.

4. I don't like net curtains or toilet rugs (I have boys... eeeeeewwwww!) but if I did I'd match those with the other accoutrements. So if you got items with three green stripes around, choose a curtain with three green stripes, and a green rug. KWIM?

Alternative: We have a shelf over our toilet window. There is a basket on it which contains the cleaning products and toilet paper, so only a small waste-basket and the toilet brush need to sit on the floor.

If you must have air freshener in there, put it on the window-sill so the curtain will hide it, not on the cistern.

My recent weekend Reno b4 & after pics, hope they help give you some ideas...

Our whole house was double brick.... this is our reno on the toilet room.
Little bit more work on it yet but you get the idea :-)

1. remove everything and give it a good scrub. Grout, window frames, light fitting.
2. perhaps a new light shade. If it is a batten fitting there are a lot of DIY lights available.
3. only dress your window if people can see in. You can frost windows with spray or film.
4. add wall hung shelving for spare rolls, other necessities and added interest [houzz=]. Keep as much as you can off the floor.
5. tuck toilet brush up against wall, or buy wall hung one.
6. do NOT put that box back in there

Hi Neryl,
A great little project that you can get a lot of satisfaction from. I wouldn't treat this room in isolation and instead look at making sure the rest of the house influences your decisions. There are some great suggestions here. My thoughts:
- Replace floor tiles and tile the walls to the underside arch of the window. Use a white Johnson tile in brick format with black grouting, very economical.
- No curtain on the window but I like the idea of the shutter, or use a film on the window but only if privacy is an issue.
- Paint window frame white
- Paint the rest of the room a feature colour - something rich and in keeping with the house. From the door handles I get the feeling the house is 30's/40s??? This will warm & tighten up the room with class. Could be a deep grey or green.
- New wall hung vanity unit, keep it simple. Caroma have a great vintage range that are timeless, not faux replica.
- If budget permits, a new toilet suite. Porcher have some economical models from discontinued lines, like the older style Cygnet. They come with the full warranty and are close coupled to reduce cleaning in nooks and crannies.
- a new light fitting - say a simple frosted sphere, almost like a cotton ball.
- a wall hung mirror in frame rather than anything contemporary.
- wall mount everything including the toilet brush.
All the best, and enjoy the transformation!
Rebecca