Small bathroom reno
Kiralee
7 years ago
My partner and I have just bought our first home yay! Before we move in, we're renovating our very small bathroom. We have a 900mm floating vanity. We're also removing the bathtub and will have a frameless shower screen. Our issue is the placement of the vanity - not sure how far from the shower screen we should place it. We can't centre it in the middle of the wall. Will a small gap between the shower screen and vanity look awkward? What size gap would you recommend? Any thoughts would be very helpful.
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Comments (7)strongly advise against putting toilet in the bathroom-we did this when the kids were small -now they are teenagers, its a nightmare. consider a custom made vanity, with a shelf that runs along the wall over the bath. you can store things in pretty baskets, etc, and virtually halve the floorspace the vanity takes up. you actually gain some bench space. also consider the size of the vanity basin-often the basin is actually much bigger than we need - if all you do is wash your hands and brush your teeth, a smaller one (square) is just as/even more practical. if you butted it up against the bath, you could easily gain an additional 30 cms in your shower. can you put a pocket door in the wall next to the shower? so you walk in facing the bath? then this would give you an entire wall to hang a really long towel rail? we made our own, using a curtain rail and shower rail hooks, which runs the full length of the room, and extends over the bath. and you could always hang another one up higher, that the adults can reach. or if you are talking about a remodel...turn the bath 90 degrees along the wall where vanity and shower are. put shower next to it under the window. put a vanity where the current shower is. plumbing is all essentially in the same place, so probably not much difference if you are wanting new fixtures anyway. think this would actually be the best idea. good luck...See Morebathroom reno; small tiles vs large tiles
Comments (7)This is a question I face almost every time I talk with a customer when quoting a Bathroom renovation. You should always take to opportunity when renovating a bathroom to add ventilation into the design along with heating as in the form a underfloor heating of heat lights this healps with area's that would normally stay wet and reduce the problems of grout getting mould. As for selecting the right size tile this is really a personal choice there are lots and lots of options to pick from when selecting tiles. I always as what look are you going for? fine the look you like and study bathroom designs and take note of the size of tiles tou see in photos make a scrape book of idea's copy ideas pick the best bits. Small tiles can look great on a feature wall but to much of it can make a room fill closed in and to busy on the eye once you have added all your other fixtures and fittings to the mix. 300 x 600 tiles are the far most come tiles we lay where 600 x 600 are great for a modern look. 600 x 600 look great on a floor with 300 x 600 on the walls but I wouldnt suggest having three different tile sizes stick to the same or 2 different styles. it is a hard choice but go with what makes you feel comfortable and scrapbooking idea's is the best place to start. best of luck...See MoreBathroom wall tile size for small bathroom: 100x300mm or 300x600m?
Comments (4)also will give illusion of a bigger bathroom if you use bigger tiles ..I used small ones on one wall as feature wall and larger ones on other walls .....See MoreAustralians_ Has anyone done an ensuite that is only 900mm (0.9m) deep
Comments (22)Thanks siriuskey for your suggestions. I don't really know what style my taste/style of house is really. I like the simplicity of mid century furniture and have a mid century Parker sideboard. Other than that, the house is a bit of a blank canvas at the moment. (the kitchen is fairly modern though with almost white glass splash back, white cupboards, and stone bench tops that are in a colour like Caesarstone Osprey (but are essastone). I do like things from the late 1950's/1960's.....and I like Audrey Hepburn. I also like the Parisian type black n white art from that era. (but I also like naive art - big colour artworks of people or animals that look like they have almost been painted by a child). If I had the money I would buy a high ceiling mid-century home like they have in USA (a modern yet mid-century Brady Bunch style home). My house is a 1962 chamfer board on concrete posts and batterns around the bottom and currently just has satin polished mixed hardwood timber floors throughout. Most of the walls are either natural white as in the study or snowy mountain quarter strength (and in smallest bedroom - half strength russian toffee). Because I am always scared that things will date if they follow trends too much, I always seem to do fairly conservative or timeless things in house renovations and rely on the furniture and accessories to add colour and style. (I like the idea of renovations and the ripping out of old stuff to create something new, but I really don't like have to make all the creative decisions etc along the way)......so I do appreciate it when I get advice from others. I have printed your suggestions and will have a look at them. (I guess the barn door look is actually similar in concept to some of the timber veneer sliding doors seen in midcentury homes). Thanks again....See More
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7 years agoThis is our bathroom progress so far - as you can see, there's still the finishing touches, such as mirror and styling etc, but we're quite happy with how it's turned out so far. It's a 2.4m x 1.6m bathroom, with two doors - 1 sliding door going into the hallway and a hinge door going into the walk in robe, so we were quite restricted.
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7 years agoThanks everyone for your help and suggestions. We're happy with where the vanity is sitting, and it's easy enough to clean everything :) now onto the next project!
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