Need help for our ensuite!
We bought a hampton style house 1 year ago and the ensuite is done in black and white. Very boring. I just need some advice on painting and decorating.
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Help with en-suite
Comments (34)Alright let's see if we can put this to bed. There's nothing at all wrong or amateurish with your home. Agree seeing photo it's arguably too much of a compromise nor cost effective to move/change the window considering outcomes. The solution here will come in the fit-out and how to balance that as best as possible within the constraints set. You can do it with a 1500 size bath option, 900x1200 shower. and it's essentially a tweak/fine-tune from the idea you had originally. (I shouldn't really do this but here you go/I'm feeling generous today ;) ) You run a ledge all the way around the back and end walls. Mirrored cabinets all along the end above the basin. This will feel massive and luxurious with the ledges/more dimension & interest. But you'd need a concealed in wall cistern. Any privacy concerns (in bathrooms) can be managed by combination blinds/furnishings - arguably much more flexible (and cheaper in this situation) than changing glazing to frosted glass. And then you still retain an outlook/light to your ensuite during the day etc... Good luck & Merry Christmas :) PD...See MoreMaster bedroom, WIR and en-suite design
Comments (12)reluctant to lose the convenience of outside access to a toilet my suggestion sacrifices a little space off the lounge and bedroom to keep the extra toilet and use the original laundry space for a bigger ensuite with separate toilet and double vanities, the new extension makes a more spacious wiw with only standard doorway openings to the new rooms but the ideal outside door for the laundry will depend on the location of the drying area and you may decide that a western door or no outside door (and walk through the verandah?) could both add more counter space to the laundry and, much as i like the gable roof for the extension, it would be interesting to obtain a comparative quote for a simple skillion roof (and raked ceilings for the new laundry and wiw) that may save a lot of extra roof structure that doesn't add anything to the inside of the new rooms or streetscape and could be much cheaper.....See Morechanging layout and adding a en-suite
Comments (4)it should be easy enough to use bed 2 as space for an ensuite but that means losing a bedroom...do you have any other long term plans to add extra bedrooms, new kitchen etc eg the old extension seems like a much better location for the kitchen, make a bigger dining area and maybe add a screened room across the back to take advantage of your good climate but neither idea solves the problem of the missing bedroom, could the living area be converted to extra bedrooms but how you would access the clothesline from a laundry in the garage...is there space to add an external door on either side of downstairs? maybe the cellar would be a better location for the new laundry with closer access to the stairs and an existing external (front) door and add laundry shute from the upstairs bathroom but making scaled plans is difficult as the real estate plans are inconsistent ...please confirm the dimensions of all the rooms (including bath, toilet, biws and hallways and i can make a better scaled plan to share...See MoreEn-suite floor plan, 1 or 2?
Comments (7)the first variation feels very cramped and number 2 is more comfortable but, given enough space, you could consider another option and adding furniture helps understand the spaces better but maybe the bed would be better along the back wall so that you could have a view to the deck from in bed..but that could mean rethinking that extra window ..perhaps a tall narrow window behind the chair? (nb dimensions are only guestimated and the plan suggests that a liitle extra could be taken off the bedroom to make the ens and wiw wider to allow for bigger bath and/or wider and/or twin handbasins)...See More
7 years ago
PRO7 years agoYou could add some timber panelling to warm the space up. Its also calling for some indoor plants which will inject some colour & life.
Hope we have inspired you!
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PRO7 years agoHi mirri79,
There's a few things you can do
Adding in colour or texture or both, maybe some wallpaper - are you a fan of the wood look? This would work well in a hamptons style home. You can get a vinyl type wallpaper to ensure it works well in the bathroom environment. Here is an example:
Bentleigh Residence · More InfoYou could also play around with some decorative lights. You could place them around your bathroom mirror. It could either be wall mounted or a low voltage pendant light. Here is an example of a simple pendant you could use-
Surrey Hills · More InfoAnother simple thing you can do is add a few accessories in the space. The image below has a bright pop of colour from the flowers that you could easily do. Cordony Designs also has some great examples of using plants. Or you could do this with towels, storage containers.
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Good luck!
7 years agoI got carried away too you have a great bathroom with good bones,
I would change the mirror and add some interesting lighting,
paint some walls biscuit or soft french grey,
change cupboard doors and handles for shaker style if the budget allows,
and as robandlyn suggest re tile the back shower wall with small mosaic tiles similar to the first two photos good luck
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PRO7 years agoHi Mirri,
we have many light fittings suitable for the bathroom, that will surely create the right atmosphere.
Multiple pendant lights could be a great solution.
I would be very happy to assist you!
Monica
LightCo
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