If you mean some type of panelling which avoids grout, there are different types some of which have been around for a long time and some of which have only recently come into use for bathrooms. I'm interested to hear of people's experiences too. Obviously having no grout to scrub is a big advantage but tiles themselves cope well in a bathroom environment. I wonder how the various panel materials compare in terms of how they stand up to personal cleaning products, bathroom cleaning products, heat, sunlight.

The other showers throughout we are just keeping the same tile with the niche so wanted to change this one up seeing as it's a big niche and make more of a feature of it. Am thinking a herringbone type tile or even small hexagons but it's more colour that I'm not sure about. A lot of those tiles are marble like colour The style of home is contemporary/Scandic if that's even a style ha ha!

This is an ideal situation for a very short toilet. why do so many of them stick out from the wall SO far. Here it would be great if the loo was minimum eg. 450 from wall so as you can get past it easily. Yes you can use an in wall cistern but often the pan is still sticking out like a sore thumb. I would love to see a loo that is no further out than a vanity: neat, tidy discrete.

How long until you renovate your bathroom again? Something that is "quite trendy at the moment" works fine if you are a real estate flipper, but can start to look very dated after 10 years. If you are planning to use your bathroom for more than 10 years before the next renovation go classic, rather than trendy. Of course Beaumonts tiles want you go with something on-trend as that is how the suppliers market their products, so it will date, and somebody will want to replace it with something else that is on-trend in ten years time! Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls