Opinions on bath placement please
We are in the process of having our ensuite redone and have bought a gorgeous copper bath. It is quite a large room and I’m undecided as to where to put the bath. I had decided but then made the mistake of asking my daughter’s opinion and now she’s made me second guess myself.
I’ve been playing around with different positions - any thoughts would be welcome. The toilet will be to the right of the doorway (from where I’ve taken the photos) with the washstand on the right of the window and the shower on the left of the fireplace. The built in unit and fireplace are to remain.
One benefit of having it on an angle is that the view from the window is of trees- if we put it parallel to the fireplace then we’d be able to see our neighbour’s house.
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Comments (127)Lots of ideas....couldn't resist adding my two cents. i copied your photos and did a little cut and paste- it's messy, but hopefully gets the main idea across. i'd put your sofa in front of the large book case, chair by the fireplace, tv on the stand on the wall opposite the fireplace - so you can either look at the fire or the tv. Someone suggested using frames of one color for your photos - an inexpensive way to do that would be to spray paint them all a dark color-black goes with everything. Since your shelves are a medium tone wood, display things that are dark or light so that they contrast against the wood. Limiting your display items pallette to a few values usually helps to unify things. (I think that's why so many people want to paint the shelves or put inserts in the back to help your nice things read more clearly...some get lost). If you want to "splurge" -you may consider having a carpenter make a few solid tall cabinet doors to provide a visual break in the shelving. I'm showing 3 doors - 1 on the right side of the fireplace and 2 on the left to leave two open vertical shelves for display on each side - with things arranged to frame the fireplace as the focal point. To add some height to your big vases, consider stacking some books beneath them. Enjoy experimenting untill you get something you're happy with - good luck!...See MoreNeed help with sofa choice for living room
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Comments (103)Hi snan - to address your questions: 1 - yes, the lamps work very well. With regard to the height of the larger lamps: do you know how high they would be? If the bottom of the lampshade is even with the top of the pillows that should work. If they are taller than that I think you will be okay with the smaller lamps. Look back again at some of the pictures above to see what I mean. The thing that will look odd would be if the top of the lamps were taller than your headboard. The idea is that when you are in bed reading a book that you want the light to be able to reflect down. As far as the lampshade size goes on the smaller lamps I'm thinking the shorter ones since they don't seem to drop down as far as the larger ones. 2 & 3-Definitely chair by the mirrored bedside locker with one white locker on the other side. Without question. The chair to the left of the bed gave the room life. Use the extra white one in a closet or another room. You don't want to overcrowd your room when you are going for a tranquil setting. 4-Absolutely okay to have bedside tables that don't match and look good in the room. Whether or not you like that is a personal preference though. I would only put the mirrored one next to the bed though if you have the chair next to it. It's how they play off each other that makes it work. If you don't keep the chair next to the bed then I would use both white tables beside the bed. It is also fine that the pictures are off-centre to the wall as long as they are centered to the bed. :)...See MoreMaria McGuigan
2 years agoThanks all, and apologies for abandoning this thread! Life (and plumbers etc! ) got in the way and I only just remembered that I'd posted this. We went for the bath on an angle and it looks fabulous. Just waiting for the electrician to fit the lights and the decorator now.
Jen - we got the bath from eBay - it's from Witt and Berg and was a fraction of the usual price as it had been used in a photo shoot.
I'm now in a dilemma as to what wall colour to choose. Our bedroom is China Clay dark from Little Greene with Adventurer on the wall behind the bed. The bathroom is currently the same colours, with Adventurer on the wall where the old bath was (and where the shower is now). I'm very tempted to go with Adventurer on all the walls but am worried it will be too dark.
Thoughts?
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