Bathroom Transformation - English Cottage Style

Every decision made before anything went on the walls

The existing suite, tiles, flooring, and ceiling panel were stripped out completely. The room was prepared properly before anything else happened, walls checked, any remedial work done, and the layout confirmed against the brief before a single tile was ordered. The shower and bath wall was the centrepiece of the design. Handmade-style brown ceramic tiles were laid floor to ceiling in a staggered brick pattern, with the shower valve and overhead rose positioned to work with the tile layout rather than cut across it. A gold-framed glass screen separates the shower from the bath without closing the room down. The bath panel was built and painted with a traditional tongue-and-groove detail that ties it to the wall panelling on the opposite side of the room.

In Progress

In Progress

Tongue-and-groove panelling runs the full height of the remaining walls in a warm taupe, painted to match the overall palette and fitted before the second fix so nothing is butting up against exposed edges. The vanity unit is a dark oak cabinet with a white stone worktop and a vessel basin sitting on top. Brass tap, brass flush handle, brass towel rail, brass mirror frame, and brass wall lights, every fixture chosen from the same family so the room holds together as a whole rather than looking assembled from different sources. The ceiling was plastered smooth, the parquet flooring replaced with natural stone-effect tiles, and the lighting positioned to give the room warmth in the evening rather than the flat brightness of the original globe fittings. The result is a bathroom that looks exactly like it was briefed, classic, considered, and finished properly.