ᐅ Renovation of two bathrooms – what do you think of the current state of the plans?
Created on: 13 Feb 2017 08:43
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miniflexalex
Hello everyone,
I would like to share the current status of the renovation planning for my two bathrooms and would greatly appreciate any improvements, ideas, or feedback.
It was important to us to design the bathrooms so that they feel warm and cozy.
The larger bathroom (yellow fixtures) is on the upper floor and will only be used by us (man, woman, and a 2-year-old child). The smaller bathroom (red fixtures) is on the ground floor and will also serve as a guest bathroom/guest toilet… so, enough talking, here are some photos and the planning images.
We have family members who are heating engineers, plumbers, bricklayers, and electricians, so we can plan somewhat more creatively without exceeding our budget.
I would like to share the current status of the renovation planning for my two bathrooms and would greatly appreciate any improvements, ideas, or feedback.
It was important to us to design the bathrooms so that they feel warm and cozy.
The larger bathroom (yellow fixtures) is on the upper floor and will only be used by us (man, woman, and a 2-year-old child). The smaller bathroom (red fixtures) is on the ground floor and will also serve as a guest bathroom/guest toilet… so, enough talking, here are some photos and the planning images.
We have family members who are heating engineers, plumbers, bricklayers, and electricians, so we can plan somewhat more creatively without exceeding our budget.
You’re probably asking the wrong person.
Personally, I see the guest toilet as a space where you can be bold with color, even extraordinary or exotic.
The floor in a small room should ideally be the same as the lower wall tiles to make the space feel larger, as the tiles continue from the floor up the wall, minimizing the appearance of the small floor area. Sanitary fixtures in white then stand out more clearly.
If you like exotic styles, the room could be designed accordingly—dark red, olive, for example.
At second glance, there seem to be too many materials used: I see mosaic, shower tiles, parquet flooring, the mint-colored stud wall, and a wooden table. One type of wood too many, one tile too many. It feels a bit mismatched.
What about floor tiles that continue into the shower and up the wall, combined with a bold glass mosaic on the stud wall?
Or using the same tile for both the floor and the stud wall, with the entire shower serving as an accent?
Regards, Yvonne
Personally, I see the guest toilet as a space where you can be bold with color, even extraordinary or exotic.
The floor in a small room should ideally be the same as the lower wall tiles to make the space feel larger, as the tiles continue from the floor up the wall, minimizing the appearance of the small floor area. Sanitary fixtures in white then stand out more clearly.
If you like exotic styles, the room could be designed accordingly—dark red, olive, for example.
At second glance, there seem to be too many materials used: I see mosaic, shower tiles, parquet flooring, the mint-colored stud wall, and a wooden table. One type of wood too many, one tile too many. It feels a bit mismatched.
What about floor tiles that continue into the shower and up the wall, combined with a bold glass mosaic on the stud wall?
Or using the same tile for both the floor and the stud wall, with the entire shower serving as an accent?
Regards, Yvonne
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Peanuts7414 Feb 2017 06:34miniflexalex schrieb:
My wife is interested in one of those Raindance showerheads... It's crazy how expensive they are... 1500 euros is far from the highest price... And that's just for a showerhead....
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We have the Raindance 360 from HG (surface-mounted version). With the Ecostat Select mixer, it costs about 700 euros (approximately 750 USD). We are very happy with it. There is also a 420 version (which refers to the width).
The showerhead alone (concealed version) costs between 300 and 400 euros (approximately 320 to 430 USD), I believe...
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Peanuts7414 Feb 2017 06:36ypg schrieb:
You’re probably asking the wrong person 😀
Personally, I see the guest bathroom as the space where you can really be bold with color—maybe even extraordinary or somewhat "exotic" 🙂
The floor in a small room should match the lower wall tiles to make the space feel larger, as this continuation of tiles from floor to wall prevents the small floor area from standing out. White sanitary fixtures then stand out more prominently.
If you have a taste for the exotic, you could design the room accordingly. Dark red… olive…
Regards, YvonneWe had that “boldness” too and have never regretted it—I’m just saying Louis and Ella by Steuler :-p
RobsonMKK schrieb:
I don’t have a photo on hand right now, but I can top that.
Family bathroom: fixtures were black/purple/mint... a true 90s dream.
Shower bathroom: completely in mint.
Honestly, it’s awful whoever came up with that. Off-topic:
Just wait 10-20 years to see what people will say about anthracite windows, walk-in showers, extravagant rain showers, gabions and steel mesh fences, vinyl, high-gloss kitchen islands, and large-format tiles.
Trends come and go, and sometimes you have to wonder what you were thinking back then.
@Alex85 that's all correct! Although many of your examples are more like trends. For example, windows: even in the past, windows with different colors were installed (maybe not just the standard white/anthracite mix). But regarding the rest... I agree with you. And while reading, I realize how good it is that we don’t follow every "trend."
Of course, there have been windows in different colors before. But when you choose dark windows, combined with dark accent colors on the base area and between the floor-level windows, the matching anthracite steel mesh fence, perhaps narrow strip windows and/or floor-to-ceiling windows, paired with the simple basic shapes common today. Also keep in mind that the rest is painted white plaster, which doesn’t stay beautifully white forever.
You could easily imagine the next generation standing in front of such a house and seeing nothing but a dark, dull bunker.
At the moment, though, this style is considered "clean" and modern.
By the way, we actually avoid a lot of the mentioned features. Some things look nice, but you’re never sure if they’re practical. We have a lot of experience with rental properties and have already tested many things, so the chances of huge tiles and a walk-in shower in our home are very, very slim 🙂 We’ve also had a high-gloss kitchen, which we didn’t like, and a kitchen island at friends’ places (expensive, takes up a lot of space, and doesn’t fulfill the hoped-for function—view into the living room, extraction problems unresolved or very costly, and even then only a makeshift solution).
We fully committed to the white plaster facade, light gray windows 😉 and a cube shape with a flat roof.
What can you do :-)
You could easily imagine the next generation standing in front of such a house and seeing nothing but a dark, dull bunker.
At the moment, though, this style is considered "clean" and modern.
By the way, we actually avoid a lot of the mentioned features. Some things look nice, but you’re never sure if they’re practical. We have a lot of experience with rental properties and have already tested many things, so the chances of huge tiles and a walk-in shower in our home are very, very slim 🙂 We’ve also had a high-gloss kitchen, which we didn’t like, and a kitchen island at friends’ places (expensive, takes up a lot of space, and doesn’t fulfill the hoped-for function—view into the living room, extraction problems unresolved or very costly, and even then only a makeshift solution).
We fully committed to the white plaster facade, light gray windows 😉 and a cube shape with a flat roof.
What can you do :-)
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