I love rads!!! In period houses I like small squat columns, in townhouses I like mirrored, in kids rooms I like arty, in the kitchen I like marble effect or transparent - so what do I have? Standard convectors! I spent on columns in my last house and they cost a fortune and did not add to the sale value. I am getting one in my kitchen but nowhere else. I will though be splashing out when I find my forever home.

Whatever happened to paintings and original artworks for eye-stimulation? Prominent radiators can be a diabolical mistake. My brother was persuaded, by his do-do decorator, to professional-spray his modern radiators a blue gray, in contrast with his pale blue walls. The room should never be blue tones and is cold and gloomy. They are an absolute eyesore; but part of the reason, now my brother can't consider changing the room colour which is sadly required.

I already have a tall black radiator with a mirror centre as a design feature in our 'clinically' light grey and white bathroom. I still love it.

Radiators specifically, and heating generally, need to be part of the overall design scheme just as lighting does. We have installed some lovely old reclaimed church radiators in a period property recently and have also incorporated many more contemporary ones. However, unlike lighting it is worth bearing in mind that changing radiators is not that easy, and when you want to refresh a space it may be hard to create a new look if you ahve to work around an existing boldly coloured radiator. Not saying don't do it, we love the imaginative use of colour, but its probably not the easiest colour to change in your new space.

We supply traditional cast iron radiators and find Satin Black finish to give the best performance for heat output as this radiates heat best.

Yes, we like them here.

this is one of our radiator

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Buying radiators can be quite an expense in the household budget. Our suggestion would be to let them stand out as a feature, as opposed to painting them so that they blend into the wall and disappear.

We love coloured radiators. They really enhance the room design!

I love coloured radiators but maybe am biased and there is definitely no longer a need to compromise on heat output if you want to go for a "designer" radiator. For longevity though I would agree with Blue Cottini, a brightly coloured radiator may limit your decorating options ongoing as it is difficult to change. However, if you go for cast iron, these are easy and relatively cheap to get repainted.

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Colourful radiators can look really great as a feature piece. I think a bold shade works best!

Give your radiators some colour and bring them to life. Contrast the colour of the radiators with that of the walls so they stand out and make a feature in your room.

At Bisque we love a colorful radiators, it totally depends on your style of home as not every room could pull one off, but a radiator doesn't have to be colorful it could be artistic! Thank you to Vintage...VJ Jazzy Jazz for posting a picture of our Archibald radiator!

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Looks great - copper effect

@celerygirl - It is indeed an old post, but the topic could still be interesting? I launched it to see if Houzzers had any insights to share, and I was also curious to see if it was something people felt opinionated about. There have been quite a few unexpected posts, including the illuminated Eiffel Tower! :)

We love using coloured radiators in our bathroom design. It is so easy to do now as the quality manufacturers such as Bisque, Zehnder and SBH stock the popular colours such as anthracites, steel and beiges. Even the bespoke colours only take a few weeks to be delivered. It is such a simple way to help give a bathroom the WOW factor.

This can work, but we would suggest that the shades of grey' s be contrasting, so that you can still see the radiator.

You could colour match the radiator to the wall to make it blend in. Otherwise I would suggest a paler background to make more of a statement. For example the our classic radiator below with a slightly lighter background.