When my parents moved into their house 14 years ago, one of the savings they made in the renovation was to keep the existing 'champagne'-coloured bath, basin and toilet.

My mother has now decided that the time has come to do the update she would have liked to have done in the first place. The things she doesn't like:

The carpet: she would rather have tiles, but the floor is quite flexible and to stabilise it would require raising the height above the floor height of the rest of the ground floor. We are thinking a quality wood-effect vinyl might work as an alternative without raising the floor height. Any ideas of other alternatives would be welcomed.

The suite: She would like to replace the dated coloured suite with a cleaner-looking white one. The problem is that she also really likes the tiles she originally chose, and would like to avoid re-tiling if possible. Do people know how we could do this?

Any other advice on layout and design would also be welcomed. We are on a tight budget, so no expensive options please!

Thanks.