How to warm up my bathroom with wood

11 years ago

Hello everyone,
We have recently had our 60s grey/turquoise/yellow-glass (!) bathroom replaced. We had major problems with tradesmen and one of the more minor problems was that the tiler swapped out out selected almost-white tiles with cool grey-beige tiles for the walls.

So, to improve the feel of the bathroom the final touches will be very important.
The 'greige' wall tile clashes with the silver-blue-grey bath and the floor is a dark grey. The vanity and top are white (the blue is just protective wrap) and there will be a bottom drawer soon.

Mainly - we need to reduce the laboratory feel / the generic modern feel and the coolness of the room.

The rest of our house is very busy with lots and lots of floor to ceiling bookshelves, hat collections, etc so I want the bathroom
To be as clutter free as possible (the items on the window sill will not stay) so I want solutions that are fitted rather than decorations.

Here are some pics of the current bathroom - the white hand towel is hanging randomly to remind you the vanity drawers will be white.

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Judy Mishkin

11 years ago

if you want to keep your bathroom clutter free, now is the time to achieve that goal.

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auslo
Original Author
11 years ago
Shower and vanity
auslo
Original Author
11 years ago
Bath and blank wall
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auslo
Original Author
11 years ago
I am feeling stuck and disappointed so need to get decisions right for the final touches.

Basically: I feel this room badly needs timber additions - ideally as shelves etc, not just random ornaments. I have put a piece of bamboo at the end of the bath for the above pics which might be too orange and not as delicious to the eye as a more rich and varied wood grain.

There is currently no towel rack or towel rail or towel hook or anywhere to put a hand towel. This is because we are fearful to add more chrome and add to the laboratory feel - but we do need all these things except maybe the rack (hotel style).

There is no niche in the shower and we have two good quality chrome corner baskets to install if we get over our chrome aversion.
auslo
Original Author
11 years ago
For the wood additions
1. I am thinking to have a hardwood shelf-thing made to cover the tiles at the end of the bath.

2. In the same wood I would like a floating shelf. I only like floating shelves with brackets - so perhaps black brackets in the style of pic 1. This could be placed at the head of the bath (to be reflected in the mirror), at the foot of the bath next to the mirror cabinet, or all along the short wall above the length of the bath.
The shelf would be pretty much for plants only, and obviously for the look of the wood.

What do you think? All ideas appreciated!!
auslo
Original Author
11 years ago
Pic with a different kind of wood, not bamboo
auslo
Original Author
11 years ago
Photo from night showing windows more clearly plus an inspiration pic
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Genevieve Flasch
11 years ago
Are the windows quite old? It would look really slick if you replaced the windows/trim with stained wood windows and then added cedar to the ceiling. Then a couple of little accents would tie into the new wood architectural components.
auslo
Original Author
11 years ago
Hi Vincent - would it be a big job to remove the paint from the window frames and stain/seal the timber underneath?
I want to leave the original glass - so what would the options be if not just replacing paint? It would be nice to widen the sill if there is an easy way to do.
auslo
Original Author
11 years ago
Also there is at least 40mm gap between the shower glass and the vanity mirror so a wooden frame around the whole cabinet might be nice. The aluminum of the LED light mounted on the cabinet is ugly but not sure anything can be done about that.
All comments welcome!
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Genevieve Flasch
11 years ago
Sometimes the wood used to make a window isn't awesome quality if it wasn't intended to be stain-grade but if you're willing to put in the time/effort, you can strip the frame and see what you're dealing with. The trim could be beefed up easily once you can see what kind of wood the frame is made from. Even if the quality of the wood isn't good enough for stain, you can still add wood-stained trim to it.

I wouldn't mess with the space between the shower and mirror.