No matter where you are, you need bigger bucks for a reno

Add a runner, accessories and leave it until you have the USA equivalent of 70 K : )

If all you hate is white vanity wall? Re do to a pale oak, and change the white flooring to something else, even an LVP in "wood"

IMO without pictures all we do is guess. BTW I have done many bathroom renovations for a lot less than 70K US Are you a bit handy or do you have to hire out for everything? 15K british =30K US not 70 and a nice bathroom can be done for 30KPost pics here in a comment DO NOT start another post

Can you post pictures from the listing? New lighting, mirror, and fixtures can make a huge difference and would cost nowhere near 70k.

Ops. Somehow the pictures were deleted when I edited the post. Here are the pictures.

It's a very nice bathroom but if you don't like turquoise, it would be a problem!

The hardware, faucets, and lights could be easily switched out and updated (but it would still be turquoise).

As mentioned above, a runner would soften it a bit and give you the ability to introduce other colors (but the main color would still be turquoise).

Although aqua is not my favorite this is a pretty cohesive well executed bathroom for the style it is.

I might try something like a vinyl wallpaper with aqua plus other colors on the inside of the bathroom door and maybe a select cabinet door or two just to make it less sterile.

I see no window so my main concerrn would be an exhaust fan. Personally I like the Turquoise.

Are the vanity and shelves paintable? What if you paint the ceiling, shelves, and vanity a light gray from the tile?

This paint color and rug are not the best choices but it shows how toning down some of the white makes the bath feel less sterile.

That's a pretty nice bathroom. It's to nice to change. There are also not many budget changes that you can do to a room full of hard surfaces. Maybe add some patterned rugs or towels.

I accept that you don't like the color, and living with a color that you don't like can get to you after a while. But I don't think it's at all tacky. It seems like a lovely bathroom to me, though the vanity strikes me personally as rather dull-looking. You might be able to reconcile yourself to the turquoise tile if you can find a color for the vanity and cabinets/cupboards that makes the turquoise "recede" a bit. I'm not good enough at color to suggest something off-hand, but if you have a source for paint chips and samples, you can try holding the paint chips near the turquoise to see what takes the "curse" off for you. Then the bath linens you choose can also help.

If you can't replace the flooring, you might want to pick out other colors from the floor to use as your guide for paint and linens. That would help the room look more cohesive—though admittedly no less turquoise!

https://retrorenovation.com/category/bathroom-categories/ has many pictures of bathrooms featuring different color tiles, with suggestions of things that go well with the tile. You don't have to love mid-century style to take advantage of the color advice. (I recommend this site frequently, but I have no connection with it other than having found it a wonderful source of inspiration for my recent apartment renovation.)

This is way too much turquoise for me as well. If I had to use this bathroom every day I would lose my mind. :-) If only they had just limited it to the shower stall. If it were me I would save up for a complete remodel. If in the meantime you find it growing on you then you can spend the money on something else. While I appreciate your concern about removing perfectly good tile, the previous owners' use of so much of it just makes it overwhelming.

Thank you for all of your responses!

I never thought I would need to be convinced that it's not that bad. Maybe yes; it's just too much not the color of my choice.

But you already gave some ideas to not make it less strong. Thanks a lot. I will post the after photos later, but it will probably take a few months until we really move and do it.

Thank you.

What do you guys think about adding some tile stickers to soften the turquoise on the part of the wall that won't get wet often? Are tile stickers any good?

Best of luck! It’s wise to take your time.

I agree, it’s not tacky, it’s just very bold and a very particular taste. I would grow weary of it very quickly. Tbh, I don’t think there really is any way to downplay such a strong and shiny colour. You will likely be re-doing it at some point so start saving your $$.

What about warmer light bulbs? Try a Spa theme with stacks of rolled white towels, candles, natural woods in accessories and a jute rug. Framed Zen photos of nature, a lucky bamboo plant. A little wood bench. Stuff like that goes with the Turquoise.

This is Gweneth Paltrow's spa in Turquoise in Montecito.

I think I have for sure seen worse Use all white accents towel s etc I think stick on anything willinstantly make the space look tacky.

I like the idea that tracefloyd sent to you. It is exactly what I was going to suggest.

I love turquoise so I think it’s a great bathroom. That said, it could use warmth. I would add wood and rattan accessories. Maybe reface the vanity with wood, altho totally unnecessary. Black accents could be nice too.

I agree it’s a lot, but it also looks clean & fresh.

My bias is to to add more organic elements that seem to go with the turquoise and white but add some warmth , like the woods suggested. Accessories in teak or similar- looking woods. No more shiny/cool/ hard elements. A bath rug can have some pattern - like the example posted, but keep looking.

Try bringing home some things that are easily returned, so you can try see how things look but say , no, needs to be more this or that.
From just the photos, the room looks good quality so I would choose accessories carefully to add the right warmth but not be tacky—lot of wood import things can look very cheapo. It doesn’t mean you have to spend big $$, but more evaluate which items give the right simple, warm feel. Sometimes kitchen accessories have such items as well as looking in bath depts and completely elsewhere. I’d do things not just “ beachy” which usually is more pale & faded & pastel, but maybe a richer warmth.

Probably easiest for towels to be white , BUT I love to add stripes to solid white & blue baths ( I alternate white & patterned towels) and you might find a stripe that has aqua/white/ tan for spa- like, or you could try something bold like oranges, complementary color. But that would be opposite of calming/ toning down. But, lively!

Turquoise is my favorite color and that is a lovely turquoise. That said, there is too much white. I totally agree with bringing in warm woods. So I would replace or reface all of the cabinets. And, if it was my bathroom, I would get rid of the banjo & funky counter shape and have only one sink. Aim for a Scandinavian look rather than beachy.

Or, a less expensive alternative--try in Photoshop--replace the floor with wood look LVP and add some other wood accents. Perhaps replace the white shelf over the vanity with real wood? Somehow the diagonally laid floor tile seems at odds with the rest of very linear turquoise tile.

I kind of love this bathroom, so not much help here either...but one thing you could likely do relatively inexpensively would be to take the tile down on the wall with the towel warmer and the wall with the door, leaving it behind the tub and shower and as a sink backsplash. If you start with the first whole tile outside the shower and bath on those ends of the room, that shouldn't affect the waterproofing inside the shower, and it would give you bare wall to add some paint to offset the turquoise. You'd just need to be careful about how to handle the tile edges, but you should be able to add some edging to end it (and at the door it looks like it has a natural end anyway). I also like the look of the gray paint on the cabinets to soften it.

I like the color, but I think you have two big problems -- very fixable problems:

1. You have so much turquoise /aqua and white ... and an accent color: I'd go cardinal red, but yellow or orange would also work. Pick an accent color and aim to make the room 10% that new color. Bring it in through bath mats, towels, vanity organizers and art work.

2. You need accessories to finish the room. Bring in some greenery and some natural texture. A couple brown woven baskets and a couple plants.

I really like the idea of researching if a wood-look LVP would work over the tile floor.

I finally found the pics and do not see it nearly as bad as you do! Someone had an idea of maybe painting cabinets in a coordinating warm gray but really - a load of soft towels, an orchid on the shelf (good fake!) and a fluffy warm rug - or colorful pattern rug would change everything. It is like it has not been staged. ALSO - if it were me I would mosaic tile the backsplash ONLY A GORGEOUS glass and mirror with aqua accents - maybe a scene or a waves... just to add a bit of interest, pizazz. also what about art? this is the perfect place for something cool - you have a wonderful backdrop and it will cost WAY LESS MONEY. This is wallpaper - but a similar interesting artistic backsplash would be fun.

Just paint over the Torquoise tile with Epoxy Paint. It's better than looking at something that annoys you. At least the floors aren't Torquoise.

The only thing I think could be done to dramatically transform that bathroom would be to wallpaper the ceiling. Given the right wallpaper it could be a smash.

That's Fornasetti's Dawn but it could go crazy instead of serene

Christian Lacroix Oiseau Fleur

And then put a couple of big white flokati throw rugs on the floor

I *think* maybe the ceiling is white tile?

The ceiling is either tile or some kind of plank material. Whichever, neither surface is suitable for wallpaper. Much less the problem of getting wallpaper on a ceiling and keeping it there in a steamy bathroom.

That is a nice clean pure turquoise--not seeing gray being part of the mix. Not at all. Gray would work with a muted, muddied, greyed turquoise but not this one, IMO.

I very much like the wood look plank floor that Deegw posted above.

I think you could tone down the overall look pretty easily.

I would remove the white shelf, increase the size of the mirror and paint the cabinets something softer and possibly removing or reducing the size of the backsplash. I would likely remove the blue from that space.