The ugliest room in the house is finally finished after 3 years of waiting. It only took us two weekends so I don’t really understand why we’ve kept it so long, maybe because it’s just a loo? Not any room in my home is “just a room” I love to pay attention to all the rooms even basements, pantries and broom closets as when I enter them or open a door it should make me happy.
This is what a looked like when we started. We already took the toilet out and started to build the frame that hides all the plumbing in the back. As we choose to use wood panelling to match the hallway panelling it wasn’t necessary to crack out the tiles. We glued and drilled the panelling on top of the tiles, painted the bottom part and wallpapered the top part.
I used Farrow & Ball Shadow White (282) for all the panelling. I use a paintbrush and a roller as I like my paintwork smooth but I also like that you can see that it’s hand painted and not spray painted. The wallpaper is by Morris and Co. and is called Mary Isobel (pink/ivory) we used it in the attic and this was left over. The floor tiles are the same as in our laundry closet and are from Hornbach, they are glued over the existing ones using tile on tile glue. The lamp is from Anglepoise and comes in the exact same colour as the paint, I just love that. All the plumbing is Granley by Heritage Bathrooms. I ordered it all at Victorian Pluming. The mirror I had for years and the prenuptial calendar is by Ted & Tone. The rabbit below, we use as a hook for towels, and was purchased at Anthropologie in London.
