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Missoni Home Otil black and white flower bath mat

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

Contemporary monochrome bathroom accessories

When Missoni Home make bath mats, they do it in style.

The Otil flower bath mat is no ordinary bath mat. In fact, it would be easy to overlook that it’s a bath mat at all, bar the fact that it’s made of plush cotton towelling.

With its bold black and white design, this piece looks more like a stunning rug for your home, rather than something you’d step out of the bath onto.

As you’d expect with Missoni Home, the designer Otil flower bath mat also comes with a price tag far removed from most bath mats….£179, gulp!

Should you wish to invest in this piece, as either an amazing bath mat or rug, it’s available to buy from Selfridges.

For more black and white home interior design ideas, check out our post on monochrome home accessories.

 

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Top Two Roll Top Baths for a Transitional Bathroom Design

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Every well designed bathroom has a centrepiece – a focus of appeal and attraction that draws the eye as soon as you enter the room. Usually this feature is the bath and, as it sets the tone for the overall style and atmosphere of the bathroom, you need to make your choice very carefully.

Essentially there are three approaches that can be taken when it comes to the overall design of a bathroom: traditional, contemporary and transitional. A thoroughly traditional approach will rely entirely on proven and trusted Victorian or Edwardian designs, whereas a contemporary approach swaps these for clean lines, modern materials and innovations such as ‘waterfall’ style taps.

Transitional bathrooms borrow elements of both these styles to create a unique, quirky and fresh design. Leading bathroom experts Victoria Plumb look at the top two bath designs for this highly specific design style.

The Transitional Bathroom

Combining aspects of both old and new to come up with an eclectic and original approach that is unique, the transitional bathroom design allows for a strong traditional or modern centrepiece that compliments your bathroom’s design without having to follow the strictures of a formal theme. The wide range of style that Victoria Plumb offers is perfect for mixing and matching your own take on the concept.

Here are two top bath options for creating the perfect transitional bathroom.

1. Top Contemporary Bath

Whether traditional or modern, most bathtubs have large curved forms. The Manhattan Roll Top Bath is a modern, contemporary double ended roll top bath that simply oozes luxury and is perfect for anyone wishing to create a spa experience in their own home.

Luxury contemporary roll top bath

By being able to hold a relatively large capacity of water, this tub offers the potential for true relaxation from a long, deep soak. Built around extremely modern curved shapes and smooth finished edges, theManhattancan be perfectly matched with modern and traditional accessories so you can build your own unique design.

If you do choose modern designs which offer practical solutions to space issues along with sleek design aesthetics, there are a number of ultra-modern ‘open’ tap designs to choose from. These give ‘waterfall’ effects when in use and are perfect for maintaining the spa vibe in your bathroom.

2. Top Traditional Bath

The idea of a transitional approach to bathroom design works both ways and the iconic Liberty Roll Top Slipper Bath mixes modern appeal with tried and tested classic style for the perfect duo. This bath was featured in the top ten baths on HousetoHome.co.uk.

How to create a transitional bathroom

By making a traditional roll top slipper bath the focal point of your bathroom, you can enjoy the ultimate in luxury bathing. A modern bathroom needs to fulfil its function in a straightforward way, but many people find that the older styles have an in-built sensuous appeal.

A totally contemporary bathroom suite in a period home can seem quite harsh and out of place but by using a transitional approach you can have the best of both worlds.

Whether it is using chrome ball and claw or dragon feet to add finishing touches to your bath, or incorporating a modern basin in a slim line vanity unit, the choices you can make using the transitional idea are only limited by your own imagination when working with Victoria Plumb.

***This guest post is from Victoria Plumb***

 

 

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Fab Friday Bargains: Reduced bathroom linen and accessories

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Fresh design bathroom fab friday bargains

It’s always a good time to stock up on new bathroom linen and towels when there’s a sale on and today’s Fab Friday Bargain will help you do just that!

Good old M&S currently have up to 20% off bathroom linen and accessories and there are some great options available at reduced prices (until 2nd April 2013).

These colourful pieces would certainly help liven up a plain white bathroom and at a fraction of their usual cost.

The Colourfield block towel, with its geometric style square coloured block print, is now priced between £4 for a hand towel and £12.80 for a bath sheet. If stripes are more your style, then the Colourfield striped towel can be picked up for between £4 and £20 a piece.

If your shower curtain has seen better days, then why not replace it with this floral print shower curtain, which is reduced to just £12. And for the floor, how about a slogan bath mat, also now priced at £12?

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The Importance of Picking the Right Bathroom Furniture

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

Bathroom furniture, banished to the wilderness during the last ten years whilst minimalism was the dominant force in bathroom design, is back, and it’s better than ever.

There are now more cupboards and cabinets available than ever before, and in just about every conceivable variation of size, shape and finish. But with such a huge range of products, choosing the perfect furniture for your bathroom can start to feel like a daunting prospect.

We all have different requirements, tastes and differently sized bathrooms, so let’s look at a few of the key variables to consider, making sure that you achieve the best possible results.

There are three types of storage unit that consistently out-sell all the others, giving us a fairly clear idea of how effective and useful these models are.

Firstly, there is the fitted vanity unit, which will allow you to keep your basin area clear from clutter, as we do all tend to accumulate far more toiletries and cosmetics than we really need, and this area of the bathroom tends to be where they end up. As a fitted unit, it will help to streamline your bathroom, concealing the pipes that are connected to your basin and taps, for a less functional appearance.

The arrangement of drawers and doors is entirely up to you, but these units are a great way to keep all of your assorted bathroom products neatly organised and discreetly out of sight, whilst remaining within easy reach.

A vanity unit will also provide you with a generous amount of surface area, so you can spread out when you need to.

Wall-mounted cabinets are always popular, as in Britain we don’t tend to have very large bathrooms, and this way, one doesn’t have to sacrifice floor space in order to gain storage capacity.

In shared or family bathrooms, giving each bathroom user their own cabinet, or section of a cabinet, can be a great way to keep things straight forward and efficient. For families with younger children, wall-mounted cabinets can be a great way to store any medicines or supplements safely out of the reach of curious young hands.

Finally, we have the tall, narrow freestanding unit known as the Tallboy. These units are so popular largely due to the fact that they would seem perfectly natural in any room in the home, thus helping the make bathroom feel less like a purely functional space and more like a natural extension of the rest of your décor.

As for finish, well, natural wooden tones or veneers are the most popular choice, bringing tactile appeal and a real warmth to your bathroom aesthetic, the perfect way to counteract to the slightly cold and sterile nature of an all-white bathroom suite.

Lighter woods, such as oak and pine, will keep the room feeling light and fresh, whilst darker tones, such as walnut and wenge, will create a dramatic, opulent look – a real style statement.

There are also metallic units crafted from stainless steel and brushed aluminium, as well as all manner of coloured lacquers, and even patterned designs.

The point is that with such a wide array of furniture options available, you will be able to find the perfect units for your bathroom. So take some time to have a click about and discover your ideal furniture. Good luck!

This is a guest post by Helen Davies, a senior content writer for Better Bathrooms, who sell good looking contemporary and traditional bathroom furniture at a realistic prices.

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Fresh Design bathroom: Orla Kiely acorn design bathroom accessories

Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Fresh design designer home accessories

Acorn design bathroom accessories

Orla Kiely’s acorn design, as seen in the wallpaper we featured recently, looks great used on this range of bathroom accessories.

The range includes an acorn soap dispenser, acorn toothbrush holder, tumbler cup, soap dish and general purpose lidded container.

Whether used together or individually, a few new bathroom accessories are a quick and easy way of refreshing your bathroom.

The Orla Kiely acorn design bathroom accessories are in stock at Heal’s.

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C. P. Hart Home Spa Blogger Challenge: Update

Monday, October 15th, 2012
Contemporary bathroom from C P Hart

Home sauna

Recently I’ve been busy creating a Pinterest board for the C.P. Hart home spa blogger challenge, featuring all the ingredients of my ideal dream home spa bathroom.

As my previous post mentioned, my ultimate dream home spa bathroom would be contemporary in style and have enough space in the room to provide plenty of relaxation experiences.

So they’d be a big freestanding hydrotherapy bath to ease away aches and pains, a steam room area to invigorate the senses, a contemporary shower to cool down in and a choice of two saunas, with different heats and scents, to relax in.

Although I normally like a bit more colour in a room, in this case the colours are kept deliberately neutral to help completely relax the body and mind.

C P Hart contemporary bathroom ideas

Modular bathroom furniture

I like the look of the minimalist style and design or the C. P. Hart wooden bathroom furniture and feel it complements the large, rectangular basins and design of the sauna/shower combo and steam room/sauna very well. The addition of the oval freestanding bath would help add a bit of a gentle line into the room, so that the clean, straight lines aren’t too overpowering.

Contemporary garden and deck furniture

Mandalay lounger (from Uber Interiors)

As my dream home spa bathroom has a balcony space just outside, a luxurious double lounger, complete with parasol, would be just outside the room and ideal for relaxing outside in the elements (I am imagining warmth!).

Of course, any spa bathroom isn’t complete without some pampering treats and you absolutely must have a cosy bathrobe to slip on! To provide the ultimate finish and warmth for the floor, there would be underfloor heating fitted under the neutral porcelain tiles and a heated towel rail to keep towels warm between treatments.

You can see the full rundown of bathroom elements on my Pinterest board.

C.P. Hart are a retailer specialising in contemporary bathrooms. They sell everything from luxury shower enclosures, home saunas and bathroom furniture, to tiles, taps and freestanding baths.

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Bathroom accessories: black electric toothbrush holder

Friday, October 5th, 2012
John Lewis Theatre home accessories trend

Roomy toothbrush holder

At last, a substantial and stylish toothbrush holder suitable for electric toothbrushes!

If you’re a household where several electric toothbrushes are in use, you’ll no doubt find that they don’t all fit into standard toothbrush holders and, if left out, tend to drip or leave small rings of residue toothpaste behind on the surface, resulting in a need for more cleaning!

This large high gloss ebony black holder, which is part of the Theatre Autumn/Winter 2012 trend from John Lewis, will keep all your toothbrushes safely housed in its roomy storage compartments.

It’s available for £15, with other matching bathroom accessories available too.

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C. P. Hart Home Spa Blogger Challenge

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Contemporary bathroom from C P Hart

Inipi home sauna

C. P. Hart, a retailer of contemporary bathrooms, has asked Fresh Design Blog to take part in their home spa blogger challenge.

The challenge revolves around creating a Pinterest board featuring all the ingredients of a perfect home spa.

For the purposes of the challenge, I’m focusing on my dream home spa. Naturally, it will be contemporary in style, but I’m imagining the ultimate in luxury, a large space in which to create it, with a balcony leading off from the bathroom with space to relax quietly in the warm air between pampering spa treatments.

One of my favourite things about going to a spa is all the different experiences – multiple steam rooms and saunas with different temperatures and scents, luxury showers to cool off under and spa baths to relax in. So my dream home spa would incorporate as many of these elements as possible. As a spa experience is also much better shared, this would mean there’s plenty of room for someone else to enjoy some pampering too.

Some of these spa elements may seem a million miles away from a home bathroom, but C. P. Hart do sell some fantastic products that make creating a spa experience at home a reality. They’ve got some amazing home saunas, freestanding baths, and luxury shower enclosures, so I have a lot of lovely dream options to choose from!

My dream home spa bathroom board is in progress over at Pinterest, so you can check out what I’ve chosen to include so far and re-pin anything you fancy. The board will contain both products from C. P. Hart, as well as other essential spa ingredients from other retailers.

I’ll be back with another post to update you on what I’ve picked and why nearer the end of the challenge, which runs for the next couple of weeks. All the Pinterest boards created for the challenge are being judged by a designer from C.P. Hart, with the winner winning a day spa at The Sanctuary.

What would your dream home spa bathroom be like?

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Fresh Design bathroom: Habitat Mappa shower curtain

Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Alternative bathroom shower curtain screen ideas

Map design shower curtain

Plan your future travels, or study a map of the world as you shower, with this map themed shower curtain.

The colourful shower curtain is printed with a map of the world, so there’s something to look at as you get up and ready in the morning.

It’s a nice alternative to a plain shower curtain and could bring some colour into a bathroom.

The Mappa curtain was designed by the Future Mapping Company for Habitat and costs £22.

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Designers Guild Coconut Grove towels

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Designer fresh design towels

Coconut Grove towels

If you prefer your towels relatively plain, with just a bit of decoration, then these white and cobalt blue Coconut Grove towels could fit the bill.

There’s something about white and blue which creates a fresh, crisp feel and there’s just the right amount of design on these. The towels are by Designers Guild, featuring delicate embroidered leaves.

There’s everything from a face cloth and bath towel, to a nice big bath sheet available in this design.

The Coconut Grove towels are available from Designers Guild, or from other retailers such as Amara.

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