A new bathroom that didn't cost the earth...

After moving into my dream home over a year ago, we set about (slowly) redecorating and updating it, with the rule of one room at a time. The first, and my most exciting, was my dressing room (read about it here) and the second was the bathroom. Kirstie and Phil tell us that bathrooms and kitchen offer the most sway with buyers and can sell houses (or not) on their own. Whilst, we are definitely not selling, we wanted to have our dream bathroom. The problem is, that thanks to our ever-handy Mr Bell Senior doing most of the work on his own, we were at the mercy of odd weekends, so it took a LOOOOONG time! I wish I had more photos of the "before bathroom" but this one will show you how it looked.

yes, that's ORANGE

Although the bathroom itself was fine, the shower was faulty, so after finding out we'd have to rip down the shower wall to replace it, we embarked on a bathroom journey that took almost 9 months, countless coats of paint, boxes of tiles and online research well into the early hours. This is how it looks now...

Calm and serene...

The main components - shower, less than £300 from Homebase, free-standing wall-facing bath, no longer for sale, but £260 from Next Bathrooms, double sink and vanity unit £290 from Ikea.

We relayed the floor with porcelain floor tiles from Topps Tiles as well as the walls with their mini metros in white (the range called Chic Metal are same style but much cheaper) and a Victoria and Albert design navy accent trim.

Decorative accents were thanks to gifts (heart ceramic bowl), my endless supply of candles and a trip to Homebase again for the Venetian style mirror (a bargain at £56) and palm plant.  Also the blinds came from Tuiss and I have matching in my dressing room now, and the towel shelf also from Ikea. The only missing pieces are a framed sketch of a seaside image for the blank wall and a vintage sign for above the bath...phew!

Should I get this one....

...or this one??

Now - onto the next room! Hmm where do I start??