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ON-TREND TRADITIONAL BATHROOM IDEAS

The traditional bathroom trend is making a revival this year, but this time with a twist. It’s all about on-trend traditional style. Influencers, interior designers have developed a love for incorporating traditional and contemporary elements to create a beautiful on-trend traditional space. Traditional bathrooms offer a timeless charm to your bathroom space. It’s a style that’s perfect for period properties by maintaining a traditionally authentic theme in your home. There is so much scope when it comes to creating an on-trend traditional bathroom, cloakroom or en-suite. If you’re thinking about renovating, revamping or just swapping your taps, we have plenty of traditional bathroom ideas to explore.

TRADITIONAL EN-SUITES

Ensuites can be hard to decorate at the best of times. They come in all shapes and sizes, but whatever size en-suite you have, our en-suite design ideas are compact, mix and match and practical in their design. If you have an en-suite bathroom that’s on the smaller side, it’s important to utilise your space. Discover our favourite traditional en-suite designs ideas and the best ways to style a small space.

Keep It Simple

If you’re struck for space, there’s nothing worse than an over-crowded room. Try to keep your design & decor as simple as possible. Do this by installing the bare minimal. If you already have a shower in the main bathroom, don’t install one in your ensuite. Keep it simple with a toilet and vanity unit.
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At a touch of traditional elegance to your simple small bathroom with a traditional vanity unit, and matching vintage mono tap. Opt for a half tiled and half dark brunswick green painted wall. The tiles work to break up the room and appear bigger.

Spacious Luxury

A  neutral colour palette is always a good idea. These light and airy colours will open up your space for a calming canvas to build on. If you’re looking for more of a glamorous touch consider including a marble splash back in your walk in shower. For more spacious en-suites, why not consider a walk in shower? It’s a fantastic option for those who can compromise space and add copious amounts of fabulous to your bathroom design.. Include a traditional thermostatic shower set for that luxury vibe.
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Small Splash Back

 

Who says traditional has to be boring? Like most interior styles, you can make your home decor as exciting or as neutral as you like. Take a look at this traditional teal dream en-suite. It has been put together using both traditional and contemporary elements. Mix and matching interior styles means you can create a real unique bathroom look. A basin splashback is the perfect way to add colour, style and individuality to your bathroom space. A high rise traditional mono basin tap creates a stark look against the tiles – perfect for a traditional en-suite with an impact.

 

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TRADITIONAL CLOAKROOM IDEAS

Cloakrooms are the most common bathroom that most of your friends, neighbours and visitors will see. So it’s important for them to be presentable and what better way to decorate your cloakroom than with a splash of traditional bathroom pieces. Scroll through some of our favourite traditional cloakroom ideas

Traditional Glamour

For Cloakrooms that are extremely small, we have a glamorous idea for you to look at. Traditional glamour is a light colour palette with chunky traditional vanities combined with modern basin and tap for a contrasting look. Split your walls in half and use the bottom half to wallpaper and the top to keep painted. This divide will leave your room looking stylish but without overpowering the room.
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Use a Statement Tap

A statement traditional tap is a fab way to update the look of your bathroom without costing a fortune. Traditional basin & bath taps come in all shapes, sizes and finishes. So you have more than enough choices. Traditional bathroom taps can be a beautiful focal point in your cloakroom, if the right colour is selected. Take these gorgeous Diamante Blue, Herringbone tiles from Toppstiles. Combined with the authentic Oil Rubbed Bronze Wall Mounted Taps, makes an eclectic pair. If Oil Rubbed Bronze so not you’re thing, why not look at other finishes such as brushed golds, chrome & white or just simply chrome.
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Industrial Glitz

Traditional Industrial Glitz, sounds fancy doesn’t it? This interior style takes aspects of traditional, industrial and glamorous interiors and combines them into one beautiful look. For your cloakroom, consider a washstand. They look fabulous in a smaller space and give off a gorgeous traditional vibe. Washstands can be found with a chrome or black finish, but for a real authentic look we would suggest sticking with chrome. Style up your washstand with statement wallpaper. We would usually advise avoid using wallpaper in your bathroom but considering you’re cloakroom is highly unlikely to have a shower installed and therefore no steam and extreme heat will affect your wallpaper.
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Go as bold and as crazy as you like, remember this style is for the ‘wow-factor’. Murals Wallpaper have some gorgeous prints for your wall and they even have a category dedicated to bathroom wallpaper.
 

MAIN TRADITIONAL BATHROOM

Your main bathroom is classed as the largest bathroom in your home. It’s the bathroom that all the family will use and the bathroom that you’ll love the most. We have put down our favourite traditional main bathroom ideas and inspiration for you to fill your boots with.

Navy & Gold

Navy and gold is our favourite traditional interior combo. Together, they make a truly stark contrast. The navy holds colder connotations and the brass brings a much warmer touch to your space.
There are many ways to incorporate navy into your traditional bathroom, you could go for navy wall tiles, for a regal feel or cover the walls in navy wallpaper or simply, just paint the walls in a gorgeous deep navy. If dedicating a whole wall to navy is way beyond your comfort zone why not keep the walls white with metro tiles and include navy details with a shower curtain or bath mat?
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Calm and Cosy

If you long for a calm and cosy bathroom sanctuary then look no further than greys, whites, checkered floor and paneling. Your bathroom should be one of the most relaxing rooms in your home and what’s more relaxing than the calmness of greys and whites? This colour scheme will create an open and airy space for you to bathe in. Bathroom panels are becoming increasingly popular in UK bathrooms. Paneling will help you create an authentically traditional bathroom design.
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Period Bathroom

 

Period bathroom decor is all about a room keeping its original charm and using history to inspired the interior style. There are some fabulous features to a period bathroom. One feature, i’m sure you have all noticed is the patterned floor tiles. This trend doesn’t show any signs of slowing down – we completely love the vintage tiles look.

 

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Grid shower doors are a gorgeous way to include some industrial luxe into your period room. The fine lines create a beautiful contrast against the traditional pieces of your room.

A grid shower shows looks incredible with a recessed shower shelf and a metallic finish shower head. The small details will help you create a period charm you’ll never get bored of looking at.

One key traditional bathroom piece is the high level toilet. It’s true Victorian style is the perfect finish in a traditional space.

Published by
John Klee

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