Roll-top baths – there’s just something about them. To me they ooze decadence, luxury and remind me of a bygone era and I’ve wanted one for as long as I can remember. And, having recently moved into a Victorian terrace that I can call my own, I’m on a mission to include a roll-top bath in my bathroom, no matter what. I admit, my the revamp is a little way off yet, as it’s generally the most expensive room after the kitchen to refurbish, but a little research never did anybody any harm. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail, as the saying goes…
Pretty, feminine and whimsical, this room presses all the right buttons for me. I’ve flirted with the idea of painting my bathroom pink but keep shying away from it as I’m not too sure it sits all that well with my better half. However, this room has brought pink right back into play again. Although the chequered flooring isn’t quite to my taste, I absolutely adore the dainty wire chair – it finishes this room off to a tee.
Now, I don’t normally subscribe to blue bathrooms, purely because it’s the obvious choice and a little too played out in my opinion. However, this room just works and could easily be a bedroom, for example, if you were to take out the bath and vanity unit. I think it also looks less ‘bathroomy’ thanks to the Persian rug-style bathmat, dark wood chairs and ornate wall lights. All three of these items would look equally at home in other rooms in the house.
Copper baths: absolutely stunning but way out of my league price-wise – but we can all dream. There’s not a single thing in this room that I’d change. The terracotta tiles add a rustic, earthy touch and before now, I’d only really considered using them in a kitchen, but in this bathroom they just look so right. The rusty metal chair (I’m a sucker for them!), gets a big thumbs up, and the ladder on which the towels are hung is yet another idea that I’ve earmarked for my own bathroom. If I had this room in my house, I’d never leave it!
Which room is your favourite? Or maybe you think roll-top baths are clichéd and I need to be shown the light with a modern bathroom – let me know your thoughts… Emily
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