How I Finally Made My Bathroom Walls Actually Worth Looking At
I’ll be honest – for the longest time, I thought putting art in the bathroom was a bit pretentious. Like, it’s where you brush your teeth and have a wee,…
When My Bathroom Furniture Failed Me (And What I Learned About Making Pretty Things Actually Work)
So there I was last week, standing in our bathroom at half past seven in the morning, watching the floating shelf I’d been so proud of literally peeling away from…
Why I Finally Painted My Bathroom Sage Green (And What I Wish I’d Known First)
You know that feeling when you walk into someone’s bathroom and immediately think “bloody hell, this is gorgeous”? Had that exact moment last month at my mate Sarah’s house down…
Why Most “Masculine” Bathroom Designs Get It Completely Wrong (And How I Finally Got Mine Right)
I was at my mate James’s place last month using his bathroom, and something just clicked. The space wasn’t doing that weird performative masculinity thing you know, the leather accessories…
How Our Double Sink Bathroom Stopped the Daily Morning Wars
The sound of Phil’s electric toothbrush going off at twenty to seven every morning while I’m trying to put mascara on without poking my eye out that’s what finally did…
Three Years of Blue Bathroom Walls and Why I’m Still Not Bored
I’m standing in my bathroom at half past six in the morning, electric toothbrush buzzing away, looking at these blue walls that I painted three years ago when I was…
Why My Bathroom Towels Always Smelled Musty Until I Fixed My Hanging Situation
That horrible damp towel smell hit me like a wall when I walked into my bathroom last Tuesday morning. You know the one I mean – that musty, slightly sour…
Why I Stopped Choosing Bathroom Floors Based on Instagram Photos (And What Actually Works)
Right, so at 6 AM this morning I’m padding barefoot to the bathroom and I’m struck by how warm my feet feel on the floor. Weird thing to notice, you…
Black and white bathroom ideas that actually work (learned the hard way)
Everyone kept telling me black and white bathrooms were “safe” and “timeless” when we were planning our renovation, but honestly? I thought they’d be dead boring. You know what changed…
How I Learned to Design Boys’ Bathrooms That Actually Last (After Some Epic Fails)
Standing in my mate’s hallway last Tuesday, I could hear the chaos coming from upstairs – running water, something that sounded like a small explosion, and then her ten-year-old shouting…