En Suite

The ideas for our en suite bathroom started with some wallpaper. The iconic palm tree wallpaper in The Beverly Hills Hotel to be exact.

But putting wallpaper up in a windowless en suite isn't the smartest idea. Plus our home is new and using brass fittings and antique mirrors to complement the aforementioned wallpaper wasn't going to work. A compromise had to be found. So we decided to tile everywhere except the wall opposite the shower which we wallpapered with Cole & Son's Palm Jungle print. The idea is that you'd be taking a shower, looking through the steam and thinking you were somewhere tropical. I don't know if we've achieved that but it makes us happy!

The En Suite

Wallpaper Cole & Son

We are keen DIY-ers, happy to spend late nights and all weekend trying to transform our little home. Completing the en suite was no exception. Excluding the major plumbing jobs the boyfriend and I did everything ourselves from ripping the old bathroom out to hanging the wallpaper, rebuilding stud walls, tiling, fitting units, putting up mirrors and fitting skirting board. 

With the exception of the wallpaper we wanted the room to be simple, clean and graphic. Everything bar the grey grout and chrome fittings are white and no products are out on display (I'm quite anal about that!)

The room is almost finished, it just needs a few finishing touches, but I believe you acquire these pieces  over time. 

Here are a few things that I'm considering for our en suite.

Laundry basket £75 West Elm

I have a massive aversion to wicker laundry baskets, so this laquered white one from West Elm will soon be coming to live with me!

Bamboo mat £30 John Lewis

A bamboo floor mat will tie in nicely with the palm tree wallpaper.

Loo Brush £22 Habitat

Certainly the least glamorous item in a bathroom, but I like the clean simplicity of this Habitat loo brush.

Towels £7.99 H&M

I've said it before and I'll say it again, H&M have some incredible bargains for the home! These towels with chevron or stripe details are great value and look stylish.

Hand wash £27 Aesop

If I did have to have any products on display I would choose anything from the Aussie brand Aesop.

Images: Pinterest, Aesop, H&M, Habitat, West Elm, John Lewis