Whether it’s your first or your tenth time, renovating your bathroom is an exciting endeavour. However, it can also be a daunting and intimidating experience when organising your plumber, purchasing your bathroom products, and making sure everything goes smoothly.
Step 1: Set Your Budget
Setting a budget is the biggest factor that you need to keep in mind when designing your space. Don’t forget to account for installation costs as well as the bathroom suite itself.
Step 2: Measure Your Space
Whether you are planning to design your bathroom yourself or offer it out to our team, it’s really important to get an idea of where you would like the bathroom fittings to sit within your space. Measurements need to account for: baths, shower trays, ceiling height, toilets and basins. Consider your layout and how you want the flow of the bathroom to feel to optimise both aesthetics and functionality.
Step 3: Bathroom Style
Designing a bathroom can be tricky if you are unsure of the exact décor that you like or not sure on where to start. The best way to begin is to find a standout item that you like – for example, a freestanding bath, a brassware finish or paint colour and use this as your base. Likewise, our social media channels are great for offering up inspiration from our past customers so that you can see how our bestselling products look in situ.
Step 4: Seek Expert Advice
Seeking expert advice is the key to a successful bathroom installation. Here at Old Fashioned Bathrooms we will work with you to find the best solution for your available space – we will draw up your bathroom, clearly identifying measurements and how best to lay out you bathroom fixings so that you can get a good idea of how your bathroom is going to look.
Step 5: Ordering & Installation
It is so important that you do not book your plumber until you have ordered, and received your bathroom fixings on site. Many of the products within our collection are handmade, made-to-order, completely bespoke or a special finish and therefore you need to account for this before committing to a plumber due to the variable lead times. You will find that you save on money and time by waiting and securing your items first.