Five inspirational vintage bathroom designs

By lesley

created on: 09/12/08

Ok so most of us don't have the space for jaw dropping batrooms like these. And I'm not even going to talk about money. But a girl can dream...

There are five luxury bathroom designs on show on the page. They are are all roughly historical, reflecting the British styles of their period.

The first - probably my favourite, is a colonial bathroom. A sort of misty dream of where the khaki-shorted Englishman running india in the first half of the last century would bathe.

created on: 09/12/08

The second is an eighteenth centry bathroom. And it's - well - just look, it's the sort of place where you would feel like royalty just by dipping your toe in the water. The only reason I prefer the Colonial bathroom is because I just don't think I feel grand enough.

The third is called Girly Heaven. Can't say I'ld want this one. What I like about the others is that they would transform a boring everyday bath into a calm and almost transcendental experience. The girly bathroom looks too messy for that.

created on: 09/12/08

Maybe the amazing wallpaper (sourced from an original design at London's Victoria and Albert Museum) and balanced layout might provide inspiration for more uncoventional bathers.

There are two more - a fantastically elegant grey deco bathroom and a gentlemanly looking Morris bathroom, loosely based on some of the ideas of early twentieth centry designer William Morris.

As must be obvious, I do love these bathrooms. I would be very interested to hear what other people think.

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