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BATHROOM SURFACES NEED TO HE practical, hygienic, easy-to-clean, and above all, waterproof. The way you treat surfaces will have a defining impact on the character of your bathroom.

By decorating walls and floors, you can create almost any effect you want. To freshen a room, opt for vivid Balearic blues and greens, or to bring the wild Atlantic indoors, think of rough plaster and distressed, weather-worn silvers and whites.

Beyond paint, all kinds of techniques can be utilized to create remarkable end results. Some may appear elaborate, but the techniques required are often very simple.

The ornate elegance of mosaic tiling, despite its intricate appearance, is remarkably easy to create. An even simpler option is to re-look at using tiling creatively: with the wide choice now available commercially, you can work with vivid blocks of colour or decorative patterns.

If you don’t find a pattern to suit your taste, you can customize plain tiles with acrylic enamel paints. However surfaces really is an easy way to make a great impression.

Here, visual interest is created with texture. Colours are kept to a limited monochromatic palette, while the rough-
plaster effect on the wall is echoed in the decorative details.

Plain tiles were given an aquatic motif with a simple yet effective technique. The tiles were spattered using an old toothbrush to flick the paint all over the surface. When completely dry, a stencil cut in a wave shape was laid over the top, and the spatter technique repeated to build up the colour.

White-washed wood is fresh you decide to decorate your bathroom, the method in which you treat and appealing in the bathroom. Use a paint with a wipe-clean finish for ease

Don’t be afraid of colour. Just because the bathroom is often small doesn’t mean its walls can’t support intense shades. Here, tongue-and-groove panelling was painted a rich green.