Old-school style

Brilliant buys and creative ideas to refresh your space

We inherited a typical 1930s layout of a rectangular bathroom and a separate loo that wasn’t suitable for us. With a teenager and a younger child, we knew we had to change things quickly after moving

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Linda Wilkin and Ed Newbrook transformed their bathroom with clever use of space and a confident approach to colour

Bathrooms are utilitarian spaces, which makes introducing characterful creative flourishes all the more important

Metallic interiors can conjure images of gaudy Seventies nightclubs, or the excessive opulence of the Palace of Versailles. But there’s a subtler, more sophisticated approach – a middle ground where,