Photo Credit: Lust Living Use a Piece of Oak Olivia has done such a great job in a small room, don’t you think? I also love the wall mounted taps in a highly contrasting colour to the wall tiles, which is helpful for those with visual issues or dementia. You can pick whether you want it painted or not, you can do what works best in your room. Consult your builder if you need to lean on the sink if standing, this might not be strong enough, but your builder could advise the best option for you. It’s a small wetroom and space is at a premium so rather than trying to find something in the standard bathroom stores that worked for her, Olivia went for a smaller scale shelf and sink that fits the available room perfectly and also gives a sense of space in a small room.Īgain this shelf is something that can be built to your specific needs and the height you need it to be. I’ll talk more about her bathroom in a future post but what I want to show here is the brilliant compact wooden shelf they made to house the sink. Olivia from Lust Living has a beautiful eye in her home and her recent wetroom renovation is an absolute stunner. Photo Credit: The Girl with the Green Sofa Build a Wood Shelf You could move this closer to you if you didn’t want to reach towards the back of the unit. What I also love here is the freestanding tap. Once you’ve found the piece you’re after you could make it the right height by cutting the legs as needed. The drawers aren’t usable any more of course but I love the basket storage underneath. Nicola’s builders then cut the top and set the sink and tap inside the unit. You might chose to tile it, or paint it, or put a marble (or marble effect) piece of kitchen worktop on the top. She then took all the ugly white paint off it, sanded it, varnished it and brought it back to it’s original patina. She purchased a secondhand dressing table from a vintage store (although you can look online or in charity shops for cheap options).
Nicola has always been a fan of mixing old and new, and with a Victorian home, she decided to go vintage for the washstand. Any I digress! What struck me about Nicola’s bathroom was the washstand she has put. Who wouldn’t want a copper freestanding tub, and those floor tiles – they are fabulous. Photo credit: Lisa Dawson Upcycle An Old Piece of FurnitureĪ favourite of mine on Instagram, Nicola from The Girl with the Green Sofa recently upgraded the family bathroom and if you haven’t see it, it’s an absolutely gorgeous space. The possibilities are really endless, the limit is your imagination and budget! Lisa has chosen to tile it in this brilliant orange tile, but you might choose to paint it with waterproof paint, or even use decoupage and use a water resistant vinyl wallpaper covered in a clear varnish. This worktop was made with MDF, so it’s quite reasonable in price. The beauty with building your own is that of course it’s made to your own specifications. To make the shelf accessible for storage you could always leave a space in the middle, keeping the storage on either side. I’m sharing two pictures here, one before the storage shelf was added and it was perfectly wheelchair accessible, and one after the storage shelf was added. Interiors Blogger and Instagram legend Lisa Dawson has recently done the bathroom in the Barn (soon to be an AirBnB) and in the ensuite had her long-suffering builder Miles make this excellent counter top for the bathroom. You can have a straightforward counter top but on my travels on Instagram I’ve spotted some brilliant (and in some cases very cheap) alternatives. The taps need to be within easy reach and simple to switch on and off.
So, what do I mean by alternative sinks and vanities? Simply something different to the standard cupboard and might well be cheaper than getting built in units.Ī wheelchair user needs space under the bathroom sink to be able to get close to the water and it needs to be the right height for use. This post is about stepping outside the norm for accessible bathrooms and coming up with something different if you can. I’ve done a post about bathroom sinks before, and all the advice and inspiration in that post still stands – those options are still great ideas. With that in mind I wanted to talk about alternatives to the standard wheelchair accessible sink and/or vanity unit in the bathroom.
If you’ve been following my blog for a while you’ll know I’m a champion of embracing different design if you have a disability in the home – finding alternatives to the standard ugly ‘hospital chic’ that we might have been used to in the past.
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