Have a Deco

WHEN Heather Johnstone and husband Glynn moved into their new bungalow they lost a poky utility room and gained a bathroom of their dreams.

The old bathroom went when they knocked it through to the kitchen. Then they extended a 10ft by 7ft utility room to 10ft by 13ft to give them scope to create a luxury bathroom.

Heather had her heart set on a clutter-free bathroom with clean lines and an Art Deco look. "I'm lucky because Glynn is in the property business and he was also able to enlist the services of a friend who's a qualified builder," says secretary Heather, 51.

"Glynn also helped with the labour to reduce the costs. The pipes were boxed in along a back wall and gave us a shelf for bits and pieces well as looking neater."

DREAM DESIGN

During a trawl around the DIY stores near their home in Walton- on-Thames, Surrey, they found the bathroom suite they wanted at Focus. "It had a large curved end and shower door that was perfect for my Art Deco theme, while a rounded more modern basin also gave the room a splash of contemporary style," she says.

Glynn, 65, built a small storage cupboard to fill in the gap between the end of the wall and the bath.

White wall tiles gave a feeling of space, while a row of square glass tiles picked out the black slate floor tiles and gave the room a flavour of the 1930s. A silver Venetian blind completed the look. The total bill including the extension was pounds 12,000.

"I love to come in here and light a few candles and sink into a glorious bubble bath it really is one of my favourite rooms," says Heather.

WHERE TO BUY:

Mandarin Bestseller bathroom suite (comprises shower bath, shower mixer, shower screen, basin and semi-pedestal, basin mono tap, WC), pounds 1,022. Plus angular soap dish pounds 16.99, angular beaker holder pounds 16.99 - all from Focus (www.focusdiy.co.uk, 0800 436436). Towel radiator (similar from Screwfix.com pounds 109.99).

Bumpy white ceramic tiles pounds 6.99 per sq m, (www.wickes.co.uk, 0870 601 1216).

Black slate tiles pounds 1.29 each (www.toppstiles.co.uk, 0800 138 1673). Platinum aluminium Venetian blind with 25mm slats (92.5cm wide x 119.5cm drop) pounds 108, made and fitted (www.hillarys.co.uk, 0800 916 6515). Wall paint, Inky Pool 5 vinyl silk pounds 15.99 for 2.5litres (www.dulux.co.uk).

Towels from pounds 3.99 (www.dunelm-mill.co.uk).Vase pounds 5, perfume bottles from pounds 4, and lace votives pounds 3 for two (www.woolworths.co.uk, 0870 411 7112).

Soap dispenser and cotton wool container from a selection at Sainsburys (www.sainsburys.co.uk, 0800 636262). Revival radio pounds 100 (www.robertsradio.co.uk).

I love to light a few candles then sink into a glorious bubble bath.. it's one of my favourite rooms for unwinding

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