Ever since we featured The Rose, a new hotel in the seaside town of Deal in East Kent, England, we’ve been thinking of the boldly colorful rooms and baths designed by Harding & Read and stylist Michelle Kelly. The retro-looking bath in Room Seven, a botanical-inspired guest room, particularly caught our attention with its vintage mint green fixtures and French wicker furniture. We were compelled to research it further; here are the sources we’ve unearthed.
Above: The bath on the top floor of The Rose has white-painted wood paneling and square tile. (For more on paneling, see our post Remodeling 101: The Ultimate Wood Paneling Guide with Jersey Ice Cream Co.)
Above: Kelly, along with Harding & Read, sourced furniture for The Rose from eBay and a host of local antique dealers in Deal.
Above: A nice tonal dose of mint and olive green from the guest room walls to the bath fixtures.
Materials
Above: For a cool white similar to the one in the bath here, look to Little Greene’s [product id=”1026816″]Loft White[/product].
Above: The bathroom floors throughout The Rose are designed with waterproof woven vinyl from Unnatural Flooring; shown here is the [product id=”1026819″]Sorrel Vinyl[/product]. Contact Unnatural Flooring for more information.
Faucets & Fixtures
Above: For the baths at The Rose, the designers sourced and restored colorful vintage sanitary ware like the mint green pedestal sink and toilet. For a similar off-the-shelf option, The Water Monopoly in the UK makes the [product id=”1026822″]Rockwell Basin on a Pedestal[/product] in white and three colors, including Willow, a sage-mint green; £1,280 at the Water Monopoly. For more on the company, see our post Retro Bath Fixtures in Retro Colors from the Water Monopoly.
Above: If you have access to a good salvage yard or supplier, pair taps like the [product id=”1026827″]Perrin & Rowe Pair of Basin Pillar Taps with Crossheads[/product] with a vintage mint green pedestal sink. The taps are available from the English Tapware Co.; contact them for pricing and ordering information.
Above: Also within the Water Monopoly’s Rockwell collection is the [product id=”1000256″]Rockwell Lavatory with Concealed Cistern[/product], available in colors such as Yellow (shown) and Willow Green; £895 at the Water Monopoly. For more retro-looking toilets, see our posts 10 Easy Pieces: Traditional Floor-Standing Toilets and 10 Easy Pieces: Traditional Toilets with High-Level Tanks.
Above: If you’d rather pair a black toilet seat with a vintage toilet, the Toto Elongated Toilet Seat in Black is $115 from AllModern.
Lighting
Above: For a fixture similar to the brown ceramic double sconce over the bathroom mirror, Zangra makes the retro-looking [product id=”1026835″]White Porcelain Fixture[/product] for €147.11.
Furniture
Above: The Keola Natural All-Weather Wicker Swivel Chair is $299.99 from World Market. For more wicker furniture, see our posts Rattan Revival: New and Vintage Wicker from Atelier Vime in Provence and Trend Alert: Rattan Furniture Made Modern (Plus 15 to Buy).
Above: The [product id=”1026848″]Sika Design Fratellino Wicker Table[/product] designed by Franco Albini and Franca Helg in 1951 is €945 at Sika Design.
Wall-Mounted Accessories
Above: Source a French Rattan Oval Mirror, circa 1960s from 1stdibs for $1,280.42, or find other rattan mirrors from sources like Maisons du Monde in France, which offers the Chamizo Mirror for £59.19.
Above: The [product id=”1026868″]Drummonds Single Glass Shelf[/product] is $420 at Drummonds. Other options are the [product id=”1026865″]Rockwell Glass Shelf with Lifting Rail[/product] from the Water Monopoly (£442) also in the UK and the [product id=”1026871″]Etoile Single Tier Shelf[/product] from Waterworks ($754) in the US.
Other Accessories
Above: Parachute’s [product id=”1026863″]Classic Towels[/product] in White range from $14 for washcloth to $79 for a bath sheet.
Above: Soaps at The Rose are all from English company Austin Austin. Here, the [product id=”1026851″]Bergamot & Juniper Shampoo[/product] is £22.
Above: The Austin Austin [product id=”995430″]Neroli & Petitgrain Body Soap[/product] is £14.
Above: The Austin Austin [product id=”1026856″]Bergamot & Juniper Conditioner[/product] is £20.
Above: The small pedal bin the bathroom is the Ikea Strapats Pedal Bin in white; it is no longer available at Ikea, but the new Ekoln Trash Can ($13.99) has virtually the same body, albeit in different colors.
Renovating a bathroom and looking for ideas? See our posts:
- Steal This Look: A Vintage Bath in England with a DIY Faucet
- Steal This Look: A London Bathroom Clad in Dinesen Wood
- Steal This Look: An All-White Scandi Bath in SoHo, New York
N.B. This story originally appeared on August 21, 2018 and has been updated with new products, links, and pricing.
