Decorate the walls of your bathroom with self-adhesive vinyl

If you’re thinking of new directions to take your home décor and fancy a change from traditional styles, why not consider the wide world of design and graphic arts? There are many products available that will give you that sophisticated look without breaking the bank with a genuine Eames chair and making you the envy of chin-stroking jazz fans everywhere. The cheapest and perhaps most dramatic way to instantly change your room from Mozart to Mingus is with the application of a self-adhesive vinyl wall sticker or decal. What could be more modern than your own Paris skyline or maybe a girl from Lichtenstein cut out on your wall? Groovy baby, and with decorative vinyl the colors and designs are practically endless.

Also widely available with a little searching online are industrial letters and numbers salvaged from store fronts and other commercial locations. Hanging on your wall, you can spell something personal in one style or have a collection of different fonts; this will make a very dramatic and elegant decorative statement. Another source of non-domestic design style is the London Underground sign; reproductions of which are easily found at a fraction of the cost of the genuine item and are complete classics of their kind. In fact, just about anything designed for an industrial or commercial setting taken out of its original context and placed in a domestic one creates a very elegant look.

To complete the modern designer look, you can consider some suitable fabrics. The mid-20th century was a great period in textile designs and for that ultimate ‘Festival of Britain’ look, Lucien Day’s reproductions of fabrics in soft furnishing situations will sit beautifully alongside his other design icons. If that’s still too rich for his blood, then a certain monster of Scandinavian furniture is definitely a source of similar styles at a fraction of the price.
And that’s just the tip of a huge iceberg within the reach of anyone with a good eye and a little imagination. wall stickers with that sharp, witty touch, industrial relics with immense style: antiques from a bygone era and mid-century fabrics; timeless design classics to tie it all together. Now all you need is a tenor sax and a duffle coat.

In fact, you can do without vegetation altogether and limit yourself to salvage items alone. A small classic garden statue piece will work brilliantly with almost any tile style and create the illusion that the bathroom came from Hadrian’s villa in Tivoli!