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Member Since:	4/7/07

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First
It looks like the bath sink and floor tiles are original. The wall tiles being an later makeover (poorly designed).

My sugestion is to remove the wall tiles from the door to the stepup in the tiles. This will frame the two green elements in the tiles alowing the toilet to be a different design. (such as the existing white). Replace the towel rails and hooks with more sympethetic fixtures.

It would be benifical to remove the black tile edge to the remaining tiles and replace with a green. This should unify the room.

Second
Beware of changing the bath. It looks like the room is designed exactly for a bath this size. I suspect attempting to remove will damage the surrounding surfaces, necesitating a full bathroom redo.

Also, resurfacing is often not what people expect. It is only 2pac not a glazed finish as per the original. If the bath and sink are in good nic leave alone.

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6/5/07 2:29 AM

Ellen,

It is hard to comment fully without more information on your bathroom. However, I would suggest incorporating the area into a design that looks like it is meant to be there. (I.e. the simplest option-a full vertical line from bath to top of tiling). This allows any variation from the exiting tile to be part of the design. If you are interested in this approach look at the whole bathroom and analyse the impact of the visual, material/colour/texture selection. If you can incorporate a new graphic successfully, you may find the exercise may rehabilitate the entire space.

The other approaches are also workable, however you might want to consider the following:

Finding matching tiles
This would be a good option if the match is very good. If not, it will be always visible as a patch job. With the location at the taps, it will suggest to all that see it that there was a badly done repair.

Mosaic infill
Just from the image shown, this patch area is an awkward size proportion in a highly visible/dominant location. If the mosaic is poorly handled, it may result in an awkward visual and may only look like an "arty" bad patch.

Good luck, and if you want more focused comment, I would suggest adding more information on the bathroom space and where this area sits in relation to entry, mirrors and other fixtures.

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4/7/07 5:24 PM