Steal This Look: A Retro Bath on the English Seaside

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.

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.

Lighting

Furniture

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.