Our first project of 2018 has been updating our main bathroom and en-suite. In both rooms the bathroom suites were fairly new but the flooring was dated and they required some brightening up. As we've done up other rooms I've always found that flooring completely transforms a space- especially a small room like a bathroom. We decided to use vinyl as a way of cheaply but effectively modernising these rooms.
Carpetright Vinyl
That's right- Carpetright do vinyl! I hadn't been aware of this until I popped into a local store to see the huge range that they had. I would thoroughly recommend going along to your a Carpetright shop to take a look, you can find your nearest one here.
The staff in store helpfully explained the different ranges to me, with differing finishes and thickness, as well as a huge amount of patterns, tile sizes and colours. I knew I wanted different flooring for each bathroom so the range that Carpetright had made them the perfect choice for us. The rest of the range is available on their website. Again, I'd strongly recommend going into a store to view the vinyl in person and using the room visualisation tool on the Carpetright website when choosing your flooring.
Below are some of my favourites including the flooring we chose for each room (they're mostly grey, of course).
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| This was our final choice for the main bathroom- it's so sparkly! You can shop this here. |
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| I love this flooring! It would also be perfect for a porch or something similar- you can shop here. |
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| Another favourite of mine which you can shop here. |
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| This is the flooring we went with for our en-suite- so impressed with how much this looks like actual tiles. Shop this flooring here. |
Ordering, delivery and fitting
Being a Carpetright newbie, the stand out feature of my first shopping experience with them has been the convenience- I've never renovated a space so easily! As well as the large range of vinyl patterns they have, Carpetright were a great choice for us as they manage the end to end process of your vinyl choice through to fitting. This worked well for us as we both work full time and it can often be a hassle to be in for orders, arrange fitting and let tradesmen into the house.
I took my measurements along to my store once I'd chosen the vinyl I wanted for each room and it took a short half an hour to place my order. I received an email shortly after leaving the store to confirm that it had been place. Around a week after this I received a phone call to say my order had arrived and I could arrange a date for fitting. I was impressed that I only had to wait a few days for fitting and that I got a half day time slot which made it easier for me to plan to be at home. I received a phone call from my fitters that morning giving me an hour time slot and they were perfectly on time.
As well as the vinyl, my order included fitting, clearing of rubbish and adding of silver room borders. Carpetright include a removal service if you have old vinyl down but this wasn't necessary for our rooms. In terms of preparation for fitting, we did the usual of removing all items from the bathrooms. In the main bathroom we previously had a laminate flooring down which the vinyl easily went on top of, so no prep work was required. The en-suite was a bit more tricky as we had ceramic tiles. To prepare this space we (and by we, I mean my husband), used self levelling floor cement to fill the gaps in between the tiles and produce a smooth surface for the vinyl to be laid. I won't pretend to be an expert on this, but I'm reliably informed it was pretty easy to do, cost around £20 and took 2 days to dry!
All in all, our experience was that ordering, delivery and fitting was a seamless (no vinyl-related-pun intended) process with Carpetright.
The finished product
After all that- how did our rooms turn out I hear you ask? Most of you will seen a glimpse of the completed rooms on my Instagram feed, but below are some before and after photos for you to feast your eyes upon.
- Main bathroom
The only changes made in here was a lick of paint, the new flooring and some accessories changes.
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| Main bathroom- before |
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| Main bathroom- before |
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| Main bathroom- after |
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| Main bathroom- after |
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Main bathroom- after
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- En-suite
The new vinyl, accessories and some Wilko white gloss tile paint updated this room.
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| En-suite- before |
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| En-suite- before |
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| En-suite- after |
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En-suite- after
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I'm so impressed with my finished rooms and my first project of 2018. I'm hoping this has motivated you all to consider vinyl from Carpetright as a super cheap and easy way to update your home.
Lots of love
Ashleigh x
* This post is in collaboration with Carpetright. All opinions expressed are my own.
