Bathroom Refresh with Soak&Sleep
I am slowly trying to personalise the spaces of my rented flat (the bedroom got new bedding, the front room a rug (soon to be revealed), and tomorrow I will be going wild in IKEA! This week, however, it was time for the bathroom to get a bit of loving, thanks to Soak&Sleep who gifted me some items to make this bathroom refresh possible.
Now as far as bathrooms in rented properties go, mine is a good one, though it’s all a bit cream and beige (and I’m not a fan of that mosaic tile band running round it). But as there is nothing I can do about the tiles, I had to be content with prettying it up with accessories. Here is what I chose from Soak&Sleep:
Clockwise from left to right: 1. Serving Tray – Silver, 2. Relax Toiletries 3. Ultimate Supima Cotton Bath Mat, 4. Jar with Lid, 5. Luxury Jacquard Towels
Btw, don’t you just love the name Soak&Sleep? Soaking and sleeping are my absolute favourite pastimes, so an online emporium dedicated to all the things you need to make these experiences divine gets a thumbs up from me.
Now back to the bathroom …
Behind my sink is an area where I keep all my lotions and potions that are in everyday use. The fake marble surface is the same as the kitchen worktops, and this bothers me (a bit of kitchen in the bathroom), along with the fact that having a host of toiletries there just looks plain messy. So — the silver tray and mercurised pot to the rescue!
Doesn’t it look so much neater? (ok, you didn’t see it before, but you can imagine). Somehow having all my daily toiletries contained on the tray makes all the difference.
The silver tray is so sweet, I might need another for my bedroom. I was surprised that it is really weighty and solid, great quality, and goes really well with the silvery-ness of the mercurised pot:
The pot with lid surprised me too, as it is a lot larger than I’d envisaged. I was thinking cottonbud size, but in fact it’s flannels and muslins size. I’m pleased about this, before my flannels lived under the sink, but as I use a clean one everyday for facial cleansing, it makes much more sense for them to live on the top, et voilà:
Next, in a bold (for me) move away from my all-white all-plain towels, I chose a selection of jacquard towels in lavender grey and smoke colourways, and a luxury cotton bathmat, the Ultimate Supima. Soak&Sleep don’t hold back on their description of the merits of this bathmat, and their comments include:
The super-luxury bath mat. Ever seen a sexy bath-mat? Well, get ready for a revelation. Supreme Supima is so luxurious, you’ll be serenading it while you shower.
They obviously haven’t heard my singing voice. I’ll spare the bathmat that, but do agree it is very lovely to step out onto, and it is mahoosive! The bathsheet is absolutely huge too, so no trying to get it to meet in the middle or worrying it will fall off at an inopportune moment. And isn’t there nothing nicer than having your whole body completely wrapped in the softest cotton towelling after your ablutions.
Finally, Soak&Sleep also sell a range of toiletries, and finishing off my bathroom refresh is their Body Oil and Body Cream from the Relax range, all paraben free and full of natural ingredients. The Body Oil is a bit of a misnomer, I’d have called it Bath Oil, as it is to be added to bath water rather than applied to skin (though perhaps you could do that too?), but anyway it is very lovely, and left my skin soft as a baby’s bum. I’ve not tried the Body Cream yet, but it smells wonderful and am sure it is equally as luxurious.
I’m really pleased with the look and the quality of all these items from Soak&Sleep, and they have improved the appeal of the bathroom immensely and given it some sort of overall coherence that it didn’t have before. So even if you are renting, there are changes you can make with accessories that alter the look of a room and personalise it to your taste – and for not much money. (Most of the items I have shown are currently on offer, so extra bargainlicious!)
Thanks to Soak&Sleep for allowing me to choose this selection of items to review. All words and opinions are of course mine and honest.
Twitter:
on April 6, 2016 at 9:51 am
I love the colours you have chosen, it looks lovely with your bathroom tiles. We have the same colours in ours, and I was wondering what towels to put in mine.
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Thank you Steph! Will you go for similar colour towels? I had white before but really like this change. (These towels are currently in the Soak&Sleep sale, good prices!) x
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on April 7, 2016 at 8:46 am
Yes I really like the different colours like that. We too currently have white, but not changed them as I have never known what colours to go for!
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I do love white towels (have some very fluffy ones from Christy) – you can’t go wrong with white really, but it is nice to have a change too x
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on April 6, 2016 at 9:54 am
I love the cute little bits you’ve added to the bathroom. My favourite is the pot. It’s simply gorgeous! X #homeetc
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Thank you Kat, glad you like 🙂
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on April 6, 2016 at 10:00 am
What a stunning bathroom. I love the pretty tray for all of your amazing products 🙂
Thank you Emma, I’m very fond of the tray too (and happier now everything looks a bit tidier) 🙂
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on April 6, 2016 at 12:13 pm
I really love all the accessories you’ve chosen. Especially the Lidl jar, there are always some great bargains to be had at Lidl.
Cydney
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Thank you Cydney, though I’m not really sure what you mean by the Lidl jar? (I didn’t get anything that I’ve shown in the post from Lidl’s, though I do agree good bargains to be had from there) 🙂
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on April 7, 2016 at 2:33 pm
LOL! you can tell i was staring at the computer all day without my glasses, must’ve had it on my mind!
Haha, you had me confused there for a while 🙂
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on April 6, 2016 at 12:43 pm
This is a great name for a company and I love all the bits you’ve chosen. We end up with bottles all over the place so a tray to keep them all is perfect. And I’m with you – bath mats are just dire!! X #HomeEtc
Thanks Lins. I had to do a bit of a clear out of lotions and potions recently – no idea how I ended up with so many!
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on April 6, 2016 at 2:31 pm
I love the tray, it’s funny how putting things on a tray makes it seem so much tidier isn’t it? I especially like the huge pot, it would be great for putting our smaller bits and pieces in. It’s great to be able to add some of your personality to your house without making huge changes. #homeetc
Thank you Louisa. The jar is currently only £6.30 – a bargain I say 🙂
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on April 6, 2016 at 7:45 pm
agree — the name soak and sleep is lovely!! 🙂 Two of my favourite pastimes right there!! 😉 Love all the bits and bobs you’ve chosen — very boutique hotel (which is no bad thing!!) Thanks so much for linking up lovely!! #HomeEtc
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Haha, you are welcome to come and stay at my boutique hotel anytime Caro 🙂 x
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on April 6, 2016 at 9:39 pm
The shade of those smoke towels are perfect and they look like they’re lovely and soft too 🙂
Thanks Kay, they are lovely and soft, really pleased with them. Thanks for stopping by x
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on April 7, 2016 at 8:13 am
Lovely choices! Your bathroom looks so nice and calm. I get what you mean though about not liking kitchen things in a bathroom. The previous owners of my house had put the same tiles in the kitchen and bathroom, which just struck me as being really odd (especially as they were really horrible!). #HomeEtc
Thank you Lizzie 🙂 That definitely is odd – they must have got a big discount on a job lot of discontinued tiles 😉
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on April 8, 2016 at 12:49 pm
Looks lovely Molly. The colour of those towels is perfect and they look very luxurious.
Thanks Stacey, they are very soft indeed.
Yep, our last (rented) bathroom was all beige with a mosaic stripe running along the tiles too…why?!?! Anyway, these accessories are lovely and they really do personalise the space. And yes, I think the name Soak&Sleep is great – in fact I should do more of both 😉 Have a lovely weekend x
There must be some design handbook for rented properties that developers follow 🙂 Thanks Carole, and hope you get some quality soaking and sleeping time 🙂 x
Oh it all looks so lovely
Thanks Becky
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on April 9, 2016 at 8:41 pm
Oh lovely! I love getting nice new things for my bathroom too. The colours you have chosen are very luxurious. Thanks for linking up, great to have you 🙂 Jess xx
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Thanks Jess x
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on April 11, 2016 at 8:43 pm
Love the tray and that pot – gorgeous and the bit about you having some kitchen in the bathroom and it bothering you made me smile, but mainly because I was nodding along! #homeetc
Thanks Stephanie
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on April 12, 2016 at 9:47 am
What a beautiful bathroom, I think you are lucky as usually rented places are not usually that nice.
My favourite is the pot with lid, it looks great and I think it gives it a bit of a vintage touch.
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Thanks Elana, yes I am lucky. My landlady lived here herself before, so it’s not your typical rented property.