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Plan it Kitchens and bathrooms
Modern boho
GEORGIA & SHAYDEN moochstyle.com
Renovations don’t always go to plan, but patience finally paid off with this calming and cohesive bathroom
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Words Caroline Botting. Photography Shayden Whipps, styling Georgia Whipps. Some photographs feature products from suppliers other than Bunnings.
id-winter in Christchurch and, after six months, renovators Shayden and Georgia Whipps of lifestyle blog Mooch Style (moochstyle.com) were still bathing outdoors with a shower hooked up to the garden tap! A series of unforeseen setbacks meant the planned sixweek transformation of their dingy bathroom had become a six-month learning curve. “I figured it was good for your mental health, getting into a cold shower every day!” says Shayden. “But the experience means we now know what’s smart and what isn’t when planning a bathroom renovation.” Expect the unexpected Transforming the bathroom of their 1900s villa was the final step in the couple’s first reno. “It was just so cold,” recalls Shayden. “It was all poorly painted, the extractor fan would literally fall out of the ceiling and the walls were starting to swell because it didn’t extract steam properly. We’d banked on around a month and a half for the renovation.” Unfortunately, ancient hidden plumbing, along with a six-week COVID lockdown, took them on a whole new journey.
Style tip You don’t have to be completely faithful to a particular era. The subway tiles and mirror nod to this home’s heritage, but have a modern edge
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