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If you are installing a new cloakroom, you will very quickly find yourself wondering how on earth you ever managed without it.  If you are renovating an existing cloakroom, you already know what a useful addition to your home this usually very tiny room can be. Whichever of these categories you fall within, however, you might well find that there is now so much choice out there that you don’t know where to start.  The purpose of this article is to give you a push in the right direction.

At the most basic, all you need is a toilet and washbasin although, if you have a fair amount of space available, it wouldn’t hurt your property value to add a shower and storage.

But, we’re getting ahead of ourselves here!  We’ve already mentioned the astonishing choice of cloakroom furniture that abounds on the market, so perhaps your first priority is to find your way through the cloakroom suite maze.

The basics are, of course, budget and dimensions.  You can find cloakroom suites for rooms of almost any dimension but it won’t harm to abide by that old rule to ‘measure twice and cut once.’  When it comes to budget, don’t forget the cost of installation; if you can fit the cloakroom suite yourself, then you’ll just have that much more money to play with when it comes to choosing the suite itself.

Next consideration is style – are you a traditionalist or a modernist?  Whichever of these terms applies, there are plenty of cloakroom suites out there to fit your particular bill.

Traditionally styled cloakroom suites generally are rounded in shape or have curved edges.  There’s nothing ’shocking’ – all is as it should be, with pedestal mounts and classic good looks.

Contemporary, modern styled cloakroom suites can be something of an eye-opener, and they can also be particularly useful where space is limited, which is probably why they sell so well. Toilets and hand basins forgo the pedestal and are hung from the wall, placed on existing surfaces, or on suitable pieces of furniture.  Taps are either lever style or also wall mounted.  Shapes tend towards the angular, although there are some beautiful cloakroom suites available that combine curves with minimalism to great effect.

Whatever your style choice, be it contemporary or strictly classical, the major point to remember is that the room you are styling must, above all, be functional.  This is the time to strive for that most elusive of blends – the combination of form with function.