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Classic & traditional
Timeless, with a little character.
Timeless details and a little period character: metro tiles, panelled walls, crosshead taps and patterned floors.
- Tiles
- Metro, checkerboard
- Taps
- Crosshead, bridge
- Furniture
- Painted, panelled
- Close to
- Traditional English
What it is
Classic shapes and patterns, often with painted furniture and traditional taps, that suit period homes and feel familiar anywhere.
Good for
Period homes
Feels right in Victorian and Edwardian houses.
Lasting appeal
Classic details rarely go out of fashion.
What to weigh up
Pastiche
Too many period details can feel like a stage set.
Getting it right
Traditional fixtures
See traditional fixtures.
Named styles nearby
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