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Mum transforms her bath into a gorgeous mosaic tub for £390


The bathroom before (Picture: @itsabec / CATERS NEWS)

A mum has shared how she spent three months transforming her bath into a Roman inspired mosaic tub.

She did all the work herself so she only had to invest money on the materials, making the total spent £390.

Rebecca Andrews, 39, a graphic designer, spent every evening after work creating the bath of her dreams.

She used tiles, stone pebbles, glass pebbles, and colourful stones intended for use in aquariums.

It took a lot of hard work, but the end result makes it all worth it.

Rebecca started the mosaic on 26 May and finished 16 September, after spending many nights mosaicking until the early hours of the morning when she couldn’t sleep.

Rebecca did all the work on her own, taking nine months to complete the transformation (Picture: @itsabec / CATERS NEWS)

The mum had always dreams of having an oasis of calm in the bathroom, inspired by Roman baths, so made the transformation her project.

She said: ‘I will pretty much undertake anything to make my creative visions come to life.

‘The standing joke in my household is that if you sit still long enough, you will get painted.

‘This is my first ever mosaic project, some people think I am crazy that I undertook something so large, but it is typical of me to simply jump straight in and learn along the way.

The total cost for materials was £390 (Picture: @itsabec / CATERS NEWS)

‘I’ve always been drawn to the romantic notion of the ancient Roman baths and the relaxing rituals associated.

‘I also admire the beautifully intricate Moroccan mosaics and the sense of timeless style and sophistication they exude.

‘Admittedly, I clearly put my unique spin on it with a more organic and flowing style emerging.

‘The hours, days and months all blended together when I was renovating the bathroom which took nine months to complete.

‘I’d hate to think of the total hours spent, but I could work it out based on an area no bigger than 30cm wide in diameter could take up to 1 hour to complete.

‘With three sides and a very large base, it would have been beneficial to not have such a big spa-bath.

The gorgeous end result (Picture: @itsabec / CATERS NEWS)

‘I’d enter a trance and would lose all track of time until my youngest Oscar, three, would pop his head into the bathroom and tell me he is hungry ask me to make him a sandwich.

‘He was my little ‘helper’ and often come in and ‘help’ me by throwing rocks and pebbles up into the air and watch them fall down like confetti or he would sprinkle them around like they were 100’s and 1000’s.

‘Or worse, he’d climb out of the bath and accidentally step right in the middle of the new section I had just created so I would have to start all over again.’

The process of creating the look she wanted took some trial and error.

At first Rebecca thought she could just use pebbles from the garden, but they turned out to be too dull in colour and uncomfortable to sit or stand on.

Nice, right? (Picture: @itsabec / CATERS NEWS)

She came up with the idea of using colourful aquarium pebbles when she was looking at the fish in a pet store with her sons.

‘The bath is very comfortable and sitting on the pebbles feels very therapeutic and grounding, it is very much like a stone massage,’ Rebecca says.

‘I was shocked to hear Jack and my partner Peter Martin, 40, a professional golfer, liked the result as they are rather conservative in their personal aesthetic.

‘My friends and family are especially dumbfounded as to how I’ve managed to run a business, raise two kids with my partner so frequently working away, as well as renovate the bathroom all by myself.

‘What can I say – I am a sucker for all things creative.’

Anyone else inspired to take on a big DIY project this weekend?

Do you have an amazing renovation you’d like to share? Get in touch with MetroLifestyleTeam@Metro.co.uk

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