Smashing! The avocado-coloured bathroom is making a comeback - thanks to millennials Homeowners in their 20s and 30s are endorsing the once-mocked colour More than a quarter of 25 to 24-year-olds say they desire an avocado bathroom Five years ago, one report said avocado could knock £5,000 off a home value By Francine Wolfisz Published: 01:12 BST, 25 September 2024 | Updated: 01:19 BST, 25 September 2024 e-mail View comments You might have thought they'd been consigned to the scraphead of style history along with flares, footballers' perms and other horrors from the 1970s. But avocado-coloured bathroom suites are making an unlikely comeback – because millennials actually think they're great. A report has found that British homeowners in their 20s and 30s believe the much-mocked avocado green is once again a must-have colour.
The Great Bathroom Report, by home improvement store Wickes, reveals that more than a quarter of 25- to 34-year-olds (27 per cent) say avocado is the colour they would most like to use in a bathroom upgrade. That's in contrast to generations who actually lived through the Seventies, with fewer than one in 20 older Britons being happy about seeing the colour return. Green with envy: Avocado-coloured bathroom suites are making an unlikely comeback – because millennials actually think they're great More than a quarter of 25- to 34-year-olds (27 per cent) say avocado is the colour they would most like to use in a bathroom upgrade Fortunately, according t.
