Charcoal Ribbed or Bronze Ribbed?
Identical set, identical fluted body — the finish is the only decision. The thing to match is your tapware and towel rail, because that is what the eye reads it against.
| Choose | If this sounds like you |
|---|---|
| Charcoal Ribbed | Matte black taps, a black shower frame, dark grout, or a grey-and-white bathroom that needs one solid dark shape in the corner to stop it feeling like a hotel. |
| Bronze Ribbed | You have brass or bronze fittings, warm timber, or cream tile, and cool grey accessories always look slightly wrong in the room. This warms the corner instead of punching a hole in it. |
If you are buying for a guest bathroom as well, matching the two is worth it — the fluting reads as a set from the doorway.
Do the ribs collect grime?
The fluting is on the outside of the holder, where nothing wet ever touches it, and the whole surface is glazed. Dust settles in the grooves the same way it settles on a skirting board, and comes off the same way.
| Works on | Avoid |
|---|---|
| Tile, vinyl, stone and sealed timber floors. Free-standing in the corner, or in the narrow gap between the pan and the wall. | Standing it inside a wet shower, letting neat bleach sit in the base, scouring pads on the glaze, and knocking the rim against the porcelain pan. |
Cleaning is two jobs on different schedules. The outside: a damp cloth run down the grooves, once when you clean the bathroom. The inside: tip it out, hot water and a splash of cleaner, swirl, rinse, dry — every couple of weeks.
The step everyone skips is letting the brush drip before it goes back. Flush once with the head in the water to rinse it, then rest the handle across the rim for half a minute. A dripping head sealed into a closed holder is the only reason these ever start to smell.
Even the toilet brush can look like it was chosen.
Bathrooms get renovated from the taps down and then stop. New tile, decent towels, a proper mirror — and beside the pan there is still a translucent plastic cylinder with a stick in it, gone cloudy at the base, sitting in a ring of limescale. Everyone who uses the room sees it. Nobody ever gets round to replacing it, because a toilet brush feels like a thing you buy at the supermarket for two dollars.
A ribbed ceramic holder changes the corner completely. From the door it reads as a small fluted vessel, the kind of object you would put a plant in, and the brush inside is simply not visible.

Why fluted ceramic outlasts the plastic one
Plastic holders die two ways. They discolor — cleaning products and constant damp turn clear plastic yellow-grey from the base up, and no amount of scrubbing reverses it. And they tip, because a hollow plastic tub weighs almost nothing and the brush going back in at an angle is enough to send it over.
Fired ceramic has neither problem. It is heavy, so it stays planted when you drop the brush in one-handed without looking, and the glaze is chemically inert — bleach splashes, cleaner overspray and permanent humidity do not change its color. The vertical fluting is formed into the clay body itself rather than being a moulded plastic texture, so it cannot scuff pale at the base where the mop hits it every week. It also does a quiet practical job: vertical grooves break up reflections and hide water marks, so the holder looks clean between cleans in a way a smooth glossy surface never does. The walls are opaque top to bottom — whatever the brush looks like is between you and the brush.
The two finishes, in a real bathroom
- Charcoal Ribbed — a deep matte near-black. The fluting catches light along each ridge, so it reads as texture rather than a black blob. Strongest in a pale bathroom where it becomes the one deliberate dark object, and the natural partner to matte black tapware.
- Bronze Ribbed — a warm metallic brown-gold with a low sheen, closer to aged brass than to shiny copper. It picks up brass handles and warm timber, and it is the one that stops a cream or beige bathroom from looking cold. Also the more forgiving of the two on a dusty floor.

What You're Getting
- Brush and matching holder in your chosen Color — Charcoal Ribbed or Bronze Ribbed
- Fired ceramic holder with vertical fluting formed into the clay, not a surface coating
- Glazed finish that will not yellow, chalk or stain from cleaning products and humidity
- Weighted base — stays upright when the brush goes back in one-handed
- Fully opaque walls so the brush head is never on show
- Freestanding — no wall fixing, no drilling, no marks left behind
- Care — wipe the grooves with a damp cloth; rinse the holder interior with hot water and cleaner every couple of weeks
- Do not soak with neat bleach or use abrasive pads on the glaze
Free tracked shipping to your door. Easy 30-day returns.
Size
- Overall height with brush: 15.7" (40 cm)
- Handle above holder: 10.2" (26 cm)
- Holder diameter: 4.3" (11 cm)
Shipping Info
Processing
Orders are packed and dispatched within 1–3 business days of payment.
Delivery time
- USA — 5–10 business days after dispatch
We ship within the United States only.
Tracking
Every order ships with end-to-end tracking. You’ll get a tracking link by email the moment your parcel leaves the warehouse.
Money Back Guarantee
If a piece doesn’t feel right in your home, get in touch within 30 days of delivery. We’ll arrange a refund or exchange — whichever you prefer.
No essays required. No restocking fees. Just a quick email to support@loftandstone.com and we’ll take it from there.
Fewer than 1% of customers ever need to use this, but the option’s always there — because home should feel like home.



