bathroom progress

what do you reckon guys before we do some more work at the weekend

somebody on another forum suggested the boxing was a waste of space. there are 2 problems though which made boxing seem a good idea.. 1. hiding the pipes along the bottom and 2. the soil pipe comes in the room from the side so with a modern toilet we are not sure if it would go all the way back to the wall. the old toilet was ok but it was a low level one with seperate cistern. reasons against the boxing is getting access behind the shower fittings, and like you said the boxing kind of imposes itself a bit on the room and it is a small bathroom. hmm... decisions!

just before we continue work tomorrow thought id post a few more pics and see if anyones out there to give their advice.... i included 2 pics from outside the door to give an idea of size, one pic of the pipes along the bottom (was more from shower originally but took them off bath instead-the original idea of boxing was to hide pipes but there arent so many now), the other pic is the area behind the toilet which the wall is damaged a bit, the plasterer did as far down as he could and i painted a mist coat down to that level. so what do you reckon.. leave it as it is? box in lower just to cover pipes? dont box at all? i'm happy with the shower boxing but find the rest of it imposes a bit on the room, i know it will make a shelf but that doesnt bother me as i could put a small cupboard on the wall or something. appreicate replies!!