Ideas for decorating the bathroom: what to choose for yourself
Starting to repair the bathroom, each owner must decide for himself several important issues. The first of these is a question of space. How to distribute it so that it does not seem cramped?
Perhaps the best option for solving this issue would be a combination of a bathroom and a toilet. In any case, if one or two people live in the apartment, combining two small rooms into one, more spacious, would be a great solution.
In addition, this will make it possible not only to expand the space, but also to spend less money on repairs, due to the demolished wall and an extra door. A competent selection of plumbing, accessories, plus quality finishes in the bathroom: in an apartment, cottage or mansion, will solve all issues of organizing and zoning space.
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Space organization
The smaller the room the bathroom, the more questions about the organization of space arises. How to place a washing machine?
Where to hide communications? How to visually expand the volume of a room?
We will try to give you some recommendations on this subject:
- In a small bathroom, the bathroom can be replaced with a shower cabin - it takes up half the space. The freed up area can be reserved for the installation of a washing machine, cabinet for household chemicals or towels.
- If you don’t feel like giving up the bathroom, you can replace the long bath with a shorter semi-bath or a sitting corner. In many countries they don’t use rectangular bathtubs that are familiar to us at all.
- Hanging plumbing will help to free up the area: a toilet bowl and a washbasin. This makes it possible not only to place a good cabinet under the sink, but also to hide pipes and hoses.
Such plumbing is very compact and makes the interior of the bathroom more modern.
- A hinged shelf will also help save space, and you can even mount it above the door. A narrow shelf with a mirror along the entire wall will visually increase the width of the room, as in the photo below.
- Mirror surfaces generally have the ability to expand space due to reflection. This role can be performed not only by a large mirror on the wall, but also by a mirror suspended ceiling, as well as a glossy stretch canvas.
Color scheme
In the matter of visual expansion of a small bathroom, a competent combination of the color of the walls and ceiling will help. Lighting, decoration and design of the bathroom should also be aimed at solving this problem.
So:
- The main thing for a small room is to avoid too dark and flashy colors. This is especially true for the ceiling.
The dark color of the ceiling surface creates the feeling of a “pressure ceiling”, with the exception of mirror and glossy options. - As for the walls, they should be darker than the ceiling, but not so much as to feel like in a dungeon. In order to break the monotonous surface, using methods of combined decoration.
- In the simplest design, it looks like this: the lower part of the wall is finished with a darker color, in the form of a kind of panel. The upper, lighter part of the wall is separated from it by a decorative line.
- The floor should be even a tone darker than the bottom of the wall. This is done in order to make the room seem taller.
The use of ceramic tiles makes it possible for a host of other options, you just have to strain your imagination. - Recently, the decoration of the bathroom in blue tones has become very popular. This color is associated in humans with pure water: a spring, the sea and allows you to relax and rest as much as possible.
- It is not necessary that all surfaces be blue or blue. These colors blend beautifully with many other shades.
The most beneficial mosaic panel on the wall, depicting the ocean or an aquarium. A suitable decor for such a room would be the stretch ceiling of the "cloud".
- Mosaic, in principle, is an excellent solution for finishing a small bathroom. Its small details perfectly break monotonous surfaces and give unlimited possibilities for design.
- With a competent approach, the bathroom can be trimmed with ordinary plastic so that its interior will look elegant and respectable, and the price will only please it. A great example of such a finish in the picture below.
- The color scheme of the interior in this case can be called ideal for a small room. One light wall with illumination, and the glossy surface of the darker plastic panels on the other walls, make the room much more spacious.
- And yet, an indispensable assistant in the decoration of bathrooms is ceramic tile. It is decorated with floors, walls, or just work areas, combining with other types of materials - there are a lot of design options.
- This is the creation of contrasting surfaces, and laying out the pattern on the whole wall or its section, the use of various decorative tiles, laying them diagonally. For each room, you can create your own, unique option.
- The design and decoration of a bathroom with a sufficient area has much more options both stylistically and in the choice of materials. The bathroom in a private house, as a rule, has a good height, allowing you to install even a multi-level suspended ceiling.
- The presence of the window provides natural ventilation, which allows the use of wood, wallpaper, paint, self-adhesive film in the decoration. The spacious bathroom can be zoned using original drywall partitions.
This short instruction will help you navigate a huge amount of information on organizing the space of such a vital room as a bathroom. With a great desire, you can do the finishing work with your own hands, watch the video, read the relevant literature.
And we will also tell you about the finishing options that design professionals can offer for non-standard rooms.
Styles and Designs
Many prefer in such matters as construction and repair, to use the services of specialists, and decorate the premises with the help of professional designers. Each of them has its own fantasy, its own vision of the final result.
Designers, as a rule, adhere to a certain style in the development of the interior, naturally coordinating the project with the customer.
Modern
One of the most popular styles today is "modern", which originated in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century. This style does not accept right angles and strict geometric shapes.
The Art Nouveau interior is dominated by smooth, curved lines.
Curved ceilings, arched shapes of doors and windows, streamlined configuration of plumbing and furniture, even a picture on the wall in the idea of curved lines - all these details are the hallmark of this style.
Minimalism
A feature of this design is the presence of free space, freed from unnecessary items and unnecessary details.The original minimalist bathroom decoration is done in restrained tones, as well as in a contrasting combination of colors.
- For decorating surfaces in this style, both ceramics and glass, stainless steel, smooth painted surfaces can be used.
- Importantly, in the style of minimalism, you can issue a standard bathroom in the apartment. The laconic interior contributes to the visual expansion of the space.
Classic
The classic design option is suitable only for a spacious room.. This style includes massive carved furniture, stucco molding with gilding on the ceiling, a large oval bath with a raised headboard, and even a canopy above it.
It would be ridiculous to imagine all this in the close bathroom of a typical apartment.
- The classic style uses the colors of black and white, brown, deep blue and its shades, as well as warm pastel colors. Walls are often finished by painting a surface with a granular structure, wallpaper, plain ceramic tiles.
- The decor can be used natural stone, mahogany, heavy curtains and massive chandeliers. Plumbing and accessories on doors and windows can be copper, brass, and even gold, depending on the financial capabilities of the customer.
Provence
This style is also called rustic - its design is based on the use of natural materials of light colors, forged frames for the mirror, curly legs at the bathroom, elegant lamps. White color in the style of "Provence" is predominant.
- Such a delicate and beautiful decoration of the bathroom, which is presented in the picture above, can not leave anyone indifferent. Wooden panels and wallpapers are most often used for decorating walls in a rustic style.
Japanese style
People who prefer simplicity and sophistication of forms, choose the Japanese style. As a rule, this is a room divided into zones.
Each zone is in neutral tones that create balance and maximize relaxation.
- Here are milky, beige, pearl and sand shades, with a mandatory emphasis on any one saturated color.
- Ceramic tiles are the most preferred material in the decoration of such a bathroom, which is necessarily decorated with wooden elements.
There are many more styles and directions in interior design: centuries-old traditions of baroque or empire; Ethnic more modern: hi-tech or fusion, which originated not so long ago. Each of them carries the traditions of a certain era or people - you choose.
The main thing is that you feel comfortable and cozy in the interior created for you.
