The health and hygiene of the residents depend on the design and plan maintained in a small bathroom. The bathroom occupies a much smaller space than the house’s other rooms. Thus, properly positioning the bathroom accessories is essential to make a small bathroom look more spacious and hygienic.
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Small Bathroom – What to do?
While large luxurious bathrooms with a large ceiling shower, and whirlpool tubs are an awestriking view, lack of space and budget considerations often make us rethink the type of decors and accessories we can afford. However, there is no reason to think that small bathrooms cannot be made up to our creative dreams. A proper combination of colours, flooring and appropriately sized and shaped cabinets can make a small bathroom look spacious and luxurious at the same time.
Brighter or Neutral Colours
The basic trick to make small bathrooms look more spacious is using brighter or neutral softer colours to reflect the light across the room. However, apart from the conventional light colours, some people can attain a beautiful spacious look in their bathroom with bright bold colours like ocean green and blue hue coloured murals, paired with dark wood cabinets and green or blue towels and accessories. To add an oriental touch to the bathroom, the addition of golden tiles along the bathroom, with bright red and golden accessories with marble counters and arched ceilings, can give a timeless look.
Small Bathroom Lighting
The next thing to remember is not to take too much space for lighting. Rather than large lighting fixtures or chandeliers that take up too much space, recessed lighting is the best option for a small bathroom, as it can be embedded in the ceiling producing a soft glow, giving the illusion of a bigger space than actual.
Mirrors and Vanities
To reflect light across the bathroom, large flat mirrors should be fitted along the bathroom walls. Although vanity sinks are popular due to the large storage space they offer in the bathroom, in case the user is going short on space, he can replace it with a pedestal sink or a wall-fitted sink. These come in various elegant styles that can easily save space and go with any bathroom design and colour.
Small Bathroom Storage
To add extra storage space to the bathroom, the vertical space in the wall can be used for recessed cabinetry, along with built-in storage units. Having a separate space for a shower as well as a bathtub will take up a lot of space inside the bathroom. Hence, a recessed ceiling shower or a walk-in shower with multiple showers can prove to be an elegant, space-saving yet luxurious option for a small bathroom.
Also, residents can opt for a bathtub combination instead of allotting a separate space for the two. Lastly, instead of having a shower curtain to visually separate the bathroom, a better option is a glass door to separate the shower space from the rest of the bathroom.
Light soft colours with extra storage space, inbuilt cabinets, vanity sinks with cabinet storage system, and soft glowing light can make the small bathroom a luxurious haven for feeling fresh at the end of a tiresome day.
