Design Your Bathroom

 Decorating your bathroom is vital to exceeding the bland and generic stock bathrooms. With the help of this section, your bathroom will become personal and more comfortable.

 Here are some ideas for your bathroom:

1. Soft Color for Walls

One of the easiest ways that a person can alter their small bathroom design to make it appear larger is to choose light soft colors for the décor of the bathroom. 

2. Accent with Color

Bright, bold colors can be used in small bathrooms, assuming you reserve them for accents only. Going overboard with bold or dark colorstend to make the bathroom appear tighter and more intimate. 

3. Visual Accents

If your bathroom has wallpaper, avoid using large prints or busy pattern. Instead, choose very subtle wallpaper patterns. Better yet, keep one wall free from any pattern at all. Consider making the largest wall in the small bathroom into a mural of an open space. 

4. Light Tones of Bathroom Flooring

Just like light colors on the walls, light colors on the flooring of the small bathroom will help make the bathroom appear roomier and more open.  The most popular colors for a light bathroom floor are tans, light grays, and light blues.  By incorporating these colors into the flooring of your small bathroom design, you will have the basis for a light colored decorating scheme that will make your bathroom appear more open.

The first step in putting some new bathroom décor ideas into action is coming up with a few basic ground rules or desires for you bathroom. These don’t have to be complicated and they don’t have to require lots of debate, but they will help you end up with a perfect finished product.

Your first consideration has to be who is going to be using the bathroom, or more specifically, if the bathroom will need to be child friendly. Kid inspired themes are a great idea for a child’s bathroom, but safety considerations are paramount. Bathrooms can be dangerous places for children, but you can make your room a safe place for the little ones with some clever design ideas. Make sure the tub either has a non slip finish or has slip proof mats installed. Bath mats and rugs around the tub and the sink will minimize the problem of wet floors. Soft toilet seats will stop the slamming of the lids, and shelves or cabinets that are set low will allow the kids to reach the things they need without your help. A step stool is also a good idea for a kids’ bathroom, so they can climb up and check themselves out in the mirror without being tempted to try and climb up on counters. For especially little kids, consider installing special “scald proof” faucets.

5. Pedestal Sink

Another small bathroom design that can be used to make a bathroom appear larger is to replace a large vanity or countertop with a slimmer, pedestal sink.  A pedestal sink can be found in many different styles, colors, and materials, allowing them to be matched to any décor.  By placing a pedestal sink in the small bathroom, you can open up the bathroom space by another ten percent.

6. Classic Fixtures

When selecting fixtures for your bathroom, keep in mind they are going into a small space. Choose simple designs made from smooth surfaces, such as ceramic and marble, and opt for light, neutral tones.

Solatube Lighting

Additional Lighting Opens a Small Space

7. Additional Lighting Fixtures

Additional lighting in a small bathroom can make a world of difference in the way the space in the bathroom is perceived.  Consider adding additional light fixtures or using higher wattage bulbs, as appropriate. By making the bathroom brighter and more inviting, it seems that the space has opened up and the walls are farther apart. 

8. Increase Natural Light

There are a variety of ways that additional lighting can be added to the small bathroom without taking up more space than is already used, including installing a new window, or even putting in a skylight.

9. Limit Items in Bathroom

Many people choose to open up the amount of space available in their small bathroom by greatly reducing the amount of items that they place into the bathroom.  Items such as storage shelves, hampers, and decorative items all take up valuable space in a small bathroom and the bathroom will appear much larger if these items are removed and the things that they hold are stored somewhere else. 

Clutter Free Vanity

Keep Clutter at Bay

10. Consider Storage Outside the Bathroom

Some people choose to place a small storage cabinet in their hallway near the bathroom as a place to put all of the things that they would normally keep in their bathrooms. It's also a good idea to consider putting laundry hampers in the bedrooms instead of in the bathroom. Extra supplies and paper products can even be stored in the pantry.

11. Adding Mirrors

Adding additional mirrors to the bathroom will also help the bathroom appear bigger than it really is.  Placing additional mirrors in the bathroom will help to capture all of the available light and reflect it back into the room to make it brighter.  Adding extra mirrors to the room will also add depth to the room, as the mirrors reflect each other and make the walls appear farther away. 

12. De-Clutter

Other ways you can use to make a small bathroom design appear larger include removing clutter and extra items. Instead of storing all of your beauty items on the counter, place them in a cabinet or in the medicine chest when not in use. The more items are visible in a small bathroom, the more cramped the space will look and feel.

Using these subtle design changes to modify the look of your small bathroom is easy, inexpensive, and most of these design changes can be completed in a few hours.  By changing your small bathroom design, you can make your small bathroom appear larger within the space of a day.

There are quite a few different themes available for your bathroom so it should be fairly easy to find one that suits your personality and style.

Here is a list of some of your options.
· Beach and Ocean Themes
· Country and Western Theme
· Modern Theme
· Causal Theme
· Traditional Theme
· Floral Themes