There are a lot of simple things you can do when decorating
your bathroom to give it a special touch and add vivid personality. For example,
when you change the color of the towels in the bathroom, you can transform the
feeling completely.
Just like with kitchen design, the
bathroom's hard surfaces should be balanced by soft touches. A tiled bathroom
can be softened with a stack of terry-cloth towels on an old wooden towel rack.
You want to create a bathroom where you can clearly wash away your tension and
worries and emerge rejuvenated.
The contrasting textures of the water, the soap,
the towel, the flower bouquet in the front of the mirror, potted plants in a
clear glass containers, and the light coming through the window all play
together to create a unique, fulfilling textural experience.
To contrast the many hard surfaces of a bathroom, soften hard edges with a
simple white eyelet shower curtain made of the same fabric as the curtains for
the bathroom windows. Fluffy white towels stacked on a stool or chair and
hanging from a towel bar, and two hooded hanging terry-cloth robes, will
complete the atmosphere of endearing innocence, providing a subtle pattern that
does not intrude upon a bathroom's simplicity.
Color in the Bathroom
The bathroom's color palette is as important in creating a mood as are the
style of the
fixtures and bathroom accessories. If designing your bathroom from scratch, start with a simple, lustrous white backdrop -
a white sink, tub, and toilet - and build your bathroom color from there. On
today's market there are a lot of
colorful lines of bathroom fixtures, that can confuse many homeowners. Those
who chose colored bathroom fixtures instead of white regret it quite shortly
after they start using them. Colored tubs and sinks require high maintenance,
because soap scum and dandruff looks terrible in a colored surface. On other
hand, white is fresh and pure, and visually expands space as well. Be aware,
however, that even within the white category there are subtle variations, which
run from a crisp milk color to a buttery tone.
You can add warmth and charm to your bathroom by using fresh vibrant colors in the tiles, towels,
and linens. You can accentuate your white fixtures with embroidered hand-towels, brass
fixtures and glass shelves holding collection of antiqued colored bottles.
A lot of bathroom elements such as paints, wallpaper, towels and accessories,
are relatively inexpensive and can be easily changed.
There is a great opportunity available for flair and imagination in a simple
bathroom. Especially if your bathroom is white, when you scoop up the bath
towels, hand towels, bath mitts, bath mats, and cotton rugs, pay attention to
how much color all the cotton provides, and how easy it is to change the look
and feel of the space by putting out a new set of fresh supplies. You can have a
blue-and-white theme, where everything matches, from the terry-cloth towels to
the quilted rug. At other times you can decorate with a palette of solid pastels
and toss down a rag rug with a rainbow of the same colors.
Keep a stack of cotton hand towels and change them at whim. One week they can be
mint-green and white, and the next they may be pink-and-white check. Or you can
put towels of different plaids or checks in a pile. For everyday use, the cotton
kitchen hand towels from house-wares and kitchen supply
stores are ideal. They're inexpensive, absorbent, colorful, and don't need to be
ironed.
If you enjoy a pastel color palette in the summer, in the winter you may
choose sunrise-yellow and grass-green. If all the colors you pick have the same chroma intensity, they will work well together. Just as the rainbow harmonizes
different colors, so can you. The key is always in the clarity of hue. Never mix
toned-down, neutral colors with clear colors. The eye will reject the dull color
in favor of the clear one.
The
mostly neutral color pallet of the small powder room or bathroom can get a pop of color when you choose a hand-painted bathroom vanity.
Another inexpensive yet highly effective way to introduce color into a bathroom is with flowers.
They are considered a luxury touch and can create a cheerful feeling in the bathroom. Beautiful flowers
like freesia, lilacs or roses in addition to vivid colors can introduce delicate smells, witch will add a
feeling relaxation and freshness to the bathroom.
Well designed and well proportioned bathroom, made of honest materials usually
do not require a
lot of decorating and over the top embellishments. Fixtures should always be simple and appropriate
for your bathroom style.
Save the money you would spent on a hand-painted sink and purchase classically
designed crown molding and crisp
baseboard that will
contribute to an
elegantly understated beauty and tranquility of the bathroom. What can be more
beautiful and relaxing than clean white fixtures, pretty faucet sets, and lots
of colorful towels in a room with running water?
