Often at home we find ourselves with a really small bathroom. Furnishing it in the wrong way makes the space even more cramped and not at all functional. Here is a list of 10 mistakes not to make in your tiny bathroom.
The small size force us to study in every little detail the furnishing of a room to ensure that it is not too stuffy. If you fear that you are wrong, you have landed on the right guide. We have collected in a short explanatory list the 10 mistakes that are often most easily committed when it comes to furnishing a small bathroom. Grab a pen and paper and correct these mistakes – if you’ve made them!
1. Use (large) furniture
This is the most easily made mistake. This is due to the fact that often a small bathroom is not functional or badly organized but the fact remains that you have to store bathroom products, towels and the like. Use a large piece of furniture that acts as a container in addition to engulfing area, ends up getting in the way movements e passage. Better opt for a washbasin cabinet or of the shelves or niches if you are undergoing renovations.
Read also: 10 mistakes not to make when furnishing a very small apartment
2. Excess curtains and carpets
In a small room, it would be better to avoid to use many textiles. Indeed, the minimalists are – in fact – of the opinion that these should be eliminated absolutely. The carpets, in effect, they split the floor and they make the surface appear even smaller of what it is, especially if they are long-haired or a different color from that of the tiles. The same goes for the curtains: if the bathroom is small, better avoid them e use maybe the panel curtains or directly of mirrored glass.
3. Place the plants in a small space
If you don’t have space enough any should be trashed what is just a decorative element. Plants are one of these elements. Self own not you can do without it, it would be better lean towards of small specimens and perhaps placed at the top, so as not to be in the way.
4. Products in plain sight
Products left for the bathroom on display they create disorder and give the room a neglected look. It is better to choose a few pieces – maybe you can take the opportunity to do some decluttering to your collection – and store them in drawers or suitable furniture. Hide them at the sight it will give more air and cleaning to the room from bathroom.
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5. Decorate it with strong or dark colors
Strong or dark colors are often chosen to give more character to an environment. In the case of a small bathroom, however, there is nothing more wrong to do. This type of color makes the room look smaller! Better to choose the White, pearl gray and the like so as to apply a sort of optical effect to the room that makes it appear wider. Better yet self the color of the walls is the same – or slightly different – of the floor.
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6. Full-fledged tiles
Especially in old-fashioned houses or in fairly dated buildings, we find gods small bathrooms e maybe tiled to the full height. This furnishing methodology is wrong in several ways. It is created the famous box effect: it will seem to be in a small box closed. So, if possible, better to opt for a tiled room mid-height or only where you are be it really need – like the shower wall or behind the bathroom fixtures.
7. Small mirrors
If you think that a small room equals a small mirror, you are wrong. The interior always design use the mirrors to enlarge optically the volume of a room. This piece of furniture, in fact, by reflecting lights and surfaces creates the illusion of a large environment. In the case of a bathroom, then, it could choose a large mirror that works also from container to hide bathroom products.
8. Painted ceiling
The painted ceiling lowers the sky of a room considerably. Then, when this It happens in a bathroom already small, inevitably it means to reduce further the spaces. In these cases you can always remedy by restoring the light color of the ceiling and perhaps placing strategic lights – see next point.
9. Wrong lighting
In a small bathroom it is better use a typology of lighting on several levels. The ideal one would be on the wall: choose applique on the walls – as already said, with different levels – it allows you to make lights all over the room but to avoid that very annoying blinding effect. The mirror will also have to be illuminated, better if backlit. Use white lights but they are dimmable, in order to lower the intensity and relax at the end of the day.
10. Mix of coatings
Floor tiles different, different materials, colors not matched to each other. This is the mistake that, in addition to making the room ugly, the makes really difficult from furnish properly. Palette colors and coordinating materials should be the common thread that distinguishes a well-furnished home. Choose a range of colors and materials and stick to it will ensure that the bathroom is well furnished.
10 interior design mistakes in a small bathroom: images and photos
We have summarized the most common mistakes in this gallery. Check it out and fix it now!
Often at home we find ourselves with a really small bathroom. Furnishing it in the wrong way makes the space even more cramped and not at all functional. Here is a list of 10 mistakes not to make in your tiny bathroom.
The small size force us to study in every little detail the furnishing of a room to ensure that it is not too stuffy. If you fear that you are wrong, you have landed on the right guide. We have collected in a short explanatory list the 10 mistakes that are often most easily committed when it comes to furnishing a small bathroom. Grab a pen and paper and correct these mistakes – if you’ve made them!
1. Use (large) furniture
This is the most easily made mistake. This is due to the fact that often a small bathroom is not functional or badly organized but the fact remains that you have to store bathroom products, towels and the like. Use a large piece of furniture that acts as a container in addition to engulfing area, ends up getting in the way movements e passage. Better opt for a washbasin cabinet or of the shelves or niches if you are undergoing renovations.
Read also: 10 mistakes not to make when furnishing a very small apartment
2. Excess curtains and carpets
In a small room, it would be better to avoid to use many textiles. Indeed, the minimalists are – in fact – of the opinion that these should be eliminated absolutely. The carpets, in effect, they split the floor and they make the surface appear even smaller of what it is, especially if they are long-haired or a different color from that of the tiles. The same goes for the curtains: if the bathroom is small, better avoid them e use maybe the panel curtains or directly of mirrored glass.
3. Place the plants in a small space
If you don’t have space enough any should be trashed what is just a decorative element. Plants are one of these elements. Self own not you can do without it, it would be better lean towards of small specimens and perhaps placed at the top, so as not to be in the way.
4. Products in plain sight
Products left for the bathroom on display they create disorder and give the room a neglected look. It is better to choose a few pieces – maybe you can take the opportunity to do some decluttering to your collection – and store them in drawers or suitable furniture. Hide them at the sight it will give more air and cleaning to the room from bathroom.
You may be interested in: Colors to avoid for very small apartments
5. Decorate it with strong or dark colors
Strong or dark colors are often chosen to give more character to an environment. In the case of a small bathroom, however, there is nothing more wrong to do. This type of color makes the room look smaller! Better to choose the White, pearl gray and the like so as to apply a sort of optical effect to the room that makes it appear wider. Better yet self the color of the walls is the same – or slightly different – of the floor.
Do you want design advice on how to furnish? Join the group
6. Full-fledged tiles
Especially in old-fashioned houses or in fairly dated buildings, we find gods small bathrooms e maybe tiled to the full height. This furnishing methodology is wrong in several ways. It is created the famous box effect: it will seem to be in a small box closed. So, if possible, better to opt for a tiled room mid-height or only where you are be it really need – like the shower wall or behind the bathroom fixtures.
7. Small mirrors
If you think that a small room equals a small mirror, you are wrong. The interior always design use the mirrors to enlarge optically the volume of a room. This piece of furniture, in fact, by reflecting lights and surfaces creates the illusion of a large environment. In the case of a bathroom, then, it could choose a large mirror that works also from container to hide bathroom products.
8. Painted ceiling
The painted ceiling lowers the sky of a room considerably. Then, when this It happens in a bathroom already small, inevitably it means to reduce further the spaces. In these cases you can always remedy by restoring the light color of the ceiling and perhaps placing strategic lights – see next point.
9. Wrong lighting
In a small bathroom it is better use a typology of lighting on several levels. The ideal one would be on the wall: choose applique on the walls – as already said, with different levels – it allows you to make lights all over the room but to avoid that very annoying blinding effect. The mirror will also have to be illuminated, better if backlit. Use white lights but they are dimmable, in order to lower the intensity and relax at the end of the day.
10. Mix of coatings
Floor tiles different, different materials, colors not matched to each other. This is the mistake that, in addition to making the room ugly, the makes really difficult from furnish properly. Palette colors and coordinating materials should be the common thread that distinguishes a well-furnished home. Choose a range of colors and materials and stick to it will ensure that the bathroom is well furnished.
10 interior design mistakes in a small bathroom: images and photos
We have summarized the most common mistakes in this gallery. Check it out and fix it now!
