Planning a bathroom remodeling project can be one of the most exciting experiences involved with a full – or partial – home improvement job. The bathroom, like the kitchen and living room, is considered to be a space of primary importance in the home. Since guests rarely see any of your backrooms, the bathroom is really the last place where your individualism and flair can really shine. You can choose from many different design styles for your bathroom and shower remodels, from fashion-forward, modern and transitional, to chic and contemporary – or a fusion of any number of these. It’s worth it to note that most expressions of contemporary style often have a healthy dose of modern elements sprinkled throughout.
Best Tips During the Bathroom Planning Stages
Before remodeling your bathroom, it serves well to sit there for a spell and imagine what you want it to look like. Just as practical, going through the motions of using at an washing up helps remind you of all the little things you want to add to both accentuate it, and make the room more functional. As a general rule that gives you a lot of leeway in how you effect changes, it’s a good idea to imagine making your bathroom look and feel more relaxing to the travel-weary visitor. Designs should be geared towards maximizing the available space, and using clean colors from the same tonal palette.
Another common option is to peruse the latest magazines sporting contemporary bathroom styles. From a selection of your favorite, you can choose a mash-up for some originality, or to fill in/replace elements that wouldn’t work in your kitchen. Your bathroom remodeling contractor or specialist will be able to work with your layout to produce a final result that is as close as possible to the design. Even better – in some cases – your designer will have ideas that supplant your own and fit better with the overall make-up of the bathroom. After all, she’s a professional and has likely done this hundreds of times; nonetheless, all changes will and should be left entirely to you for approval.
Design Elements for the Bathroom
There are several things to consider when it comes to a bathroom remodeling job, which may not be so important for other parts of your apartment. For example, if you’re a fan of the contemporary style of interior design, then brighter colors are usually a better option than a darker or more muted ensemble for the bathroom. Visually, a bathroom design usually responds better with bright, clean colors that accentuate the bathtub, toilet, sink and shower. Having cabinetry in place further helps focus your chosen color palette, as well as offering more space to place functional design elements.
Just like the living room and kitchen areas, bathrooms are quite amenable to having a medium-sized to large window, either high above if you live in the upper reaches of an apartment building, or facing a non-street region. To highlight this window, you can pick from a vast selection of blinds. There are vibrant, solid colors like aqua black, cerise, cream, navy and more. If you’re more inclined to pick a patterned blind, there’s a brown linen mix, elegant aubergine sparkle, blue & lime leaf, ash linen and more; any of these blinds would work in the bathroom. Keeping in mind your loose contemporary motif, if you’ve opted for a bluish kitchen or living room (whichever ones leads directly to the bathroom), then the cor denim or cloud rushweave is perfect for a nautical theme. Whichever one fits best, the right roller blind is available to help bring out the full look of your chosen décor.
