The perfect color for the bathroom

Choose the color of your bathroom is more than a fashion or style, is directly to your tastes and preferences. This year has become very fashionable super hot colors, like orange or terracotta red color gamut. But eventually you have to choose you.

Just as it is very important when choosing the color of your bedroom, because it is a very personal, at least I think so, the bathroom should give you a sense of relaxation and comfort. If you have trouble deciding on the color, you can inspire a fixture or a towel that you have seen while shopping and that got your attention.

If you prefer the traditional ...

In particular, in the past decades, it was common to enter a bathroom and all the furniture along the walls and the tiles were spotlessly white. This gave a total feeling of cleanliness and freshness. However, today many people related rather to a hospital environment and therefore lost popularity.
Now, talking to Karina Gamarra, interior designer, told us that this trend is coming back, especially for those who prefer a minimalistic environment. If you have decided to be white, you have many options through accessories in another color (shower curtain, dispensers, soap, mirror, towels ...) that will give greater life.

The other option are fairly classic blue colors on walls and furniture for their relationship with water and sky, in addition to its relaxing effect. Blue, green or turquoise near the far dark blue colors remain favorites to this environment in which one seeks to relax with a long shower or a bubble bath.
The blue color conveys harmony, balance, peace and therefore even for Feng Shui trend is the favorite shade. I opted for the blue in my bedroom because it relaxes me a lot.

The range of colors

Not necessarily your bathroom has to be monochromatic, ie a single hue. It has become very popular to use two-tone or hue combined full color, from deep tone until smooth. Karina Gamarra says that you can choose different colors, but that is not a rainbow, but are colored the same range.
A combination that became widely used and that never gets old is the type chess: white with black. This style gives a sober and elegant at the same time.
No need to change the floor if you wish, but to incorporate certain elements in black, like the lid of the toilet, a table, mirror frame, shelves or a rug on the floor of pictures. This particular style I love, so that's the one I have chosen in my bathroom.

Note that the color white is easier to combine, but is not the only option. You can also try two colors that complement as green and blue, brown and gray, orange or pink.
The fire colors like red, yellow and orange are the ones who this year are being palms. You may think you are extremely bright colors for any room in the house, however, work quite well in the bathroom. If you're still scary, you can use to complement a neutral color like beige or white.
For example, one option is to paint the walls white and orange accessories include only two or painting walls white and two orange. Do not forget that beyond what is in vogue, it is important that you apply your own taste.

Mirrors to decorate and show off!

Another strong element in the trend for this year's bathrooms are the mirrors, in addition to its utilitarian use have become important to have a decorative role. You will not have limits on them: square, round, sinuous forms.
This year the vintage style is a lot of attention but in general also depend on your taste. It breaks up the monotony! For example, if you share the bath with your partner, you can use a different mirror to each according to his personality.

How to manage the color based on space?

Regarding the size of your bathroom, you must also keep in mind that colors can help you. If you choose a light color will give you light and airy, keep that in mind especially if the window is very small. A good trick, for example, is that if the ceiling is low, use a light color on it to create higher.

Do not worry if you want to paint at least one wall a darker color a little, it will greatly reduce the ratio. Another good trick is the mirrors! In a medium or large, will serve to open space.

Now if you have a larger environment and want to make it more comfortable using a slightly darker color. In these cases we recommend for example woody tones in real estate.

Accessories for your bathroom!

If you want to change the style of your bathroom, do not necessarily have to paint the walls. Bathroom accessories can complement perfectly the color and with it the feeling you want to generate.
In this sense, you do need to use all your imagination. Take a walk through department stores or by the specialist in decoration. Karina, our expert interior designer, agrees that "the accessories do not depend on the color of the walls depends on the touch that you want to give the environment".

• If your style is totally free and I like to break with tradition can opt for a set of accessories like this:

• If you're a mom, maybe you want to encourage your children to bath time becomes a fun time.

• If yours is the natural wave, you may prefer a bamboo accessories.

Just as these will surprise you all the elements that exist in the market so you can give another side to the coin, but do not overdo it! Find the essentials, remember that designers always say that "less is more", especially when it comes to tight spaces. If you cram the place of items, chances are that you reduce the visible space.
Among the decorative items you can find to match colors are the bathroom floors, shower curtains or bath, and soap dispensers, paper, towel racks, mirrors, organizers and more. 

Bathroom Furniture

Bathroom furniture. As a bath cabinets, you will realize that not everyone will need or want. There are some owners who choose to keep their bathrooms as simple as possible, which usually includes leaving the cabinets out. Those who do have cabinets in your bathroom usually used to store both towels and beauty products.

Whether they are trying to replace your old cabinets with new one or you are installing cabinets in your bathroom for the first time, you need to make a decision. This decision concerns the type of cabinet that will go to buy. Although it seems a relatively easy decision to make, will be found that can have its complications, for example, the number of options you can count on. When buying a new cabinet for your bathroom, you will find that literally has an infinite number of options.

The basic feature of any contemporary bathroom is your comfort and a sense of cleanliness. And so, the bathroom furniture should be selected accordingly.

If you are planning to build a bathroom, and want a very stylish and modern, comfortable and cozy, it is recommended that you consult a designer or builder, because there are several practical problems involved in construction. You should also take into account the size, design and color of your bathroom accessories before buying. The size is very important because it may involve other factors such as design and the number of furniture you need.

This bath has some striking features that make it original, albeit questionable aesthetics. The textures and colors of purple wall and floor choices are not consistent with the antique furniture they have. We are accustomed to seeing the wooden furniture, especially those with a style like we see here are found in an environment with an old style, in shades of brown, white and beige, but never purple. However, this combination of colors and styles are becoming more frequent and good taste can be achieved very good results.

Pictures...Lights, bathroom, kitchen and stairs

Here are some pictures that I took of my house. It is slowly coming together but so much work still to do. Lets see what happens this week.

Ensuite marble and basin

Ensuite...mirror still to be installed and taps of course.

Hallway with feature lighting

Feature lights...upstairs lounge room

Kitchen...still not finished!

View into kitchen and living area

Lounge room, you can see our chandelier hanging without the crystals...think we will wait until we move in.

Stairs and wall lights...this is the window I want to put a feature blind in. Make a real statement in the stair area.

Powder room with my white basin. We will be having a long vertical mirror here right up to the ceiling...something different.

I love my white marble, always wanted this look for as long as I can remember.

Laundry

The best till last...my feature wall niches at the entrance of the house. In real life they are just so beautiful.

Mrs B

House Pictures...

Balcony

The picture above shows the view we get from our balcony. The last panel on the right cuts out our view line of the park. I am not really sure why the council made us put up screening on that particular corner. Just a slight irritation as it doesn't look right but I will get use to it. At least it will protect us from the winds that come through around winter time.

Children's Bathroom

I love this picture! my kids bathroom with their new carrara marble top. The whole room just feels right, I can't wait to see the basins, shower and taps installed. The basins are a beautiful round shape that will sit on top.

Door Handles

These are the door handles I have chosen...you can hardly see them. I didn't want the handles to be a feature and wanted a very clean look. At the moment, some of them are sticking to the granite but they will all be adjusted. My concern originally was that they wouldn't be easy to use but they feel really nice to open.

Powder Room



Kitchen Detail

In one of my favourite blogs DesignTies, Victoria wrote apost about a project she had been commissioned to do by a client. The major design was a magnificent fireplace that desperately needed to be remodelled, in keeping with a contempoary interior. Victoria used the combination of wood and steel strips placed horizontally up the wall. Anyway, I mentioned that there are elements in my home that have used steel as a design element. The first one is shown in the picture above. I wanted a steel strip right around the kitchen island between the granite and the doors...even though the cabintery is not on, you can still see how its going to look. I also have andoised steel fins as a feature on the outside that wrap right around the house. Of course silly me I forgot to take a photo but I might duck around tonight to take one!

Mrs B