Bathroom Decor: 14 Ideas

Redecorating the bathroom helps when the feel-good room gets on in years! It does not always have to be a complete remodel; even small tricks can achieve amazing effects: Hello, update!

A freestanding bathtub is pretty to look at. However, if it has suffered from the ravages of time, you don't have to part with it right away but can make it shine anew with simple tricks
A freestanding bathtub is pretty to look at. However, if it has suffered from the ravages of time, you don’t have to part with it right away but can make it shine anew with simple tricks.
Photo: blp/living4media/Johnér

1. Uniform Image

Anyone who refurnishes their living room puts a lot of thought into it, but most people take a rather pragmatic approach when it comes to furnishing the bathroom. But it is precisely here that a good concept is needed. But how do you find it? It is best to be inspired by the style of your living rooms and continue the look in the bathroom – this will make the room look harmonious and the apartment spacious.

You can find the right style for your bathroom by cueing from your other rooms
You can find the right style for your bathroom by cueing from your other rooms.
Photo: blp/Vigour

2. The Right Flooring

Do you not like the previous bathroom floor? You don’t have to furnish the bathroom with new ones immediately – just paste them over! Especially for this purpose, there are self-adhesive PVC tiles in various designs. Unlike simple adhesive foils, these can withstand heavy loads on the floor.

3. Attractive Look

Are you dreaming of an attractive tiled look but don’t want to completely refurnish your bathroom or carry out costly and time-consuming renovations? Then you can either hide the surfaces under adhesive tiles, paste over old tiles, or paint them uniformly with special varnish.

Important: Before application, the substrate must be meticulously cleaned – even the smallest dust particles would otherwise result in unsightly bumps on the tiles.

With the right paint, any bathroom will shine
With the right paint, any bathroom will shine.
Photo: blp/living4media/Kaplan, Marina

4. Reflection

Anyone who wants to redecorate or renovate their bathroom should remember that surfaces also impact the color effect: High gloss makes tones appear brighter, and matte surfaces look more saturated.

Your bathroom doesn’t offer a view? Then distract from it with a large-format picture – it makes you forget the narrowness. Or you can choose a nature motif that suggests a view to the outside. The best choice for decorating the bathroom is a canvas print with a protective varnish.

A picture makes any room, no matter how small, look a little bigger
A picture makes any room, no matter how small, look a little bigger.
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6. Clear Edge

What immediately makes the entire bathroom interior, as well as the rest of the bathroom, look unattractive and unkempt are dark, dirty grout lines. When cleaning no longer helps, you can touch small blemishes with a special grout marker. The ink makes the joints look new; at the same time, it prevents mold formation.

7. Free Front

Ever thought of this? A chic way to protect yourself from unwanted glances is to furnish the bathroom with frosted glass panels or – as an inexpensive alternative – self-adhesive privacy film in frosted glass look: They are stuck directly onto the glass and can be removed without leaving any residue if necessary. Another advantage is that this solution takes up zero space in the room. With enough of it, you can achieve a great look with waterproof wooden blinds.

A privacy screen in the bathroom, be it a frosted glass panel or a privacy film with a frosted glass look, blocks prying eyes
A privacy screen in the bathroom, be it a frosted glass panel or a privacy film with a frosted glass look, blocks prying eyes.
Photo: blp/living4media/View Pictures

8. Best Lighting

Beautiful light makes not only us look good, but also the interior of the bathroom. At the sink it needs brightness from above, then the ideal complement is a soft lighting to the right and left of the mirror. Install light strips here behind a screen – so nothing dazzles, and nothing casts shadows.

Soft lighting around the washbasin creates a cozy atmosphere in the bathroom
Soft lighting around the washbasin creates a cozy atmosphere in the bathroom.
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9. Bathtub Delight

Chipped spots or an unsightly color are no reason to outfit the bathroom with a new bathtub immediately. Instead, paint the old one with a bathtub varnish. You can refresh acrylic, enamel, or ceramics quickly and easily with it. So that the result can be seen, clean the bathtub thoroughly before painting. By the way, you can easily save the shower and sink with the paint trick.

A dark bathtub adds accents to an otherwise light bathroom
A dark bathtub adds accents to an otherwise light bathroom.
Photo: blp/living4media/Bauer Syndication

10. Small but Nice

When decorating bathrooms, the toilet seat is often disregarded. At the same time, sometimes it is necessary to pimp the bathroom using a new toilet seat. The distance between the mounting holes varies. So buy only a seat that will fit your toilet.

11. Wonderful White

A spacious bathroom? For most of us, that’s a dream. But there are tricks you can play: go for white consistently when decorating a small bathroom. If you always bathe the floors, walls, and sanitary objects in bright white, everything recedes visually, and the room appears larger. To prevent the bathroom from becoming a sterile wet room, use natural materials and towels in muted tones.

If the white bathroom looks too sterile, you can remedy the situation with natural-made accessories.
If the white bathroom looks too sterile, you can remedy the situation with natural-made accessories.
Photo: blp/living4media/Claessens, Bieke

12. Light Shower

The rule that multiple light sources are more pleasant than one central ceiling light applies as much to decorating the bathroom as it does to any other room. Why not give your shower stall bright spotlights? On the other hand, soft light is perfect when bathing in the tub – here, you may create an atmosphere with beautiful lanterns.

Light spots in the shower cubicle or above the bathtub are unusual and, therefore, special
Light spots in the shower cubicle or above the bathtub are unusual and, therefore, special.
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13. Black Toilet

Dark colors in the bathroom are on the rise. Both black and completely black bathrooms are encountered in more modern homes – this looks extravagant and classy – but is also associated with more maintenance.

14. Unobtrusive But Spacious

Creams, brushes, shampoo, towels … all this has to be stored sensibly in the bathroom. At best, in a cabinet that is as simple as it is elegant. The classic, of course, is a mirror cabinet that you mount on the wall.

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