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10. Use smaller tiles for better tractionWhat a wonderful bathroom! Here, designer Helen Scott used the same smaller tile throughout the bathroom as accent tiles.Notice how the shower hose and the shower bar are installed on the centre of that one tile. I’m sure that was no accident.TELL USWhich of these ideas do you like best and why? Share in the Comments below. MOREYour Common Bathroom Tiling Questions AnsweredBrowse Singapore bathroom designs
12. Keep a low profileWant to add some personality or drama to your bathroom without visually shrinking the space? Just look down. Try adding drama to elements with a lower profile, such as the vanity or the floor tile, while keeping the elements around your eyeline more simple and open. This approach gives the room lots of character while still maintaining a sense of openness. In fact, having a dark or vibrant colour near floor level can sometimes make the upper half of the room feel even more open and airy by contrast.TELL USWhich of these tricks do you use in your bathroom? Or if you’re renovating, which ones are you going to employ? Share in the Comments below.MORE11 Design Tricks From Small Bathrooms Around the World7 Smart and Stylish Vanities for Small Bathrooms
9. Create long linesWhether your bathroom is a typical rectangle or more oddly shaped, you can usually find one wall or area that’s a bit longer than others to emphasise. Adding a shelf, a band of tile, a moulding chair rail or another long element (even a simple stripe of paint) can help emphasise the longest line in your room and draw the eye to the widest point.In this room, the encroaching low ceiling is de-emphasised by the wide shelf and tile backsplash that highlight the widest point just below where the slope begins.Browse more bathroom designs
For these reasons, it’s key to have a rich lighting scheme, preferably with multiple light sources at different locations. A grid of ceiling lights, as well as sconces or a contemporary edge-lighted mirror will help you avoid shadowing and make the space feel bright and open.In a small powder room, or where you can’t add new electrical for lights, try changing your ceiling light to one with multiple bulbs so you have light coming from several directions from one fixture.
8. Apply bright lightingGood lighting is important to making any space look big and open, but in bathrooms, which often don’t have much natural light available, it’s especially important. Plus, in a bathroom, you need good lighting to do things such as shave or apply makeup effectively, so its importance can’t be overstated.
The new master suite entrance allows easy access to the master bathroom. The space combines the two elements the owners love: cement screed walls and well-defined wood grain. “We were glad to find the right wood-look tile size – 100 by 700 millimetres – as the slim dimensions elongate the floor area and made the feel of each tile more prominent,” says Png.Basin: Art Ceram; mirror: Homlab
Photo by Edward Hendricks6. Plane and simpleCher Ming Tan, principal of Ming Architects, describes the design of the landed house as “contemporary with a focus on practicality”. With the darker hues of the marble used in this smaller bathroom, it makes sense to use fixtures in the form of flat planes to make the most of the limited space.Read the Houzz Tour: This Home is a Warm and Woody Wonder Inside and Out
3. Brass-y charmThe four-room flat is a fusion of industrial and modern luxe styles, says designer Alvin Ling of The Scientist. The bathroom reflects the industrial aspect with its subway tiles, but the black framed shower enclosure and black fittings are more evocative of modern luxe. The brass fixtures and carefully matched pendant light finish the look with a vintage flourish.Read the Houzz Tour: A Newlyweds’ Home Goes Dark and Gilded
9. Matte BlackBlack faucets are becoming increasingly more popular in the bathroom, because of their ability to match other items, such as vanities and accent pieces. If you want to make a classy statement, or you are just doing a small renovation that doesn’t involve changing all aspects of your bathroom, matte black may be the perfect finish for you.Advantages: Easy to clean. Does not show dirt, fingerprints or water spots. It’s easy to coordinate a matte black faucet with bathroom accessories.Disadvantages: It’s hard to match other fixtures to it, hard to find and expensive compared with more popular finishes, such as chrome and brushed nickel. Styles it works with: Modern and eclectic.
3. CopperCopper is unmistakable and bold. It gives the bathroom a rich feeling, especially when mixed with a subtler material, such as marble on a countertop. Advantages: Copper has natural antibacterial properties. It’s fairly easy to find and also has the ability to ‘heal’ itself. Over a short period of time, a scratch in copper will become darker and eventually blend with the patina.Disadvantages: A shiny copper finish might require a little more maintenance than brushed nickel, oil-rubbed bronze and chrome, but if you let it age naturally, copper will develop a beautiful patina. It’s harder to match accessories and other fixtures to copper, and it’s not as durable as other finishes.Styles it works with: Farmhouse and, of course, minimalist.How to perfectly plan your bathroom project
2. Satin BrassA nice twist on polished brass, the brushed-gold look has a lot of class. It’s bold without being too showy. Don’t be surprised if you see a lot more of this colour in bathroom renos. Advantages: Offers a nice accent colour without the polished look. Durable. Being a matte finish, it won’t show fingerprints and water spots.Disadvantages: It’s hard to find and more expensive. It’s also difficult to match accessories and other fixtures to satin brass.Styles it works with: Piggybacking off the success of polished brass, this satin counterpart is going to be increasingly popular. Great settings for it are traditional, modern and contemporary.
This project was recently recognised with a silver award for Best Residential Design, Apartment ≤ 1000 sqft (Singapore) at the Interior Design Excellence Awards (I-DEA) 2017.TELL USWhat do you love about this home? Tell us in the Comments below. And don’t forget to save your favourite images, bookmark the story, and join in the conversation.
The designers created a solid visual connection between the bedroom/wardrobe area and the master bathroom. “The hexagon marble-patterned mosaic tiles chosen from Hafary were laid over the entire floor and parts of the wall to achieve a sophisticated feel. We also used a rose gold on the custom-made wall mirror ledge to match the light fixtures in the bedroom and the full-length mirror in the dressing area,” says Ching.
Entering the master suite, one immediately gets a glimpse of the black-and-white cabinetry that spans the width of the bedroom. Chen decided to take the sink out of the bathroom and incorporate an open wash and vanity area within the bedroom. “This is to give more space to the shower area,” says Chen. The reconfigured layout also made way for a bigger walk-in wardrobe area.
7. Vessel sinkA vessel sink is one that generally sits completely on top of the countertop, although there are some models that sit partially below the counter. Pros: Unlike most other sinks that are exposed above the counter a little or not at all, vessel sinks demand attention and are a great way to create a statement in your bathroom. As the name suggests, a vessel sink is basically like a large bowl, so it is a great choice if you like a deep sink that can hold plenty of water. Cons: Due to the height of vessel sinks and the way they sit above the counter, careful planning of the counter height, and of the height of the cabinets below, is required to ensure that the sink doesn’t end up being too high and uncomfortable to use – this often leads to less storage space under the counter. Cleaning around the base and back of the sink can also be a bit tricky. Good for: En suite bathroomsWhat’s the right height for your sinks, mirrors, rails?
The colour scheme for both bathrooms are dark: black for the common bathroom and grey for the master bathroom. To create texture, the designers used both glossy and matt tiles. The differences in the cut of the tiles were used to demarcate between wet and dry areas. Ledges and storage niches that visually blend provide storage for toiletries.The dark palette and clean-lined design of the bathrooms complement the midcentury modern theme of the rest of the house. TELL USWhat do you find most striking about this home? Let us know in the Comments section.
4. Small coloured glass is easier to work with than large clear glassGlass is hard to work with. Some clear glass tiles can show moisture trapped behind them and make a great shower look awful after just a few uses. Picking smaller coloured glass tile is better. Many glass tiles have directional arrows so they all can be installed with the same orientation.
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