Posts Tagged ‘Bathroom Walls’

Customizing Your Bathroom With a Bathroom Vanity

January 6th, 2010

Most people work on other rooms in their house when the most important room in the entire house is the bathroom. All bathroom fixtures are usually a standard white which you can not do much to add color to those fixtures. There are accessories that can be changed though such as window treatments (blinds, roman shades, or curtains), shower curtain, bathroom vanity, mirror, and add some color through some bath towels. When you go to pick out the right bathroom vanity and you have to be serious about it. The vanity mirror is an item that shows your elegant or sleek side through. You just need to know that you can control this aspect all the time. Most people make sure that they stop in front of the mirror to look at their appearance before exiting the room. A bathroom vanity mirror can be called the basic building block of a bathroom theme. It can be trimmed with any color which makes this feature very flexible in any bathroom theme. The influence of the mirror will be noticed by all the guests and also will affect the bathroom’s theme. If you feel that you have choose the wrong mirror, your bathroom will not be balanced and it will feel like you just threw all the pieces in place without a purpose. To make sure that everything coordinates well you need to match the trim on the bathroom vanity, the frame of the mirror and any type of artwork that is displayed on the bathroom walls. When looking for a warm atmosphere in your bathroom, add a wood framed mirror and some warm tone such as a dark green or an amber red. These colors can be used in the blinds or roman shades that are hung in the windows. The bath towels can also have a splash of the color scheme on them. A towel rack can be added to either side of the vanity mirror or you can add an elegant touch of candle light in matching candle holders. A sleek bathroom that has a stainless steel toilet can be enhanced with an elegant accent of black or sliver which is found on your bathroom vanity. There can also be glass etching done on the mirror with silver to add depth to the bathroom’s theme. When working with warm tones in your bathroom, you may want to decide on gold fixtures. You could also add some gold accents by picking a bathroom vanity that could have gold trim. The simple way for a mirror to fit into the theme of your bathroom is to make sure that it coordinates with the trim on the vanity and it can all be looked at by the overhead lighting. No matter what theme you choose, you need to make sure that your sink and bathroom vanity are balanced out. The mirror should be proportioned on the wall like a piece of art over the sink. You need to make sure that your bathroom is balanced throughout the entire room. By balancing out the bathroom, you need add accessories that will match the frame of the vanity and the frame of the mirror.

How to Select Bathroom Tiles for a Small Bathroom?

January 3rd, 2010

Everyone dreams to have a beautiful house with beautiful decorations and clean surroundings. The Bathroom is also an important part of your home decor. A neat and clean bathroom can add on to the beauty of your home. However, if you have a small bathroom, then your biggest challenge is that how can you utilize various resources and make your bathroom look a bit more spacious. Hence, if you have a small bathroom then you can revamp it, by using light colored bathroom tiles because bright colors will show the illusion of a compact bathroom. You can also use vertical tiles for your bathroom walls. A vertical bathroom tile will add on to the height of your bathroom. However, if you don’t like the soft shades then you can add colors by placing a colorful towel near the washbasin. You can also paint the cupboards with interesting color combinations so that it can add all the more life to the ambiance of your bathroom. Similarly, proper bathroom flooring can also render space to your bathroom. You can use colors like pale blue, gray, cream etc for your bathroom floorings. You should make sure that the bathroom tiles, goes well with the colors of bathroom walls. Moreover, never use complicated patterns for the bathroom flooring because it will make the area look all the more cluttered. Hence, you should purchase clean and simple patterns of bathroom tiles in order to make the bathroom look spacious. You can also use attractive textures as background for the bathroom tub or mirror. Moreover, you can place large mirrors that will scatter large amount of light into the room. Thus, the brighter lightning will add space to your bathroom. Hence, you can use the above interior designing tips to construct a bathroom that looks capacious despite its limited bathroom space.

Bathroom Mirror – Show Your Image in Style

December 13th, 2009

Over the years I have gotten many emails from my friends in cyberspace asking me for suggestions on how to remodel their bathrooms. Out of all the rooms in one’s house, I guess remodeling the bathroom is the most popular because bathrooms are generally small. This makes the job of remodeling a small project and not as time consuming as much larger rooms of one’s home. Out of all the questions I have received over the years on bathroom decorating, the most popular question is, “What are the available styles of bathroom mirrors?” These home owners, you know who you are, take it upon themselves to do all their home decorating. They have a certain pride in knowing that when the job is finished, they can stand back and feel good and be admired for a job well done. Depending on the decorative theme of your bathroom, your choice of bathroom mirror should be something that will fit in with the theme and style of the room. You want a mirror that will blend in well with other features of the room. This way you will have a comfortable feel to the room. So take a good look around your bathroom. What types of walls surround the room? Are they painted walls? Are they tiled walls? Are the walls finished in bathroom wall paneling? Next you should take a look at the things mounted on the walls. Do you have shelves on the walls? Do you have cabinets on the walls? What style of towel holders or racks do you have on your bathroom walls? You should also take into thought what type of faucets you have in your bathroom. The style and finish of your bathroom faucets as well as the style of your bathroom sink and commode is an important factor in determining what style of bathroom mirror you should use to compliment the bathroom environment. You have so many choices when it comes to picking out the perfect bathroom mirror for your application. I can’t begin to go over all of them here because it would encounter writing volumes on the subject. There are bathroom mirrors available in many different themes, sizes, shapes, colors, materials, finishes, frames and frameless. Only you know your bathroom. If you take into account all the objects that are the make-up of your bathroom, you should have a good idea of what direction you should look in order to find your perfect match bathroom mirror. What I will suggest is setting aside some time for sitting in front of your computer and going online to one or two good bathroom mirror sites and research your possibilities. In the long run, you will know that the mirror you chose was the result of your patient but perseverant research. Bathroom mirrors have come a long way over the years. Today this is another form of wall art. You should treat your search for the perfect bathroom mirror just as you would treat your search for the perfect oil painting. You want something artful and at the same time you want to generate a good feeling inside yourself every time you enter the room.