Home Tree Atlas: Home Decor Ideas and Mood Boards

Designer Bathroom Mirror Ideas: From Lighting to Framing

One of the easiest and most effective ways of transforming a bathroom is by adding a frame or replacing an existing mirror frame. Because the mirror in most bathrooms take up so much space, they become a focal piece. The style of the frame can set the design tone for the rest of the room. Take a look at the different styles in pictures (1) and (2).

Go Large: When it comes to bathroom mirror ideas, the old design principle still holds true. A large mirror can make a small and compact room feel much larger and spacious (3) (4).

Vanity Design: If you have a large vanity space, you can always break it up by having a his and hers sink and a separate mirror for each sink just like in picture (5). Or have a long mirror to share (6).

Lighting: Lighting plays a big role in making grooming convenient and comfortable. The ideal set up is to have one light on both sides of the mirror at face level and another light attached to the wall right above the mirror. This way you reduce the amount of shadows that are casted across the face. Another way of making grooming as easy as possible is to install one of those pull out side mirrors – the ones that you can flip over and there is a magnified side.

Other unique designer ideas include having lights embedded into the mirror for a luxurious touch as seen in picture (9). Or having the mirror back lit (10) adds a nice soft and relaxing glow to the bathroom. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10

May 22, 2013 in Bathroom

Zen Style: Japanese Bathroom Design Ideas

It doesn’t take much to turn an ordinary bathroom into a more Japanese style. The first step is to declutter like crazy. Keep everything so clean and simple that it is beautiful. You want to have a minimalist feeling bathroom, and this means stripping everything down. Once that is done, you only really need one or two main focal pieces to create the right style – check out picture (5), just using a plant and an elegant wooden bench creates that Japanese bathroom design style.

Other than a clean design, the other main design principle when it comes to Japanese and zen bathroom decor is the use of natural elements. The color scheme is based on earth tones, like green plants, stone grey, and wooden tones.

In the pictures above you can see bathroom designs that make great use of wood for everything from the flooring, to the bathtub and sink. Simple ideas like a teak shower mat or bamboo blinds are great pieces to start with. Stones and plants also play a big role in a Zen bathroom. Have some greenery like bamboo plants, while pebble rocks (11) can be used to line the floor or used as decor pieces on the shelves.

And if you want to heighten the senses even more, using an oil burner will spread essential oils around the bathroom. Here is a great looking oil burner. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11

May 22, 2013 in Bathroom

Grey Bathroom Ideas and Design Styles

Having a grey color scheme for a bathroom is a great choice as it gives the room a modern and timeless design style. The thing is, it doesn’t take much to create a grey color scheme. If you were just to keep the room muted in all other colors, and use grey for one or two feature pieces, you’ll be able to create an elegant style.

Some feature pieces in the bathroom include the bathtub, the shower, the walls, and floors. These are the largest pieces/areas of the room and can be turned into focal points. One idea would be to have all of the walls white but have one wall grey – this one wall will stand out as a focal piece (you could always have all the walls grey).

From the pictures in the mood board, the overall color schemes of the bathrooms are mostly white and grey. This would be the go to choice – a grey and white bathroom. Other overall color palettes that work well with grey are yellow, black, purple, and blue.

To really keep that elegant grey design style, you want to avoid having too many colored accessories and furniture pieces in the room. Any colored pieces, like the blue curtains in picture (4), really stand out because the rest of the room is in muted colors (grey and white) and no other colorful pieces are there. But if you were to have a number of different colored pieces in the room, you take away from the grey color scheme. Some easy ways of adding color to the bathroom while keeping that elegant style is to introduce plants to the space.

Marble is a great material to use for grey bathroom designs – the kind where you have a lot of white but streaks of grey. This can be used for vanity countertops, backsplashes, or wall tiles.

Modern Bathroom Design Ideas: From Lighting Design to Color Choice

One last thing when it comes to grey bathroom ideas is that the shade of grey you use in the bathroom will determine the style and feel of the space. In the pictures above, the bathrooms that use more white and light grey materials feel more spacious and airy. While the bathrooms that are designed with dark grey shades feel more compact, intimate and secluded. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10

May 21, 2013 in Bathroom

French Style Bathroom Decor and Designs

Just like in our French kitchen post, the design elements that will make up French bathroom decor are porcelain fixtures (bathtub, vanity, sink, and handles like in picture (1)), white walls, natural colors (browns, brass/copper) and splashes of pastel shades. The French style is quite decorative yet minimalist at the same time. In picture (2) a decorative arch frames the shower but that’s it – there are no tiles, the space is quite bare and raw.

One of the distinct features in a French style bathroom is the free standing porcelain bathtub with the claw feet (3). Another feature piece is a chandelier (4). 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9