Green colors calm and fill you with positive thoughts. A bathroom decorated in these shades will help you relax after a hard day at work. If you choose the style of the room wisely, place the right accents and choose the right furniture, then the bathroom will become not only a place for relaxation, but also a reason for pride: after all, no one else will have one like it.
Pros and cons of green in bathroom design
Before you decide to make a green bathroom, you should consider all the advantages and disadvantages of this color option.
Advantages:
- Green is a natural color that creates unity with nature. It calms, gives a feeling of freshness, puts you in a working mood and positivity.
- For those who use a bathroom and water procedures as a way to relax and relieve the negativity accumulated during the day, the green color scheme is ideal.
- This color does not visually reduce the room: it can be used for both small and large bathrooms.
- You can use the entire green color palette in your design, wisely combining shades with each other.
Flaws:
- Excessive use of green can have a negative impact on the overall atmosphere: it will create a state of overload in the interior and will not be able to create coziness.
- Inappropriate use of green shades can lead to the feeling of dirty walls.
Psychology of salad shade in the interior
Finally, summer has knocked on the windows of dull houses, signaling that it’s time to breathe life not only into your wardrobe, but also into your interior. And this idea is easy to implement, thanks to the light green color.
It symbolizes peace, comfort, rebirth, renewal. Color can relax, calm, balance, push you to make important decisions, fill the soul with harmony, set you in a positive mood, and relieve stress.
One has only to imagine for a moment the majestic forest, the delicate foliage of the first greenery, endless meadows, and the heart begins to tremble excitedly, from overflowing emotions. This picturesque painting will decorate your home.
Shades
A wide palette and variety of green shades provide flights of imagination and open up opportunities for implementing bold design solutions.
Not all shades from the variety of this color range can be used in bathroom design.
If the room is tiled in poisonous green or dark green colors, you will get the impression of a design from the 60s to the 80s.
Any of the shades brings its own unique feature and creates the tone for the entire interior:
- For a bathroom decorated in a modern style, bright green and light marsh colors are suitable.
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A large number of swamp tones are perceived negatively by the psyche. They visually resemble mold and mildew, so when working with them you should be careful and not overdo it with their excess.
- Olive, turquoise and mint shades are ideal for modern rooms.
- To create a rustic atmosphere, you should use natural, natural colors: emerald, jade, grass color.
- For small bathrooms, it is better not to use dark colors in the design of walls, ceilings and floors. It is better to use light colors: light green, mint, pistachio and gray-green. They will visually increase the area of the room.
- Calm green tones will restore emotional balance.
- The olive shade will awaken memories of warm summer and carefreeness.
All the variety of shades of green for decoration:
- khaki;
- malachite;
- olive;
- mustard;
- light green;
- turquoise;
- emerald;
- nephritis;
- lime;
- chartreuse;
- viridan;
- forest;
- citrus;
- neon (ultra green);
- mint;
- camouflage;
- asparagus;
- shamrock;
- spring.
Decorating the interior and choosing additional accessories
In order to complete the design of a green bathroom, you definitely need to hang a mirror and use it to emphasize the existing style.
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Another important interior element is plants. Even if there are not many of them at all. Their use will emphasize the originality of the bathroom design in green tones, and will appeal to everyone.
Don't forget about rugs. They can be made under fresh grass. This rug will add more beauty to your bathroom and delight your feet.
By choosing green, you highlight the splendor of the room and create a warm and cozy environment. Most often, city dwellers use this type of interior in their apartments, since they are rarely in nature.
It’s so nice to come home after a busy day, relax in a room that is associated with warm summer and reminiscent of the beauty of living nature.
What colors does it go with?
To make the room look aesthetically pleasing and fresh, you need to decorate it in different combinations of green colors. It is better not to use only one shade, but to combine several. When creating combinations, you should take into account the interior style and the size of the room.
A white and green bathroom is considered a win-win classic option. To make the colors harmonize with each other, you can decorate the walls in green and the ceiling and floor in white. It is better to put the furniture in this option in white. This combination of shades will suit a bathroom of any size.
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The walls should be darker colors than the ceiling and floor.
- install furniture and plumbing fixtures in bright, saturated colors;
- make the floor and ceiling the lightest in the room;
- the walls should be lighter than the furniture, but darker than the ceiling.
Basic combinations:
- To create coziness in a white and green bathroom, you can add a little black, accentuating the necessary details.
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There should be more light colors.
- For spacious rooms designed in a Mediterranean style, a tandem of light green and bright orange and yellow colors is suitable.
- By using 3 shades of green and white, you can make the room visually brighter. To do this, you need to decorate each wall with a color lighter than the previous one, and the fourth with white.
- Use unpredictable color combinations. Inexpressive green in tandem with lilac or burgundy will look ideal as a decorative partition or on just one wall.
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. Green can blend with neighboring shades.
- You can also successfully decorate only one wall or a place above the bathtub with green. The remaining walls should be done in white, brown, silver or sand colors. This option will place accents and visually increase the area of the room.
- As finishing materials, you can use plain tiles and tiles, mosaics or tiles with a pattern.
- The entire interior can be glossy or matte. You can use a combination of them: bright green glossy inserts look beautiful against the background of the overall matte design.
Green combines with many colors, which allows you to decorate your interior with both cold and warm colors. The style of the room will depend on what shades it was combined with.
Green bathroom in Khrushchev.
In small bathrooms in Khrushchev-era buildings, it is worth choosing light colors. They have the ability to visually expand the space of small rooms.
A combination of light green and soft yellow would be appropriate here; bright yellow colors will make the room warmer, but will make it smaller visually.
If you really want to use a darker shade, for example, a bottle shade, then you should generously dilute it with matte white or milky white. It is these soft warm colors that will smooth out the cold bottle look and make the room lighter, and therefore more spacious.
It is not at all necessary to decorate all the walls with any version of green. The interior looks good where only one wall is green and the rest are decorated in white. An interesting option is when the four walls have different shades of light green.
If in a large room you can use different materials, then in a small room you should not resort to this decor option. It is better to limit yourself to one type of material, or at most two. For example, ceramic tiles on one wall and painting the rest.
What furniture to choose for a green interior
There should be no unnecessary furniture in the bathroom. Overloading your bathroom with furnishings will create a feeling of clutter and take up a lot of free space in a small room. Required minimum furniture:
- locker;
- shelves for cosmetics;
- laundry basket;
- towel dryers;
- clothes hangers.
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If the space of the room allows, you can experiment with unusual interior items. For example, a vintage chandelier, copper taps, decorative paintings on furniture or a small bookcase will be an original addition and a kind of “highlight” in the style of the room.
If the entire room is done in green, white plumbing fixtures and furniture will look beautiful. They will contrast well with each other.
When all the walls are made in white, and the interior contains only green accents, you can install furniture and plumbing fixtures in green shades. In these cases, the main thing is to correctly combine colors so that the room does not look overloaded or tasteless.
Recommendations for design
When thinking about the design of a green bathroom, pay attention to the following tips from interior decorators:
- Use several shades of green at once. Combinations of light and dark tones look beautiful.
- Keep the ceiling white.
- The floor covering can be either light or contrasting.
- Priority should remain with light colors.
- Play with the texture of finishing materials.
- Furniture items are only light.
- The best decor option is indoor flowers.
Accessories
If you decorate your entire bathroom with neutral colors, green will be the focal point. Therefore, accessories in green shades look advantageous in a room decorated in light colors, dilute a boring interior, and add bright colors. Possible green accessories:
- rugs;
- mirror;
- toothbrush holders;
- shower curtains;
- towels
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To create a unique style in a white or light bathroom, you need to place bright green accessories.
When there is a predominance of green in the bathroom, you need to choose accessories in white or shades that go well with it. With light floors and green walls, an excellent solution would be to install floor mats in the same color as the walls. The same rule applies to other accessories.
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An overabundance of plants will negatively affect the overall appearance of the bathroom. You should pick one or two and arrange them wisely.
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You can choose a different color for the bathroom mirror to accent it.
Decoration Materials
You can decorate the walls in the bathroom in different ways. However, the most popular is green mosaic tiles for the bathroom with a shimmering effect. This finish looks very elegant and is equivalent to luxury. In addition, its advantage is its relatively low cost. There is only one drawback - the complexity of installation.
Waterproof vinyl wallpaper and wall panels are also in demand. A multi-textured finish looks original when one part of the walls is decorated with one material, and the other with another.
For the floor, it is appropriate to use tiles, natural stone or specially treated wood.
It is better to make the ceiling suspended. The optimal color is white.
What style is green color suitable for?
With the help of green, you can create different directions and styles of interior in the bathroom: from modern to vintage, from marine to rustic. If you choose the right accessories and take other points into account, you can make the room original and unique.
- Natural
. The combination of green shades with natural materials that were used to decorate the bathroom will create a feeling of the presence of nature in the apartment. Wooden furniture and finishing with natural building materials contribute to the creation of this style.
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Flowers and plants growing directly from the tiles are an original way to create a natural style for the room.
- Tropical
. This style can create a tandem of light yellow and yellow flowers with green: pistachio and light green. The interior will be complemented by living plants from the tropics in pots (small palm trees, vines), wicker furniture and accessories, and rattan decor. - Eastern
. Olive and emerald shades, khaki and jade in combination with golden and yellow colors will remind you of the luxury of the East. Accessories and furniture decor made of gold and bronze will complete the image of oriental wealth in the bathroom. A bathroom in this style will look expensive and elegant.
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Marble on a green background can reveal its full potential. The combination of gray shades of stone and dark emerald gives an atmosphere of splendor.
- Marine
. Soft green tones and sea green colors are suitable for it. You can choose tiles or tiles with a pattern in the form of waves, and from accessories you can choose those that complement the marine theme: a mirror in the form of a porthole, shells in the shape of shells, and more.
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You can paint waves on tiles yourself using waterproof paints.
- Art Deco
. A smart combination of metallic yellow and white with dark green shades will create an atmosphere of stability and luxury. - Modern
. To create this style, combinations of green, beige and wood are used. Patterns and floral motifs made on light walls, accessories with floral patterns made of wood are the basic principles of this style. - Vintage
. It will fit harmoniously into a small room without visually making it smaller. Wooden furniture and decoration against a background of green shades look perfect. The best combination would be if the furniture is lighter than the green decor. The elegance and discreet chic of this bathroom are harmonious and simple.
How to properly arrange lighting in the bathroom.
The lighting in such a bathroom should be arranged in such a way as to resemble natural lighting as much as possible. The traditional option would be to install spotlights on the ceiling. In this case, lighting is necessary for the mirrors and at the sink. Typically these are wall lamps and a table sconce. Light can be white in a bright interior, especially in combination with lush green and yellow or when creating a feeling of transparency of colors, bottle shades with grays and pale blues. In other cases, warm yellow light will be preferable.
