What is important in bathroom design?
The bathroom serves several important functions. Here you can clean up and relax after a hard day. This is why it is important to carefully consider the design of your bathroom. When drawing up a design project, remember: the decor and interior should meet your needs, be modern, pleasing to the eye and comfortable for the whole family. Renovation comes down not only to choosing tiles, sinks, shower stalls and high-quality plumbing fixtures that match the style. You should carefully select all accessories: lamps, heated towel rails, soap dishes and cups. To understand what you need, look at the photos, get inspired by design ideas and look for your style.
Each of us would like to live in a beautiful, cozy apartment, with functional furniture and modern appliances. Therefore, when buying an apartment, so much attention is paid to its repair and decoration. The bathroom is no exception. Laundry, showering and bathing, morning and evening hygiene procedures - we do all this in it! Here you can see the most modern household appliances: a water heater, a washing machine, a jacuzzi, a hydromassage shower, modern electric heated towel rails, clothes dryers, exhaust fans and other equipment. On our website you will find recommendations and instructions for decorating and renovating a bathroom using modern materials, as well as many useful tips for anyone who is about to start renovating, but does not know where to start.
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How to choose a bathroom interior?
What do you prefer - discreet classics, or daring high-tech, or are you a fan of the soothing Japanese style? The choice of tiles and furniture depends on this. For example, frescoes on the walls and the use of porcelain stoneware floor tiles will help create a unique and beautiful bathroom in a classic style. Calm colors, chrome surfaces, oddly shaped mirrors, a minimum of details - and your modern bathroom will also certainly receive compliments. And if you have a bathroom with a window, then the flight of imagination is truly limitless. The next step is to draw a sketch. It is better to entrust this to an experienced designer. This way you can imagine where communications will be laid and furniture will be located. Be realistic about the size: You can often hear clients complain about the small size of the room. Builders often increase the area of residential premises at the expense of the bathroom and toilet. However, professionals also have several secrets that allow you to visually increase the space of even a small bathroom and fit everything you need.
Features of bathroom renovation
In order to get a high-quality and beautiful bathroom, the renovation must be carried out by qualified craftsmen who know all the intricacies and features of working in this room. You can also do the renovation yourself, but you should always remember that for the bathroom you cannot use any materials that you simply like or are suitable for the price.
It is important to remember that this room, much larger than the rest of the apartment, experiences the negative effects of moisture, steam and temperature changes. For its finishing and decoration, it is necessary to use only those materials that can withstand the effects of moisture and other destructive factors. It is also necessary to maintain high quality of all work and strictly follow the prescribed technologies.
How to plan the design of a small bathroom?
Pay attention to the lighting. Due to the fact that the room does not have a natural light source, a well-lit ceiling of a small bathroom - for example, using different levels and types of lighting will help create the illusion of a larger space. Mirrors of different shapes and sizes and illuminated glass furniture will also help to visually enlarge the space. Remember that our perception of space also depends on the color scheme of the interior. A light color visually increases the area, while a black bathroom, on the contrary, will seem small. At the same time, of course, white will look boring and ascetic, so to focus on the details in the interior design, choose bright colors and interesting details.
How to choose finishes and furniture for the bathroom?
Today, manufacturers offer a huge variety of plumbing fixtures and furniture of different styles.
Choosing the one that fits into your design project will not be difficult. Decide what you need more - a bath or a shower. Some bathrooms can accommodate both. If you have a small bathroom, pay attention to shower cabins with a deep tray into which you can collect water; a corner bath can also be a great solution. It is important to choose high-quality, reliable and beautiful equipment. Faucets require special attention - brass taps are suitable for a classic style, and stainless steel for a modern style. The bathroom sink can be anything: regular, built into a cabinet or a designer wall-hung one.
Bathroom tiles can be of different types. Classic white is a good, but boring solution for the interior, which can be transformed if you put patterned tiles on one of the walls. Make the most of your walls, and don’t hesitate to use live plants in your room decoration.
Find inspiration in photo galleries on Houzz. Our bathroom design photos can inspire you to find your own style for decorating your bathroom. And if you have a separate bathroom, look at our section on toilet design.
If you are just looking for ideas for renovation and arrangement or already know for sure that a bathroom is your option, we have collected for you 1,852,223 photos from real projects of interior designers, decorators and architects from Russia and around the world, including such proven professionals as Zehnder Russia and Serge Makhov. The beautiful bathrooms in our photographs are the best examples of competent design and layout in different styles and colors. If you like any design option, for example the bathroom from the second photo, you can contact the author and order the ideal design project for yourself. See our photo gallery, look for inspiration and professionals, and you will see why Houzz is the best resource for apartment and home interior design, renovation, home construction, architecture and landscape design.
Types of repairs
Depending on the total cost of the work, the level of complexity and quality, repairs can be divided into four main types:
- Cosmetic;
- Capital;
- Elite (European-quality renovation)
- Budget.
Each of the types has conditional definitions, since there is no clear list of works or costs.
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Cosmetic bathroom update
Cosmetic repairs by all indicators are considered the simplest and fastest. Many people call this type of renovation “budget”, but this is not entirely true. Cosmetic repairs include such work as;
- replacing wallpaper;
- repair of doors and windows followed by repainting;
- repair of plumbing elements;
- partial renovation of the finishing materials of the room.
This bathroom renovation does not involve major structural changes in the form of remodeling the room, replacing window frames, replacing plumbing fixtures and other communications. You can see an example of such a repair by looking at the pictures below. This type of work may include puttying or plastering, replacing skirting boards, lamps and switches.
The main goal of the work is to refresh the appearance of the room without large financial and time costs.
Budget renovation
Budget renovation is something between cosmetic and major renovations. Its main task is not only to improve the appearance of the room, but also to repair worn-out elements. For example, an old window, door, baseboards or plumbing fixtures are almost never replaced with new ones, but only old property is repaired using modern materials.
Major renovation
Major renovation
A major overhaul involves carrying out large-scale finishing work with a complete replacement of not only decorations, but also finishing materials. That is, the old finishing material is removed and a new one is installed, taking into account the redevelopment of the premises and the complete replacement of plumbing. Carrying out such work requires significantly more time and finances than cosmetic repairs. A major renovation turns an old room into a completely new room, which in most cases is completely different from the previous one. A striking example of such transformation is shown in the photographs below.
Elite or European-quality renovation
Example of European-quality renovation in a bathroom
Elite renovation or “European-quality renovation” is essentially the same major renovation, only the bathroom renovation in this case is carried out using the most modern, high-quality and often expensive finishing materials, which must fully comply with the technical and environmental standards of Europe. Another difference between this type of renovation is the preliminary preparation of a design project and only an exclusive design style.
Tile texture - wallpaper, brick, what to choose?
Typically, with this type of renovation, individual furniture and other interior elements are made.
This type of renovation involves a complete remodeling of the bathroom, installation of suspended or suspended ceilings, replacement and new installation of communications and electrical wiring, installation of an air conditioning and air filtration system, floor heating elements and many other modern features.
