Upgrading your bathroom: 6 winning design solutions
The appearance of the bathroom is a rather important detail, since, whatever one may say, a person spends a lot of time there in his life. Small mistakes during renovation, as well as ignoring simple details, can lead to the design of the room falling into disrepair, no matter how expensive the renovation you do. I'll tell you about 6 mistakes that many people make and how to fix them.
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Joint between bathtub and wall
During the renovation process, many people make the mistake of laying the tiles first, and only then installing the bathtub. This method has long been considered outdated and lost its relevance. It requires the installation of a plastic baseboard to prevent water from getting into the gap that results from such an oversight. But its main disadvantage is its short service life. After just a short time, it turns yellow and becomes covered with dark spots, even if you do not neglect cleaning and treating it with special products - such is the fate of plastic. This already spoils the interior of the bathroom. What can we say, when the baseboard does not match the shade of the tiles or bathtub, a sharp transition occurs and such an error will immediately be evident.
What to do?
If you have just started renovation, then first install the bathtub, and then lay the tiles from its edge.It turns out that the plumbing will be built into the cladding. This will help avoid a gap - it simply won’t exist. And to ensure that no water gets in, use epoxy sealant. In this option, you don’t have to lay the plastic skirting board at all.
If the repair has already been done, then in this case you will have to change the plastic side more often and carefully monitor its cleanliness.
Inspection hatches for access to communications
This point is very important. But there are two main mistakes here:
- The hatch is too small. In the event of a breakdown and the need for repairs, the technician will need to expand the space to get to the pipes, and for this, crude methods and destructive actions are often used.
- Plastic products, even the most expensive and high-quality ones, spoil the aesthetic appearance of the room. And if there are several of them, even more so.
What to do?
Organizing access to communications requires literacy and responsibility. It should be invisible. And you can do this in several ways:
- Hatch under the tiles. The most popular option due to the ease of installation and simplicity of the design itself. It consists of a frame and a door attached to it. The hatch opens using suction cups. It is difficult to notice such a design, since on top it is decorated with similar tiles as on the walls.
- Push. To get to the pipes, you need to press it, after which the roller-pressure mechanism first pushes the door out and then swings it open.
- Folding option. Equipped with gas shock absorbers, which makes use more convenient and easy. Structurally, the device has springs that are attached to the frame and door.
Using any of the options, you can not only hide the pipes from prying eyes, but also avoid the use of plastic models that kill the design of the bathroom.
Sticky tiles
Most apartments have a very small bathroom. And if we add to this the lack of windows and sunlight, then the desire to “revive” the room with bright colors is quite understandable. And what does a person do? Transfers this very catchiness to the tiles: an abundance of dolphins, fish, waves, bright blue colors - all this quickly gets boring, looks, as a rule, very clumsy and resembles “gypsyism”.
What to do?
Color can be added with the help of accessories and small accent details:
- hang an elegant lamp near the mirror;
- highlight only one wall with unusual tiles;
- choose a beautiful shower curtain to match the color of the room;
- put in a live plant.
As for the decoration of the bathroom itself, it is better to decorate it in a neutral light color scheme.
Line for drying clothes
This device is found in many apartments and for some reason the bathroom is always chosen for it. Of course, this is an inexpensive and practical solution, but it can ruin the entire design that you might have thought through to the smallest detail.
What to do?
No one has canceled wall-mounted heated towel rails. And the task is made easier by the use of special dryers, which are easily hung on the battery and then just as easily removed. In addition, this solution will also help with heating a small room.
Open storage of tubes and bottles
Sometimes it is very difficult to trace why, at such an inexorable speed, the bathroom is covered with small parts: brushes, pastes, soaps, cosmetics, various tubes and bottles.And if all this is also lying on open shelves, then the first impression will always not be the best - the bathroom will turn out to be cluttered.
What to do?
Try looking for space in closed cabinets. This could be the space under the bathtub, the cabinet under the sink, or the drawers in the mirror. If there are simply no such places, then it is better to store small items in special organizers. The main thing is that they are made in the same style.
Lack of good hood
It would seem how ventilation can affect the design of a bathroom? It's simple. A forced air circulation system helps clean the room from condensation that accumulates on walls, mirrors and equipment. This means that the tiles will not become covered with stains and stains, the mirror will always shine, and mold will not appear on wet surfaces. Naturally, all this not only spoils the appearance of the bathroom, but also affects human health.
What to do?
Make sure there is good ventilation. It can be either natural or forced. In the first case, the channels require checking and timely cleaning.
If the ventilation in the bathroom does not work or does not perform its functions effectively enough, then installing forced ventilation using an exhaust fan will help normalize the humidity levels.
