The bathroom is one of not many places where we can fully enjoy solitude. But the size of the room is often small, so designers or the owners themselves have to invent ways to push its boundaries. Moreover, decorating the interior in a single style in fact, too, is not easy. And there is an explanation for that. In the modern bathroom there are different objects and materials. And so you want it to be beautiful, stylish and functional.
Organization of space
Unfortunately, everyone is well aware of the "minimalism" of residential areas of the old "Khrushchev".Yes, and the location of sanitary ware, far from always appropriate. But with a skilful approach, even the closest room can be made comfortable enough.
The radical method will be the re-planning of the
bathroom and the transfer of uncomfortably located sewage and water supply systems. By daring to do this, you will significantly increase the area. So, you can place in it additional pieces of furniture - cabinets or speakers, in which many useful trifles hide. We advise you to read our article about the design of the bathroom in Khrushchev.
What if some circumstances prevent it from resorting to it? Competent finishing will solve the problem.
A win-win method of is to visually enhance the mini-holds - to hang a huge mirror. It erases the boundaries of the room, it will seem bigger and lighter.
The mirror can be simply embossed into the wall, saving a few precious centimeters. Mirror can be made and the ceiling, or replace the mirror, on the stained glass or tension gloss.
If is a full-fledged window - just good luck. It is not worth it to seal up or hide .It will provide space, additional lighting and ventilation. Thinking about the location of the so-called "font" should not be. You will have a feeling that it is floating in the air, not cluttering up space.
To achieve an area increase, you can also by replacing an ordinary bathtub with a small corner or shower cabin.
Remember that the tile format does not have to be proportional to the dimensions of the room. In a small, good looks tiles of large sizes. This allows you to reduce the number of seams and visually expand small planes.
At low ceilings, the rectangular shape of the tile is preferable to the , and its laying should be strictly vertical .If you chose a square tile, then put it at an angle of 45 degrees in the lower half of the total height of the wall. The edge in this case is better to decorate with decorative molding, and the remaining space - just paint.
Colors
In the small bath , it is recommended to use light single-color and glossy surfaces of products, which reflect more light. Let it be the walls and ceiling. And the floor, with respect to them, is dark. If you want to visually increase it, use certain types of clutches, alternating the opposite in color tiles.
Choosing ceramics for bright, saturated paints, the floor and ceiling should be made light.
When decorating the bathroom, consider the following recommendations:
- combining tiles with dark enough shades, reduce them to a minimum by making one two horizontal or vertical lines
- using a decorative tile with an ornament, the remaining surfaces or objects should be neutral, the "background"
- is notabuse embossed decors of different formats, they will work against the space
- small, discreet drawing on products can be applied to the entire surface of the walls
- well "fit" in the interer, larger glass tiles or mosaics.
Materials
The texture of the finishing materials, like color, plays an important role. Today, facing coatings are presented in the widest range and most of them meet the requirements.
These include:
- painting
- plaster
- ceramic tile
- cork coatings
- granite
- wood
- agglomerate
Porcelain tile
Stone ceramics were created as a cheaper artificial analogue of natural granite. From ordinary tiles porcelain is distinguished by manufacturing technology and composition. It can be attributed to the ideal types of finishing materials due to low water absorption. Water will simply roll down from its surfaces, not allowing lime scale and harmful fungi to settle.
Frosted porcelain stoneware - is wear-resistant, with high abrasion resistance.
Much more whimsically polished stone .The product is more susceptible to scratches and dirt.
Buying materials for your taste, it is worth considering their shortcomings. As for ceramic granite, its weight often interferes with the work, especially in tiny bathrooms with fragile walls.
Agglomerate
One of the new facing materials for finishing all the bathroom surfaces is agglomerate. The stone is close to the natural , because it consists of interconnected minerals of natural rocks, by means of a cementing substance. It is a tile of various sizes and colors.
Agglomerate is easy to use, it makes it possible to use seamless masonry. It is a material with great resistance to moisture.
Tree
It's just as relevant today. But who said that water and wood are things that are not compatible? Products from an array of different breeds have many merits. First of all, this is environmental friendliness. In addition, excellent thermal insulation.
After treatment with wax and impregnation with special compounds, the product becomes resistant to water. In order for the wood to last even longer, it is necessary to take care of competent ventilation.
Its minus - at installation "eaten away" the useful area.
Cork coverings
Cork is a material possessing the "bouquet" of excellent properties of and well suited for small bathrooms. It is distinguished by low weight of various thickness, low thermal conductivity and sound permeability, hydrophobicity, resistance to household chemicals, fungi and mold. Stitched walls are not dampened, they are always warm and smooth. The colorful range of them is diverse. There is a material and a disadvantage - a small mechanical strength and hardness. And since this is also a rare coating, it is therefore not cheap.
Lighting
If the area does not allow you to move in breadth, try to rush skyward. With the , the lighting system should be created with functional areas of the room. But the smaller it is, the easier it is to do it. Excellent built-in point lights.
If the light is not enough, you can supplement the lamps, for example above the mirror.
Alternatively, you can install a light plafond and select a pattern for the ceiling to your own taste. Lying in the tub, you can easily imagine yourself in the open air or on the seashore. Add an interior piquancy will help outdoor lighting, the main thing is that this lighting was safe and did not endanger life.
Bath or shower
By saving precious centimeters of bathrooms the best option, at first glance, will be the shower enclosure installation. Performing its functions, it is absolutely will not clutter the space thanks to the walls of crystal clear glass.
Hand shower with fixed( spot) holder - the most simple and economical solution.
Instead of the traditional shower and shower you can install a hydromassage or shower panel. They consist of a body with a mixer, shower head, massage nozzles and a control panel. Such panels are compact and easy to install together with a bathroom, or separately. Their installation is less labor-intensive than arranging a shower room. It is possible to protect the dry space of from unnecessary moisture with using a conventional polyethylene curtain. The main advantage of the panel is the massage effect.
Despite all the advantages of the panels, small corner sittings are also in good demand, especially in the elderly. Today, in the sales market, their range is quite wide. By convenience they are not inferior to their large counterparts.
Plumbing space placement
The space should be organized very comfortably. All devices must be installed extremely rationally for free movement.
Begin a global repair is necessary with the replacement and transfer of water supply and sewage pipes. It is better to hide the plumbing wiring into the manufactured box and tile it with tiles and even equip the shelves. To access the pipes, it should install inspection hatches.
Heated towel rail is an integral property of wet rooms. In the most common form it is a heating device and is mainly put in place of the pipeline. The main attribute is the bath. To ensure that the does not clutter up the usable space, let it be rounded on one side of the .Mount it in a corner, or replace it with a shower.
The sink can be installed on the floor or fixed to the wall. The shapes and sizes are very diverse. In order to save space, you can buy a very small one. The optimal solution can be a corner sink.
We choose furniture
A set of furniture for bathrooms practically does not change with the passage of time. Traditional "moydodyry", podstolya, countertops, hinged and floor cupboards, shelves, pencil cases - here is a list of items that will help you conveniently place all the necessary arsenal of accessories. But at the same time, the material and form of furniture can give the interior an original and unique look.
Manufacturers constantly please us with new models. Their configuration implies the possibility of creating different compositions depending on the size of the room. Washbasins built into the cabinet or column-wardrobe with a mirror, perfectly suited to owners of small rooms.
Hanging shelves will be also very handy.
The zone under the bathroom can be used as an additional storage. Equipped with sliding doors to give it an aesthetic appearance. The shades of the cabinet of furniture must correspond to the color scale of the finishing materials, "dissolving" in them. But make sure that instead of "stylistic unity" you do not get dreary monotony.
Accessories
Trivial, it would seem, the case - the choice of accessories for the bathroom, but how much it takes!
In miniature bathroom decor should be at a minimum, so as not to "overload" a modest space.
Beautiful bathroom decoration will be:
- toothbrush holders
- towel holders
- unusual mixers
- soap holders
- towels
- mats
Given the knowledge acquired, to make the bathroom spacious and functional will be much easier. After all, it becomes part of a living space where we allow ourselves to relax and rest, washing away all the worries and negatives with water.
