The bathroom is one of the most purely functional rooms in any house, but that does not mean it can’t also be a showcase for your interior bathroom design talents. All bathrooms need not look exactly alike. Take part in the bathroom renovations idea and stimulate the design of your bathroom by making it an eclectic representation of you or your family’s personality.
Whirlpool Tub and Fireplace
Installation of a large whirlpool tub and a fireplace can transform your bathroom into one of the most romantic spots in the house. If you don’t have enough space for an actual fireplace, make a faux fireplace and heat it with candles that still supply the necessary romantic ingredient.
Decorative Hardware
Bathroom fittings like tap handles don’t need to be boring. Shop around long enough, and you will find the perfect tap handles — and drawer pulls and cabinet handles — to suit your personality. A tap handle is not even that terribly difficult to make yourself. Just about anything around the house into which a small hole can be drilled can become usable as a tap handle, so look around and let your imagination soar.
Mirrors
Diagonally placed mirrors can make a small bathroom seem larger, and the design takes away that obvious mirror element. Slice one wall in half by placing a diagonal mirror, and decorate the top half with randomly placed mirror tiles. If you don’t like the idea of tiles, decorate the top half with DVDs or CDs with the shiny side facing out.
Black and White
Hop into the way-back machine and make your bathroom look like something from an old 1930s or 1940s black and white movie. Go for black and white checkerboard tiling on the floor. Hang black-vinyl outlined picture frames on the wall. Invest in an old-fashioned sink and tub and maybe even one of those retro pull-string toilets. Finish with white ceramic tiles accented with small black borders.
Bidet
If you really want to get an eclectic bathroom that looks like no one else’s in the family or among your friends, invest in a European-style bidet. The style of the bidet should ideally be the same as your toilet. Truly eclectic style would indicate buying a toilet where the tank is hidden inside the wall, so that only the bowl section is visible.
Bathroom Library
It doesn’t get much more eclectic than a bathroom that is also a sitting room where you can laze a Sunday afternoon away while sitting on a banquette placed in a bay window. Take out the toilet and place it elsewhere, and enjoy going from the tub to the cushioned bench without missing a page of Jane Austen or Stephen King.
Install a glass-door bookcase inside the bathroom so you can switch from A Confederacy of Dunces to Wicked while making the trip from the bench seating into the luxurious soaking tub without the humidity affecting the paper.
