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Unless you live in a custom-built home with a luxurious bath and dressing room, you probably wish your bathroom were larger. Without adding any more square footage, you might feel less cramped if you use some of our tips to make your small bathroom look and feel larger. It's true that a small bathroom can feel cozy and intimate. But it can also feel claustrophobic and depressing. Depending on your decorating style, it can be quiet and sophisticated, charming, or sparkling like a jewel box. No matter what style you decorate your small bath, though, it will always be a small bath. But with a bit of visual magic, color change, and lighting, you can transform your small bath into a cozy retreat. A bathroom is a very special space, but the theories about space enlargement apply here as to any other room in the house. Use some of these decorating tricks to make your bathroom look and feel larger, even if it stays the same size. Select Colors for Serenity Pale, soft color schemes tend t...

We don’t all have the luxury of space in our bathroom. What most of us do have is an overflowing drawer of make-up, deodorants, razors, spare toothpaste and toilet roll, and those sample size amenities we take from hotels, with the thought that they’ll be useful for the gym or our next holiday (but yet we never remember pack them!) While clever storage can help hide your bits and pieces, it’s also useful to give the illusion of more room, especially if you have partners and your family taking up precious sink space . Here’s some basic tips to making that bathroom appear a little more spacious. The illusion of height Vertical lines can add height to a room by drawing the eye upwards. Try: Extending tiles to the ceilings to make the room seem larger. Painting a vertical stripe on the wall Using (bathroom friendly) wallpaper with a striped pattern Another way to draw the eye upwards is by lining the edge, or ‘crown’ of the ceiling with a border; perhaps a cornice, or a patterned tile aro...

The following excerpt is taken from Chapter 7 of Life on Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User , by Gary Karp, copyright 1999, published by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. To order, or get more information about Gary's book, call (800) 998-9938. Permission is granted to print and distribute this excerpt for noncommercial use as long as the above source is included. The information in this article is meant to educate and should not be used as an alternative for professional medical care . The bathroom is often the space that is the greatest challenge to make accessible. In a 1993 U.S. Census Bureau report , 4.5 million people with disabilities reported having difficulty bathing, and 2.1 million had trouble using the toilet. Millions of people are inconvenienced--even endangered--by inaccessible bathrooms. Any impediment to easy access to the bathroom can lead someone to delay their bowel or bladder program. A bathroom that is easy to use protects your health ( see Figure 1 (cli...

We rarely think too much about our bathroom walls , generally going for the practical option of tiles and paint. They're fine like that, of course, but just imagine all the many approaches that could add personality and extra interest.  There are lots of ways to give a plain bathroom a boost – some require small changes, others are more involved – but each of the ideas here make a bathroom look anything but uninteresting. Be inspired by these schemes to start your own transformation. 1. Hang patterned wallpaper   Not just for your living room, wallpaper is a wonderful way to make a bathroom look immediately homey. Use something boldly patterned for drama and really go for it – people don't expect wallpaper in bathrooms, so the results are always eye-catching.  Make sure you hang it somewhere that won't get soaked – as with this panel above splashback tiles – and coat it in waterproof varnish to protect it from moisture. 2. Be bold with a mural Bathrooms are separate from...

When you're stuck with a tiny bathroom, it can be hard to figure out where to put everything. You can downsize the amount of products you use and hide stuff in your cabinet, but the one thing you'll always need and can't get rid of? Towels. So, when you're low on space (and linen closet-less) where do you put them? These products and DIY projects can help you take advantage of even the smallest spaces to both store and hang your towels. Use Your Doors A towel rack like this one by InterDesign on Amazon can go on the back of your bathroom door—or your shower door, if you have one—and will give you more storage space than individual hooks. If you've got space over your door that can be used, try adding a shelf for keeping folded up towels—it'll add plenty of storage space without making your bathroom feel smaller , like in this example from Ecocult (find instructions for a similar DIY on Homedit. ...Or Your Shower Curtain Take advantage of the space in front ...

Home › Bathroom › Three Bathroom Storage Ideas Add space and organization to your bathroom with a larger medicine cabinet, glass shelves, and built-in cabinets. Bathroom Storage Bathroom, before photo A typical bathroom , before being remodeled. Bathroom, after photo The same bathroom, after the remodel. Bathrooms never have enough storage or shelf space. Where do you display knickknacks , let alone store unsightly items like extra toilet paper , blow dryers, curling irons, and cans, soaps and bottles? Once you’ve filled up the vanity, how do you squeeze more storage into a small bathroom ? Three solutions: 1. Upsize existing storage space by replacing that tiny medicine cabinet or mirror with a larger, surface- mounted cabinet . 2. Utilize the space you have by adding glass shelving to the “dead” space over the toilet. 3. Steal space from an adjoining room or closet by insetting kitchen pantry cabinets (or tall utility cabinets ) into the wall. Installing a new medicine cabinet ...

Design May 31, 2017   Share To create a winning master bath with limited square footage , assess the space, identify the client’s functional, aesthetic and stylistic preferences, and focus on incorporating unique and spectacular design details . authors Ellen Cheever   All too often, designers across the country tell me that, when offered a master bathroom project , the clients’ dream of an adult oasis is limited by the existing bathroom space and their unrealistic budget. While this may be the reality we all face with our “post Great Recession” clientele, let me suggest you not spend your energy complaining…but be energized by the challenge presented to you. Several strategies can help you create an exciting solution for a master bath space that must be completed within the confines of the available square footage . And, while they may not all fit within the client’s budget, these strategies will at least help you justify a recommendation to increase the initial budget! While the...