The bathroom today is no longer the tiny and dull room with a featureless setting that was an integral part of typical Soviet-built apartments. The interior of the bathroom in a modern style is sometimes amazing.
It has everything: the refinement of forms, and the play of shades, and beautiful plumbing, and a variety of furnishing options. Do you want to know how to make this unusual corner of the house truly comfortable and functional? Our selection of new trends in bathroom interior design will help you a lot.
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Well, what about the latest design trends? It is probably worth noting that the interiors of bathrooms have become less minimalist, asceticism has gone from them. Plumbing has lost its pompous pretentiousness, and the beloved finishing tiles - the variegation of the surface. Combinations of textures and materials, original accents and a variety of decorative elements are now responsible for the beauty of the situation. Simplicity of color schemes, thoughtfulness of details and naturalness of finishing materials - these are the "three pillars" on which the current vision of bathroom interiors is based.
Plumbing
Newfangled sanitary ware installed in the bathroom is much more convenient than accessories of this type that are familiar to us. It is simple, but at the same time stands out for the originality of its forms. Bulky fonts have changed shower corners. This innovation has forced even shower cabins out of the bathroom interior in a modern style. Now the shower is just part of the space of the room, tiled and hidden behind glass.
This decor will please you with the unusual installation of the toilet bowl. Instead of a set of bowls with a tank, hanging models are used. They are aesthetically perceived “with a bang!”, And in the hygienic aspect, they are much more relevant, since they do not interfere with washing the floors in the room. In addition, the toilet installed in this way makes it possible to equip a warm floor throughout the room.
In a modern bathroom setting, you need to install either the simplest plumbing, or something unusual, like a bowl sink. This beautiful element of decor today is offered in a wide variety of forms. It may take the form:
1. Oval.
2. Rectangle.
3. Circle.
In a spacious bathroom, it is possible to install not only a luxurious shower cabin, but also a high-tech freestanding sink or some other informal option that stands on legs.
Faucets are also now customary to be built directly into the wall, side cabinet or side of the font. And forget about the two-valve models that accompanied us through life. In the bathroom interior in a modern style, they were replaced by single-lever taps, which are much more comfortable to use.
Countertops
In the design of a modern bathroom, a countertop is increasingly appearing, stretching along the entire wall. For such an interior, it is made of stone or treated wood. You can build a washbasin into it, although it will be very good complete with a sink-bowl.
Tiles for a modern bathroom interior
“Non-standard placement on the surface of a standard tile is what designers often play on when creating a bathroom interior in a modern style”
This season, tile with a border and a pattern has given way to monochrome options. A bright pattern replaced the unusual texture of its surface. The role of the border is performed by contrasting stripes that are thrown vertically.
By the way, in the interior of the bathroom, decorated in a modern style, it is customary to use several types of tiles. This diversity should apply not only to the finishing of the floor and walls. You may well put tint overflows on any of these surfaces. In the assortment of stores, collections are increasingly appearing, in the set of which there are 4 or even 6 tones of tiles. They usually have:
1. Wall tiles in dark and light colors.
2. A mixed palette option that combines all the colors presented.
3. Floor tiles.
It is not necessary to purchase everything presented, it is quite enough to choose from the collection a couple of tile options that you like and are suitable in stylistic terms. Why is it better to choose tiles from one collection? The answer is simple. The material will be easier to combine in overall, color and texture ratio.
If you still have the idea to fill the interior of your bathroom, interpreted in a modern style, with tiles with some kind of pattern, then stop at geometric and ethnic ornaments. Most often, these will be quite bright drawings, so fill the room with such decoration in a very dosed manner. For example, decorate only one of the surfaces with it, laying out the tiles in a horizontally located strip or vertically. You can put tiles of this quality on the floor decor, but only if its area is small. This type of tile will become an interior accent, so the rest of the decor elements must be selected with great care so as not to overload the space with color.
The real trend of the season is tiles, the texture of which imitates wood. A material with a surface reminiscent of the structure of gray granite and the roughness of concrete is in demand.
Non-standard placement on the surface of a standard tile is what designers often play on when creating a bathroom interior in a modern style. The square tile was replaced by a narrower, rectangular one. Modular masonry and the so-called "herringbone" are in fashion. Experts can also use hexagon tiles, then the walls of the bathroom will resemble honeycombs. Do not leave the Olympus of popularity and mosaic.
Combined wall design is coming into fashion, where tiles are interspersed with decorative plaster. Now it is quite permissible not to turn the room into a tiled box. Tiles can be finished only on those areas of surfaces that need protection from water. Most often this is the space in the area of \u200b\u200bthe sink and around the bathroom. The remaining areas are covered with plaster. This is a prime example of how textures and materials can be combined.
Mirrors in bathroom decor
A bathroom without a decent-sized mirror is nonsense.However, in the modern vision of the interior, these accessories do not appear in intricate or frilly forms with the addition of glass shelves, but in the form of rectangular surfaces enclosed in simple thin frames. Minimalist mirror cabinets are in high esteem. A trendy trend is mirrors standing on shelves without a fixed mount.
Bathroom interior in modern style
Being engaged in the design of a modern bathroom, designers combine the incompatible. Veneer is adjacent to stone, and wood is adjacent to concrete. But this is entirely justified. In addition to the fact that such a finish is harmonious, it is also incredibly practical. These types of materials are from a series of natural ones, so they will serve without losing their attractiveness for many years.
However, choosing the right combination of materials is not enough, you still need to balance the color scheme of the interior. It is on this aspect that we need to dwell in more detail.
Color selection
If you set a goal and look at last year's interior trends, it will be impossible not to notice the predominance of natural colors in bathroom decor. The following colors are on trend:
1. Ivory.
2. Gray shades.
3. White.
4. Brown.
5. Black.
There were solutions in blue, grass and beige. Despite such a variety of palettes, experts still call the background color of the bathroom interior in a modern style gray. Why? Because it can be reproduced in a mass of shades, any of which is not only self-sufficient in itself, but is also ready to become an excellent basis for additional color combinations that appear in the decor.
If you are in doubt about what color key to decorate your bathroom, then choose gray paints, and then dilute them with white tones and woody shades. Moreover, additional colors do not have to appear in the tiled masonry. They may well bring furniture, which in this case is made to order.
Of the mandatory elements in the decor of the room should be:
1. Stone or wood countertop.
2. Cabinet under the washbasin.
3. Wooden shelves.
4. Wall cabinets.
Lighting
A significant role in the interior of the bathroom, made in a modern style, is assigned to lighting. Its task is not only to create comfort, but also to emphasize the beauty of the tiled texture, to hide, possibly existing in the environment, the shortcomings. To solve these problems, it is necessary to equip the bathroom with several sources of light radiation, preferably of different intensity and design.
Subdued light will be needed while taking a bath. It will promote complete relaxation. Diffused light will help the mirror become complimentary. Well, bright streams are indispensable for standard morning activities like shaving, applying makeup, etc.
Since the decor of the room claims to be original, the lamps in it should not be quite ordinary. Use loft-style designs, Edison lamps, built-in sconces.
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“The interior of a small bathroom, made in a modern style, is distinguished by format simplicity and detailed thoughtfulness”
The interior of a small bathroom, made in a modern style, is distinguished by format simplicity and detailed thoughtfulness. Here you can not allow a pile of cabinets and shelves, brackets with towels and hooks with clothes.A small space should breathe freedom and the following steps will help to make it so.
1. Decorate the walls of a small bathroom with small tiles. It is good to use mosaic, 10x10 tile squares, narrow brick tiles. Don't want to mess around with "little things"? In the assortment of stores there are other offers, which are large-format plates, the surface of which is embossed into small sections. It is much easier to work with such tiles, and in terms of decorative qualities it is not inferior to tiles.
2. Now let's talk about finishing the floor. If its area does not exceed 4 squares, then it is better to lay out a narrow rectangular floor tile. It is more organically perceived in small spaces than overall squares.
3. Imitation of marble and patterned tiles are undeniably great, however, in the interior of a small bathroom, even if it is made in the most modern style, it, alas, has no place. Here you need a plain tile without frills.
4. Even the most modest space can be made ergonomic using built-in and hanging furniture. Hide-and-seeks can be arranged under the bathroom, sink, above the toilet.
5. Throw away a bulky bathtub and arrange a shower enclosure behind a stack. Get modern and comfortable.
6. Experiment with decor colors. Plays of light spectra will add spatial volume to the bathroom. Textured white tiles in combination with bright unusual accessories will look great.
7. A wonderful bathroom interior in a modern style can be created using mirrors. In this case, whole walls or decorative panels are laid out of them, because the mirror surface is the best “expander” of space.
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