Stylish design of a small bathroom: options and examples

It is a pleasure to make repairs in the bathroom: it is necessary to pick up new plumbing fixtures, arrange lockers neatly, hang shelves and neatly write a washing machine. But the technological process in terms of building houses went a little different way. Today, sometimes you have to be content with a mini format. Few people know that in a room of two square meters you can successfully place the most incredible projects.

Yes, the areas of modern bathrooms are practically not designed to relax, relax in a hot bath and enjoy this process to the full. Yes, and the rhythm of life today often does not allow it. However, a good design in a small apartment will help to concentrate in the bathroom all the most necessary and most trendy this year.The main style trends in the decoration of bathrooms are calculated by the loft that has gained popularity, naturalism, fantasy, hi-tech and neoclassical. Each of them acquired a new highlight precisely in the placement of accents in a small bathroom.

As a rule, light shades allow you to visually enlarge and expand the room, which is planned to be achieved in small premises. The game of contrasts can also significantly affect the appearance of the room and create a kind of internal infinity. Sea shades also confidently hold their positions. Scaly tiles, undulating reliefs of the sea-green color and imitation of the bottom of a reservoir or glare of its surface. All this is reflected in the modern color combinations of bathrooms.

The internal filling of the rooms (furniture and plumbing) can not always be competently placed on a small area. But you want so much that the bathroom was a full bowl. So that in this place everything was at hand and there was no feeling of discomfort. To this end, hanging toilets and overhead structures have become very fashionable today.They allow you to hide ugly pipes and use this place as practical as possible. An ergonomic washbasin, a transparent shower and a tropical shower go beyond design thinking. They become publicly available and proudly step over the thresholds of the most ordinary bathrooms to bring an element of organization and orderliness into them.

Leading designers advise to use ceramic tiles to a minimum. Only when it is necessary to focus on a specific area or fix a smooth transition from one point of the room to another. In the first place today are moisture-proof paints, natural or artificial stone, wood. Environmental friendliness is paramount today. In order for a small bathroom does not seem to be a heap of plumbing, furniture and equipment, you must carefully select the design of the room. It is necessary to take into account the unity of style in the decoration and in the filling (it is also about the decor). Select colors and shades depending on their influence on the visual perception of the area, but use no more than 2–3 in repairing your bathroom.Approach the new generation of plumbing: flush toilets and small sinks installed on countertops, on top of washing machines and corners of rooms.

Looking around your bathroom, you should determine what should remain in it from the furniture after the repair.

There are things that certainly will not tolerate the disappearance of such a small bathroom, namely:

• toilet;
• bath with shower;
• washbasin;
• washing machine.

Everyone chooses for himself the future of filling the room. The same list is intended to show the most necessary items. At the same time, the combined bathroom is also very important or not. Our standard "Khrushchev" delight two-meter separate bathroom and toilet. When each such room had two square meters, it was hard to think about the comfort and living space. Today, a person makes more specific and practical requirements for these premises.

Of course, large bathrooms can let your imagination wander. But if it is not stopped in time, the bathroom can turn into an additional pantry, where any rubbish "until better times" or moving to a cottage or garage can be added.Small bathrooms keep the owner in good shape. They are very demanding and selective about what should be inside and side by side with new plumbing and decoration. Small bathrooms are good because everything in them can be positioned so mobile that even the morning shower ritual and tooth brushing can go unnoticed: comfortable, fast and easy.

In order to somehow understand the possibilities of the useful area of ​​a small-sized bathroom, you should pay attention to several options for solving this problem. At first glance, to do something intelligible and adequate seems to be an absolute fairy tale and completely unreal. But you can always find a way out.

Talking about the placement of furniture and plumbing in a separate bathroom - it is meaningless. There already everything is placed in its place, has a clear structure.It simply can not be otherwise, although nuances occur. What can be done when the dangerous proximity of the bath and the toilet can interfere with each other's normal functioning. It should be understood that the combination of toilet and washing can not give the privacy that exists in separate rooms. This is especially true for families with small children. But here competent repair can help, which even in a typical apartment in the nine-storey building will put everything in its place. In such situations, plumbing tools of minimum size, but acceptable for all family members, come to the rescue, the angular design of the bathroom or shower, which harmoniously fit even into the tiniest project.

Standard finishing of a bathroom in the panel house, as a rule, directly depends on that plumbing and sanitary connection, which was made by builders. They did everything right, according to the project and construction plan. However, this does not at all fit into the dreams of beautiful and practical bathroom design. Often, the owners and leave the layout, agreeing on a standard draft of a standard bathroom.But, as practice shows, even here you should not lose heart. Since a wide selection of modern plumbing allows you to choose exactly the model that fits all parameters.

In the old five-story houses, called "Khrushchev", everything was thought out at the design stage. The bathroom was divided into two rooms by a thin partition. In one, the same standard white toilet bowls were installed, in the other - the same faceless baths and washbasins. The decoration was as standard as everything around.

The main errors are as follows:

• tile on the floor and on the walls;
• tubes and tubes sticking out from everywhere;
• partition that eats usable space.

In such rooms it was really possible to retire. The only window that gave natural light in the bathroom, went to the kitchen. Often the owners sealed it in order to use the wall under the shelves and hooks. Thus, there was a blockage and narrowing of the already cramped space.

After that, it is worth looking at the sanitary benefits of a civilization of non-standard shapes and sizes.

• Sinks. They can be overhead and suspended, with a minimum diameter (30x20 or 25x15) or corner structures.
• Toilets. Suspended compact models will require the installation of additional cumbersome equipment - installation, which, however, will allow to hide the pipes behind a false wall.
• Bath, and better shower. For a minimal space, either a modest sit-down corner bath is suitable, or the same corner, radial shower with transparent or matte sliding doors, which will not abruptly divide the room into “before” and “after”. And also today there are commercially available original baths of irregular geometric shape, which also solve the issue of space in a small “Khrushchev’s” or studio bathroom.

So, angular designs in the bathrooms of mini-formats are becoming more common. Today you can mount not only a radial shower in the corner of the bathroom. Suspended toilets, sinks, bathtubs - it’s also convenient and practical to hide in the corners of a small toilet-bathroom. And the rounded edges of all sanitary objects allow you to use them as safely as possible.

Corner bath has such undeniable advantages as:

• takes up little space — the first and important requirement to be achieved;
• has a light weight, which saves on loaders;
• Easy to install - even a person who has never done this before will be able to handle installation.

At the same time, such a thicket has the following disadvantages:

• it is impossible to comfortably accommodate an adult in full growth;
• It is difficult to choose the curtains that cover the person in the process of using the shower. Water is sprayed all over the room;
• not enough space on the surface of the bath to place personal hygiene products.

Nevertheless, all these nuances make it possible to increase the usable space of the available space and, if necessary, also put a washing machine in the bathroom. As for the corner bowls of shells, everything is much more prosaic and clear. There are both standard mounted washbasins that are attached directly to the corner of the room, and special overhead models. Plus, the latter is that an additional work surface is created to locate the necessary funds, in the form of a small tabletop.And also there are unique sinks that are installed directly above the wall mounted toilet, they are mounted in one installation - a false wall in which all pipes and communications are hidden.

Today, professionals increasingly recommend installing shower stalls in small bathrooms. Variations on the subject can be enough. Of course, you should not choose massive hydroboxes at all, since space saving is not planned in this situation anymore. Showers, like their bowls, come in a wide variety of sizes and types. They are open and closed; semicircular, oval, square, rectangular; small, medium and deep. Their functionality is difficult to overestimate, however, and make the bathroom as attractive and practical as they can.

Today it is very fashionable to install shower cabins without bowls. The so-called tropical shower. A simple drain system is installed in the floor, a special diffuser-watering can is attached to the ceiling. Often such a structure is completed with transparent glass walls or a door. Chip transparent shower cubicles in general is that they allow you to zone the space without eating the living space.It is very beneficial in this case to use a mosaic of ceramic tiles, as if uniting a bathing and washing area.

Opinion of experts about where the washing machine should stand: in the bathroom or in the kitchen, still diverge. They never came to a single point, but you still need to install it. While theorists are thinking, the practitioners come up with a large number of designs of the combined bathroom, where the machine either acts as a pronounced detail, or is hidden in a false cabinet under the sink. In any case, to equip a small bathroom with a washing machine is no longer something wild and impossible. More details about the various layouts and ways of filling will be discussed in the examples of the interior of specific areas of bathrooms.

On the five squares to arrange everything you need for the bathroom is simple. But nevertheless it is necessary here to adhere to certain rules and subtleties. There are already fewer restrictions in terms of the number and type of furniture and sanitary ware. But an unusual image of the room will be able to give the correct selection of materials, style and color palette.For small rooms, designers recommend using no more than two different colors. In this case, it is desirable that they were approximately close to each other. Although the game of contrasts is also welcome.

Here you can roam and put a separate bath, shower, stationary washbasin and even a washer. But here it is very important not to overdo it. Depending on what will be the center of the exposure, you will have to choose the filling of the room and its color scheme.

To decorate a small bathroom can be a variety of materials.

• Ceramic tile. But you need to be cautious, because for the floor you should choose the most non-slip surface, the squares of the material should be placed diagonally, so the room gets a visual increase. Do not be afraid to make out the interior with bright colors. You can make a beautiful accent with an unusual color and repeat it in the design elements of furniture, floor or bathroom fixtures.
• Moisture resistant paint. It is very easy on the second place in popularity perched this material. In terms of price, it is almost not inferior to tile, but is less traumatic.In case of an unsuccessful experiment or change of mood, you can change the main color of the bathroom at any time.

• Tree. Oddly enough, but in the wettest room today can not do without it. Wooden wall panels, flooring and just decorative elements from this simple and eco-friendly material look stylish and rich. All surfaces, as a rule, are treated with special moisture-resistant compositions, due to which they serve for a long time and correctly.
• Natural or artificial stone not very often used in the decoration of the floor, but sometimes it is used to lay out a picture or ornament on one of the walls. The floor in the shower stall without a bowl is also made from this material. In the bathrooms of 5 m² it is very convenient to install a mobile worktop made of a noble stone into which the built-in or surface-mounted sink fits.

In the combined bathroom of a small area of ​​four square meters it is also convenient to place the most basic components of the interior.Well, so that the design comes out not only beautiful, but also the most convenient, you should use a few secrets.

• More light. Designers advise not just to increase the number of lamps, but to choose an individual model for each zone. For example, original bright spotlights with a warm light will be suitable for a bath or shower. In the center of the room will look good mini-chandeliers "not toilet" purpose. If earlier the lamps were divided into categories depending on the room in which they are applicable, now this face has already disappeared. The new trend of this year is unusual chandeliers in the overall style of the bathroom.

• Light furniture, more than ever, it will be useful in the interior of a bathroom of 4 m². Glossy surfaces, mirror facades or a large mirror above the sink - this will make the room almost dimensionless.
• The combination of the incompatible. Materials for finishing will also look harmonious even in contrast. For example, a dark tile and soft light paint, a gentle light tree and a rough primordial stone.

After such a repair, even the most inconvenient layout of the apartment will seem like a great opportunity and inspiration for future design solutions.

In a small bathroom, it is much more difficult to arrange an oasis of personal preference. But even here there are techniques and tools that allow not only to visually increase the space of the room, but also to do everything with the latest fashion and technology. Arrangement of "baby" is invited to start with a complete failure of the bath. It is fully replaced by a shower, as mentioned earlier. On the walls the best option would be simple tiles or PVC panels, waterproof paint.

A washing machine would not be very appropriate in such a small room. Therefore, the installation of this equipment is best done elsewhere. Style directions are most appropriate for a small bathroom in three squares - it is modern, ethno and retro. Chic and brilliance in the details and decoration will create an incredible combination of designer imagination and a reasonable approach.

Budget option finishes mini-bathrooms involves an independent design and self-repair. Such works are performed, as a rule, in the case when there is no need to touch the plumbing and sewer systems. When the finish represents the minimum investment of capital and strength.On the self-made transformation of the walls with the help of PVC panels should be discussed in detail.

A standard set of works with an economical approach looks like this:

• Replacement plumbing. This stage may be complete, and may include only some elements. For example, replacing only the toilet bowl or bath only;
• Wall cladding with ceramic tiles or PVC panels. You will have to choose the color based not on the fashion trends, but on the cost of the coating itself. The most popular shades have the highest value;
• Processing of the genital space. It also selects the most economical option. This is often the usual tile that does not slip. For the bathroom this can be dangerous;
• Registration of the bath. Mounting it in a box that can serve as additional storage space. The main thing is not to start putting unnecessary and unnecessary trash behind a convenient facade;
• Work with the ceiling. Today, suspended structures are ready to be installed everywhere. But in a small room it is not only inconvenient, but also meaningless, since 20-30 cm of existing height are lost. PVC panels can also be used to work with this part of the room.

Such material as polyvinyl chloride has all the positive qualities of facing raw materials, namely:

• durability;
• profitability;
• water resistance;
• simplicity.

The last point concerns, rather, the method of installation, than appearance. The choice of PVC panels is so wide that it allows you to arrange a safari in the bathroom, black and white opposition, blue-gray silence and others. Great news for owners of small bathrooms is that this type of repair is economical, not only from the material side, but also from the temporary. Interior decoration using PVC is quick, simple and with minimal discomfort.

A small bathroom of 2 m² contains a sitting bath with a shower stall with transparent walls that protect against splashing water on the floor. Rectangular hanging sink, which seems to be mounted on a wooden bedside table for bath trifles. A pleasant color scheme, which is organized by white ceramic tiles on the floor and as an apron on the walls in combination with waterproof paint of a pale green color. The room has everything you need,light colors allow you to see a decent space in which there is nothing superfluous.

Another small, but already combined bathroom. All items are placed on the free walls, and near the washing machine there is still a free patch, which would be nice to decorate with an original element of decor to match the overall style of the room. Bright orange tile on the floor and half of the wall around the perimeter. The tub box is also lined with a bright shade material. Snow-white plumbing and the same walls to the ceiling enliven the space and make it breathable, spacious and roomy. All communications are hidden by additional boxes lined with ceramics.

An example of arrangement of a small bathroom with the help of an extraordinary novelty: a corner bowl. The originality of the idea is to use ceramic tiles as the main finishing material. Green floor, white and green mosaic across the bottom of the walls, including the bath box. All this smoothly passes into the decoration of the upper half of the room with small green tiles.

A small bathroom combines motley textures, lengthened by a vertical mirror and original lamps on the ceiling. Brilliant glossy ceramic tiles play with glare from the high beam. A bath of irregular shape is conveniently located on a small square, but can even hold an adult in a reclining state. A simple, laid-on porcelain washbasin bowl mounted on a worktop lined with fine shiny tiles. Niche in the wall is conveniently used to store bath trifles. A simple pattern on the tile in the washing area, matched to the basic range of the room, adds mischief and enthusiasm to the monotonous, at first glance, design.

Top view of the combined bathroom on 4 squares. Wall-hung toilet and bathtub are installed with an installation that “earns extra money” with an additional shelf for storage or decoration. A recessed sink was conveniently located on the opposite wall, above which a mirror in a wooden setting and a small cabinet for important bath trifles sat in the tone of the general mood of the room. There are three main sources of light: the lamp above the door is a typical model for a bathroom; three “street” mini-flashlights over the sink and over the installation are a good decisiongiving light to the necessary areas of the room, and to nearby objects. Smooth lines are the basis of the thread of the entire design in the floor and wall tiles, in the arrangement of the components along the perimeter of the room. Such a room has maximum functionality and practicality, despite its small square.

Another concise example of a corner bath and sink. The washbasin has a very dimensional structure and a modest continuation, hanging over the bathroom and serving as an additional shelf. The bath is sedentary, but it is also possible to stay reclining in it. Its original design has saved space for a small sink. Round mirrors on the wall create the illusion of expanding a narrow space, and light, calm tones again give the joy of admiration.

In the bathroom of 2 m², even a combination of bright and pastel colors did not increase the visual space. But this design is good because the room fit all the most necessary: ​​a reclining bath, toilet and sink for washing. All this was made possible by installing the installation, behind which all the ugly communications disappeared.The main focus is on the unusual shape of the bath, which narrows closer to the toilet. Above it is very well located hinged washbasin of small diameter. To get from one zone to another, you just need to turn around.

Gray and black this year are prevalent in the field of repair. Especially clearly they appear in the bathrooms. Contrasting black and white toilet room allows you to play well with your inner content and design. But the noble gray, imitating the natural stone, graphite walls, immerses in the silent comprehension of his being. Everything is very geometrical: a rectangular bathtub, a round stationary toilet, a rectangular built-in washbasin on the cabinet. Everything is subject to a certain, but very beautiful accuracy. The picture, the frame of the mirror, the flower in the vase is all subject to the unity of style and color. Erases the boundaries of this space and does not immediately realize that there are only 4 squares.

Gentle beige bathroom. The floor tiles are lined diagonally, the suspended white toilet seems to float in the air, the tabletop, in which the sink is mounted, covers the washing machine.The standard reclining rectangular bath also fits in well with this “still life”. The mirror line from the sink to the toilet, located at the top of the wall at eye level, visually expands the room.

Minimalism in all its glory. This manifestation of style is very pleased with its organization. In this interior are perfectly located: shower, toilet, sink for washing, washing machine. All zones are clearly separated, but have a single feature. Of course, this design is most suitable for a bathroom with a total area of ​​at least 5 m².

Design tips in a small bathroom - in the next video.