Finishing a small bathroom - secrets and features

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 homeowners themselves have to invent ways to push its boundaries. Not only that, to make the interior in a single style in fact, too, is not easy. And there is an explanation. In today's bathroom, different objects and materials collide. And so want it to be beautiful, stylish and functional.

Unfortunately, everyone is familiar with the "minimalism" of the living space of old "Khrushchev" houses. And the location of plumbing, not always appropriate. But with a skilful approach, even the tightest room can be made quite comfortable.

What to do if resort to it does not allow certain circumstances? Proper finishing can help solve the problem.

A win-win method visually enlarge the mini-ownership is to hang a huge mirror. It erases the boundaries of the room, it will seem larger and brighter.

The mirror can simply be embedded in the wall, saving a few precious centimeters. The ceiling can be made mirrored, or you can replace the mirror with a stained glass window or a tension gloss ceiling.

If There is a full-fledged window - just luck. You don't have to cover it up or hide it.. It will give space, extra light and ventilation. There should be no hesitation about the location of the so-called "font". You will have the feeling that it floats in the air, not cluttering the space.

Achieve an increase in space is also possible by replacing the usual bathtub with a small corner or shower cabin.

With low ceilings, a rectangular tile shape is preferable, and its laying should be strictly vertical .. If you choose a square tile, then put it at a 45 degree angle in the lower half of the total height of the wall. The edge in this case, it is better to finish with a decorative molding, and the remaining space - just paint.

In a small-sized bathroom it is recommended to use light single-colored and glossy surfaces of productswhich reflect more light. Let this be the walls and ceiling. And the floor, relatively to them, dark. If you also want to visually increase it, use certain types of tiles, alternating the opposite color.

When decorating the bathroom, consider the following recommendations:

• combining tiles with rather dark shades, reduce them to a minimum, making one two horizontal, or vertical lines
• Using a decorative ornamented tile, the other surfaces or objects must be neutral, "background"
• do not abuse the relief decors of different formats, they will work against the space
• Small, discreet designs on products can be applied to the entire surface of the wall
• well "fit" into the interior, to enlarge it, glass tiles or mosaics.

The texture of finishing materials, like color, plays a significant role. Today, facing coatings are presented in the widest assortment and most of them meet the requirements.

These include:

• paint
• plaster
• ceramic tile
• cork coverings
• stoneware
• wood
• agglomerate

Stoneware was created as a cheaper artificial counterpart of natural granite. Porcelain stoneware differs from ordinary tiles by its manufacturing technology and composition. It can be attributed to the ideal types of finishing materials because of low water absorption. Water will simply roll off its surface, not allowing lime scale and harmful fungi to settle.

Brushed Porcelain Stoneware - wear-resistant, with great resistance to abrasion.

Much more capricious is polished stone. The product is more susceptible to scratches and dirt.

Buying materials to your liking, it is worth considering and their disadvantages. As for the ceramic granite, its weight often interferes with the work, especially in tiny bathrooms with fragile walls.

One of the new facing materials for finishing all planes of the bathroom is agglomerate. The stone is close to naturalbecause it consists of minerals of natural rocks joined together by means of a cementitious substance. It is a tile of different sizes and colors.

Agglomerate is easy to work with, it allows the use of seamless masonry. It is a material with great resistance to moisture.

It is just as relevant today. But who says that water and wood are not compatible? Products made of solid wood of different species have many advantages. First and foremost, it is environmental friendliness. In addition, excellent insulation.

After treatment with wax and impregnation with special compositions, the product becomes impervious to water. To make the wood last even longer, you need to take care of proper ventilation.

Its disadvantage is that during installation it "eats up" useful space.

Cork - a material that has a "bouquet" of excellent properties and well suited for small bathrooms. It is characterized by low weight of different thicknesses, low thermal conductivity and sound permeability, hydrophobicity, resistance to household chemicals, fungi and mold. It clad walls do not get damp, they are always warm and smooth. Their colorful range is varied. The material has a disadvantage - low mechanical strength and hardness. And since it is also a rare coating, so it is not cheap.

If the area does not allow to move wide, try to rush upwards. СThe lighting system should be designed with the functional areas of the room in mind. But the smaller it is, the easier it is to do it. Great suit built-in spotlights.

Alternatively, you can install a light plafond and choose a pattern for the ceiling to your own taste. Lying in the bathtub, you can easily imagine yourself under the open sky or on the beach. Add spice to the interior will help floor lighting, the main thing is that such lighting should be safe and not life-threatening.

Saving precious centimeters of bathrooms The optimal option, at first glance, would be installation of a shower cabin. It will not clutter up the space at all when it comes to performing its functions. Do not clutter the space due to the walls of a completely transparent glass.

Hand shower with a fixed (point) holder is the simplest and most economical solution.

Instead of a traditional shower and shower cabinet You can install a hydromassage or shower panel instead of a traditional shower. They consist of a body with a mixer tap, a shower head, massage jets and a control panel. These panels are compact and easy to install with the bathtub or separately. Their installation is less time-consuming than the arrangement of the shower.The dry space can be protected from unnecessary moisture can be with a simple polyethylene curtain. The main advantage of the panel is the massage effect.

Despite all the advantages of panels, small corner sitting bathtubs are also in good demand, especially among the elderly. Today on the sales market their range is quite wide. In terms of convenience, they are not inferior to their large counterparts.

The space should be organized very comfortably. All devices should be installed as rationally as possible for free movement.

Towel rail - an indispensable requisite wet rooms. In the most common version, it is a heating device and is mainly placed in place of the pipes. The main attribute is a bathtub. To not to clutter up usable space, let it be rounded on one side.. Install it in a corner, or replace it with a shower enclosure.

The sink can be installed on the floor or mounted to the wall. 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.

The set of furniture for bathrooms almost does not change over time. Traditional "sinks", pedestals, countertops, hinged and floor-standing cabinets, shelves, peninsulas - this is a list of items that will help you to conveniently place all the necessary arsenal of accessories. But at the same time the material and shape of the furniture can give the interior an original and unique look.

Manufacturers are constantly delighting us with more and more new models. Their complete set assumes the possibility of creating different compositions depending on the size of the room. Washbasins, built into a cabinet or column cabinet with a mirror, are perfect for owners of small rooms.

Hanging shelves will also be very useful here.

The area under the bathroom can be used as additional storage. Equipping it with sliding doors, to give it an aesthetic look. The colors of the furniture body should match the color scheme of finishing materials, "dissolving" in them. But make sure that instead of "stylistic unity" we don't get dreary monotony.

It would seem to be a trifling matter - the choice of bathroom accessories, but how much effort it takes!

A beautiful decoration of the bathroom will be:

• stands for toothbrushes
• towel holders
• unusual faucets
• soap dishes
• towels
• rugs

Given the acquired knowledge, it will be much easier to make the bathroom spacious and functional. After all, it becomes part of the living space where we allow ourselves to relax and unwind, washing away all worries and negativity with water.