5 Proven Tips to Make Small Bathroom Look Bigger

The bathroom is often the most favorite place in the house for many people. However, it’s usually the smallest room which leads to some difficulties. Here are a few proven tips to make a small bathroom look bigger.

Plan the layout

In order to use the bathroom area cleverly, it’s necessary to plan everything beforehand. Thanks to the new technologies in the installation, you can place all the plumbing and furniture not in the standard locations but where it's most convenient for you. This will help to effectively save a few inches here and there – and oftentimes that's all you need in a small space. A corner bath and a corner wash basin look good and free up space. If there’s a niche, consider installing a bath there.

To visually enlarge the bathroom, pick the sanitary appliances in accordance with the size of the room. Perhaps it makes sense to replace a cumbersome bathroom with a shower cabin which takes far less space.

Large-size objects such as a water heater visually eat up space so try to hide them in cupboards and niches.

Check out what consumes the most of the bathroom space. Perhaps it’s a washing machine or a large laundry basket. Consider moving them into the other rooms. For example, a washing machine can be placed in the kitchen and the laundry basket - in a closet.

Take care of the lighting

The fact that a small bathroom done in bright colors appears more spacious is well known to anyone who is interested in interior design. Generous lighting is also able to visually enlarge the bathroom so the more light, the better.

Arrange good lighting above the mirror, too. It is also important whether the light is warm or cold - the first is preferable as it imitates the sunlight. By the way, yellowish light creates a much nicer reflection in the mirror than pure white or bluish light.

Actively use the reflective surfaces like mirrors, mirrored cabinets or glass tiles which reflect the light and visually increase the size of your bathroom. The use of glass shelves in the bathroom, although it does not provide the advantage of reflecting the light, interferes with the light and makes the bathroom more spacious.

Choose the right coloring

For a small bathroom, it is recommended to use bright-colored materials for the walls, floor and ceiling (in a set of similar shades).

Painting a small strip of the ceiling along the edges in the color of the walls visually increases the height of the bathroom. Through the use of moldings or strips of decorative wallpaper, you can achieve the same effect – visually increase the height of the room.

To visually enlarge the overall space of the bathroom, try to use the same color in different saturation combined with simple airy drawings. Avoid careless use of multi-color decoration as it clutters the space.

Bright color accents, such as bright towels and decorative items with interesting textures, should be used in small amounts. It’s also better to have them in the far corners of the bathroom so your glance moves freely across the entire room to those bright details.

Get rid of unnecessary stuff

A perfect order creates more space. A lot of small things, placed here and there, clutter the room and reduce valuable space. Keep only the most necessary care items on the open shelves and put the rest into the lockers to free up room.

Bright, expressive accessories like big towels visually compound the room. Therefore, such items should be placed in the farthest corner of the bathroom. In fact, the fewer objects are there in the room, the larger it appears.

Decorative ornament and fine patterns

If you want to visually enlarge your bathroom, consider putting glass tiles in the form of horizontal stripes on the walls (vertical stripes make the room visually higher). The stripe should not be too wide, the maximum width is usually the width of one tile. Also, do not use large tiles. On the contrary, the smaller the tiles, the better. Using the bathroom tiles of different shades visually increases the size of the space. Additionally, a small bathroom does not need large patterns and using materials with expressive texture reduces the space so go for something more delicate.

The colors of the ornaments are important too. A combination of contrasting colors cannot be used in a small room as they visually reduce the space.

Large floor tiles also visually increase the space. The larger the tile, the stronger the effect. White tile maximizes the space. If you are not a fan of a white color, pale blue and pastel pink shades might be a great alternative.