When it comes to decorating, our bathrooms are usually the space that gets the least bit of attention! Use these tiny rooms to your advantage to experiment with bold patterns, colors, and styles you are too shy to try out in a bigger space. The key to making this tiny space a decorating success? Focus on transforming your bathroom into a “jewelry box” full of exotic colors, patterns, textures and materials. Think gold faucets, lacquered walls, towels with luxurious tassels and rich textures like a fur rug or velvet upholstered stool. Check out these stylish ideas you can try at home:

Don’t Be Shy with Patterns

Pick the most extravagant wallpaper you’ve been dying to try and cover your bathroom from ceiling to floor. Don’t worry, you can definitely get away with this since there isn’t much furniture or color your wallpaper has to compete with. Pick a dominant hue in your wallpaper (in this case it’s white) and use that for your ceiling, moldings, and baseboards (if there aren’t already tiled like below).

Put Your Scarves to Use

Take a fancy scarf you have lying around and drape it over your vanity stool for an instant new look without the need of re-upholstering your stool. From floral, geometrics, and even animals prints, the choice is yours as you can easily switch it up no matter what your mood.

Take it to the Ceiling

If you have a room with tiles placed half way up the wall sometimes half of the wall isn’t enough to make a statement with wallpaper. Wrap up the whole room across the ceiling for a dramatic, and unexpected effect.

The Brighter the Better

Like the look of blue, pink, or even yellow? Use your favorite color in your bathroom but amp it up! Instead of a plain blue, think neons, or bright, electrifying blue to take your mood and style to the next level. If you are a fan of pink, don’t settle for a subtle or pastel pink, think deep, lacquered fuschia to maximize the color in your space.

Replace Boring Lighting

Trying to mimic the look of a real life “jewellery box” is easy when you’ve got energetic colors, flamboyant textiles, textures, and of course – great lighting! You can purchase a small, pretty chandelier like this one from Ikea and instantly give your bathroom a sophisticated ambience.

Layer it On!

Instead of having your usual pre-cut “builders” mirrors in your washroom, create some interest by layering on another artistic mirror or a mirror with an unique frame. You can also install wall scone lighting over your mirrors for a nice layered effect.

Use Unique Space Dividers

Curtains and wall screens make perfect dividers between a dressing room and a bathroom or walk-in closet. Install tie-back curtains for a luxurious look instead of standard doors and make sure to hang long, heavy tassels for an extra touch of class. Get rid of your shower curtains as they tend to close up a space and opt for a glass screen. This way you can play up with the colors on your walls and also through your accessories.

Make your bathroom your home’s hidden gem with a vivid new shade of red. When designing bathrooms and closets, my number one goal is to make it seem like a jewelry box – filled with glitz, glam, and color! Make sure to showcase your new hue at its best – focus on proper lighting and use lacquered surfaces, chandeliers, glass and mirrors to best reflect color and add a sparkle to your finished product!

Younique Designs

This bathroom used a vintage-style red wallpaper and paired it with my favorite pattern – a tortoise mirror! Just fabulous!

Patrick Designs

A quartz countertop makes this powder room seem like a tiny, hidden cave. Two wall chandeliers on each side add to the ambience and create a mysterious wave of romance.

Ernesto Garcia

If you already have existing white floor tiles in your bathroom, you are in luck! Leave the floor and focus on easier updates to match your new wall color such as chrome hardware and a new countertop.

Patrick Designs

Black and red is bold and demanding, but this designer managed to set it off with a wooden vanity, a oversized mirror, and most importantly, lots and lots of light.

SV Design

Soften up a fierce red with textured lighting fixtures like this flower petal motif chandelier. The Moroccan style mirror also adds a little fun and sense of relaxation to the overall look. If you like the look of a simple, minimalist styled bath, BPM Bathrooms in London have a stunning show room I visited last weekend. Simple and clean styles work great and require a lot less upgrades and cleaning.

Tineke Triggs

Stuck with a sloped ceiling? Match the color of your wallpaper and paint it the same shade instead of wallpapering it. This way, you can seamlessly break up your wallpaper and wrap the whole room together, perfectly.

Patrick Designs