Bathroom Decor
Bathroom Décor: Quick Bathroom Decorating on a Budget
by Kathy Wilson, The Budget Decorator
When seasons change, one of the most overlooked rooms in the house for updated decorating is the bathroom. Whether you want to add some oomph to your guest bath, or want to bring a spa quality to decorating a master bath, here are some quick and easy decorating tips to get your bathroom in tip top shape!
* You actually don't spend a lot of time in the bathroom, so do something special with it. Try a daring color combination or a theme room you love but wouldn't use in another space. Name your theme bathroom, then get to the paint store! Try rich jewel tones or cheery pastels, whatever fits your theme. Just make it a color you love that you've always wanted to try!
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Bump up the excitement level of your boring bath towels, and stitch an easy and quick edging to them with pretty fabric. It takes just a small amount and some simple hemming to add pretty custom details to your bath. You can also create custom bathroom rug this same way, by sewing edging to all four sides of a bath towel. Be sure to sue a non skid pad underneath.
* Use pretty everyday things in a practical way in your bathroom. Creamers make great toothbrush holder, pretty sea shells make a soap dish, or roll up extra towels in a large pottery piece. Just because it's the bathroom, don't overlook small details and opportunities to bring beauty into your life.
* Afraid to hang pictures in a bathroom? Pick up inexpensive frames from the dollar shop, and fill them with pages from garden catalogs. Hang them in groupings in the bath for a gorgeous accent. If water eventually damages the pictures, just remove them and insert new ones. After all, they were free!
* In a guest bath, make your visitors feel pampered by adding a pretty tray full of bath items such as lotions, tissue, and perfumed soaps. Create a tray on a budget by taking an old picture frame, giving it a good coat of paint to blend with your baths décor, then instead of a picture, add a piece of fabric to the frame for elegance. Instant pretty tray, and you probably had everything you need already!
* Use glass paints and faux leading strips to create a stained glass look on that ugly and plain bathroom mirror. You can even add wood trim around the edges of the mirror to give a framed mirror effect. No more ugly builders mirrors!
Take a weekend and create pretty bathroom décor for yourself or your visitors. It's quick and easy to make small changes that make a huge difference in decorating a bathroom!
Painting a Bathroom
Understanding Color
Working with color is one of the most pleasurable aspects of bathroom decorating. Color is a powerful element in design, setting a room’s tone and affecting mood and emotion.
Warm colors such as red and orange convey cheer and liveliness, like a crackling fire. Yellow, a happy color, evokes a sunny day or daffodils bobbing in early spring. In northern climates or in bathrooms facing north, homeowners often incorporate warm colors as a counterpoint to cool temperatures and indirect sun. In contrast, cool colors communicate calm. The greens o leaves and grasses are restful. You may associate a blue sea with calm and a faraway purple mountain with dignity. Cool-color bathrooms facing south or in a hot climate appear to diminish heat. That’s why you often see blues and greens in beach houses.
Color also affects how you perceive a space. Warm colors seam closer than they really are, whereas cool colors recede. For example, a dark red ceiling appears to be lower than if it were painted pale blue. An oak vanity stands out against (or seems to advance from) a pale green wall. However, against a dark tan wall, it blends in. Use warm colors to make a room cozy and soft, and cool, light colors to open up space.
Painting a bathroom, changing some of the accessories, may be the floor and counter top is more of a cosmetic bathroom remodeling which keep the bathroom remodeling costs very low, nonetheless giving you this new fresh look and feel of your bathroom .
Painting Techniques
There are a lot of different painting techniques that you can use. When hiring a bathroom contractor, make sure to inquire about the different painting options.
- For example, painted earth-hues stripes can make a small bathroom appear visually taller.
- Another fast and easy bathroom painting idea is to stencil a colorful border around the upper edges of the walls.
- A faux finish will add depth and texture to your walls,.
- For example, the porcelain crackle technique recreates the look of aged porcelain with its intricate webbing of fine lines.
- A weathered crackle glass will impart a comfortable, relaxed style to walls and woodwork. This faux finish creates the look of antiques and rustic homes, and it is easy to achieve.
- One of the most versatile bathroom painting ideas is a faux finish technique called dragging. Using subtle color variations, you can create a number of different decorating moods.
- Sponge painting bathroom walls is yet another wonderful bathroom painting idea. Sponging is a technique favored by many interior design professionals. It turns the room into a dramatic backdrop for fabrics and accessories.
- There are other different textures that can be applied such as the rag rolling technique in which you apply your chosen glaze colors with a twisted rag over a dry base coat.
- Another faux finish bathroom painting idea is marbling. Interior design professionals have used it for its timeless natural beauty and the elegance and distinction it lends to the room.
- On the other hand, if you prefer a wall covering, there is a large selection to choose from. For virtually every bathroom painting idea, you can find a close match in a wall covering.
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