The article discusses the most common bathroom design mistakes that interior designers encounter, including the lack of storage, poor lighting, neglecting accessibility, and choosing the wrong fixtures. The article also highlights the importance of having solid wood flooring, having a clear view from public rooms, making it all about the toilet, curved-shower enthusiasm, and thinking bigger is better.
The article also highlights the importance of proper location, proper fixture placement, and avoiding bad ventilation. It also highlights the importance of having a clear view from public rooms, making it all about the toilet, and choosing hard surfaces.
The article also highlights the importance of having a separate bath and shower, assuming a small bathroom needs compact features, and choosing hard surfaces. The article also highlights the importance of Moroccan tiles, jetted bathtubs, floating sinks, hanging chandeliers, and white marble.
The article concludes by highlighting the importance of avoiding these design mistakes to ensure a well-designed and functional bathroom. By following these guidelines, interior designers can create a more enjoyable and functional space for their clients.
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How to fix weird bathroom layout?
For larger bathrooms, a separate shower/tub room or dressing and sitting areas can create a luxurious spa-like environment. A wet room with a freestanding tub and shower can optimize room layout and enhance the experience. To overcome storage challenges in nontraditional layouts, consider using clever solutions like tall and narrow walls, oddly sized nooks, and curved walls. Additionally, opt for flexible products that offer design flexibility, allowing you to achieve the desired style in any space by leveraging modular design.
What is the rules of bathroom layout?
The bathroom planning guidelines recommend a clear floor space of at least 30 inches from all fixtures to any opposite bath fixture, wall, or obstacle. A minimum space of 21 inches should be planned in front of the lavatory, toilet, bidet, tub, and shower entry, and 24 inches in front of a shower entry. The minimum distance from the centerline of the lavatory to a sidewall/tall obstacle is at least 20 inches, and the minimum distance between a wall and the edge of a freestanding or wall-hung lavatory is 4 inches.
What not to do when designing a bathroom?
The bathroom is a crucial space in home design, often overlooked. It should be designed to be a sanctuary, a place of relaxation, and a functional space. To create a well-designed bathroom, consider practical aspects such as the number of people using the bathroom, their needs, and the need for ventilation. Consider the space’s size, aesthetics, safety, water efficiency, and maintenance. Natural light can significantly improve the bathroom’s atmosphere, so consider incorporating windows or skylights for sunlight and frosted glass or window treatments for privacy. Remember to consider the practical aspects of the bathroom when designing it, as it can be a sanctuary, relaxation, and functional space.
How do you make a terrible bathroom look nice?
The article provides 13 tips for refreshing and decorating a bathroom, including tackling clutter, introducing fresh scents, replacing linens, shower curtains, adding storage, updating bath mats/rugs, introducing greenery, and hanging up art. These ideas are applicable to both renters and homeowners, and can be done in a weekend or more extensive projects. The author suggests bringing in fresh scents, swapping out shower curtains, adding storage, updating bath mats/rugs, introducing greenery, and hanging up art to create a fresh and clean bathroom. The article is aimed at those looking to make a simple weekend refresh or a more extensive renovation.
Should a toilet or vanity be next to a shower?
Prior to the installation of bathroom fixtures, it is imperative to ensure that larger fixtures, including toilets, bathtubs, showers, and vanities, are positioned a minimum of 30 inches apart from one another or from a wall. For further insight into bathroom layout design, please refer to the provided text.
Do tub and toilet have to match?
To create a cohesive bathroom style, it’s not necessary to use the same metal for hardware and fixtures. Instead, mix metals with cool and warm colors to create a unique look. Cool metals like nickel and chrome can be used, while warm metals like gold, copper, or brass can be used. Kansas City Bathroom Remodeling can provide suggestions for fixtures and hardware that complement each other, avoiding competition for attention.
Should all bathrooms in a house look the same?
There is no rule that every bathroom in a home should be the same color or style. However, if you enjoy a similar style throughout, it’s likely a classic design that will be beautiful in any bathroom. Customers should consider their personal preferences and work with their dreams to design beautiful bathrooms in any style. While hardware and fixtures don’t necessarily have to be the same metal, keeping the same type of metal can create a cohesive look.
How do you make a small bathroom look classy?
Small bathroom ideas can be both functional and stylish, regardless of the size of the space. To create a haven for unwinding and getting ready, consider using bold colors like Emerald Glade, Pebble Shore, Tuscan Glade 3, Blush Pink and Heart Wood, mirrors, feature lights, clever storage, and maximising corner space. Creative Director Marianne Shillingford suggests using light neutrals or pastel shades on the walls to make the space look and feel bigger, making the bathroom feel larger. Investing in clever storage and maximizing corner space can also enhance the overall aesthetic appeal of the bathroom.
What are the unspoken rules of the bathroom?
Cleanliness is crucial in communal bathrooms, especially in the corporate world where deadlines and productivity are high. To maintain a clean and professional environment, it is essential to leave the facilities as clean as you found them, flushing properly, wiping the seat if needed, and ensuring no paper or other materials are left on the floor.
Privacy is also crucial in the bathroom, as it is a private space even in a public setting. Knock gently if the door is closed and check for feet underneath if it’s a shared facility with stalls. Avoid peeking through cracks or engaging in conversation when someone is clearly occupied.
After using the facilities, ensure they are left as clean as you found them, flushing properly, wiping the seat if necessary, and ensuring no paper or other materials are left on the floor. This small effort goes a long way in maintaining a pleasant environment for everyone.
Where should toiletries be placed in a small bathroom?
To maximize bathroom counter space, only keep essential products like hand soap or lotion on countertops, and store extras in a mirror cabinet. If there isn’t a mirror cabinet, add a single under-mirror shelf to keep these items. This creates extra space for morning preparation and frees up the area beneath the counter. Additionally, remove items that aren’t used regularly or must be left at the counter. This will help make the bathroom appear smaller and more organized.
What is bad bathroom etiquette?
Neglecting to use air freshener in the bathroom is a broken rule that can make the next person’s experience less positive. It’s important to learn proper bathroom etiquette to avoid being “that” person. For example, a mom of five noticed a toddler in a toilet stall and joked about it being the same as her mom. The toddler’s mom apologized and pleaded for him to crawl back into her stall. It’s crucial to follow proper bathroom etiquette to ensure a positive experience for others and to avoid being seen as “that” person. By following proper bathroom etiquette, you can create a more positive and respectful environment for your guests.
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If you want your towel to dry thoroughly, the bar is the only choice. It is spread out like on a clothes line. Bunched up towels take longer to dry and can potentially get moldy. Voice of experience: Never…ever… wallpaper a ceiling. Scraping it off later is a nightmare. Can cause divorce. Love your articles Garrett!
Thanks, Garrett for an excellent article! Regarding hooks vs bars, I use both. They serve different purposes. I have a hook outside the shower stall in my master ensuite on which to hang a bath towel for easy accessibility when emerging from the shower, and bars at either end of my tub enclosure on which to drape used bath towels to dry. I also use towel rings in this bathroom, in the WC, where I have installed a small hand sink, as well as another beside the washlet toilet. A free-standing towel holder sits between the sinks on the vanity. All the bathroom accessories, including faucets and taps, (and the vanity knobs) are from the same series, in satin brass, and are decorative elements in the room. About mixing stone and “fake stone”: in another bathroom, I chose a beautiful, figured creamy marble for the floor, walls, tub surround and vanity. I found mosaic tile in the same marble for the floor, a smaller, but identical marble mosaic for the shower floor, 12″ x 24″ natural marble tiles for the walls, slabs of the same marble for the counter and surround, and even a chair rail and baseboard in the identical marble. Wouldn’t you know, after the countertop was fabricated and the mosaics and trims purchased, it turned out the marble supplier never had the wall tiles! Luckily, Porcelanosa has a 24″ x 24″ porcelain tile that mimics the marble but is more subtle. It has the identical background colour. With all the other marble in the room in different shapes, the wall tiles blend in without appearing artificial.
Great advice! Since we are dealing with a new build, we made one bathroom (master bath) with a freestanding tub and the other with a walk-in shower with glass doors. I wanted the tub bathroom to feel cozy, so it’s in darker colors with warm lighting. The other bathroom is a little lighter with rustic elements – a mirror with a rough wood frame, a stone basin sink, and pebble floor in the shower. Quirky but I love it. I’m team towel hooks, but after reading comments I’m going to look into getting a towel warmer.
I bought a single handle Kohler bathroom faucet about 15 or 20 years ago and honestly it’s the best thing I ever did, despite being so expensive at the time. It’s timeless and I appreciate it every time I use it. At that time I also bought a one piece sink and countertop in porcelain, which I’m not sure you can even get anymore. It’s seamless, has room for the waterpik and so on, and still is beautiful and shiny, and being on a sleek wood cabinet not too plain.
I use both. Towel bar I display decorative towels. The towel hook is used on the back of the bathroom door for a used bath towel for drying. Towels are removed from the hook to the laundry basket every couple of days for washing or when company comes. (Don’t like a towel hanging on the hook when I have company.
Thanks for practical and useful advice….although I was laughing at some of your comments and had to go back and watch again. Thanks for the comment about wallpaper. For me, it’s a relatively easy and inexpensive way to add color. I have old damaged wood floors in my bath. I painted with dark gray porch paint so it’s water resistant. I’m a fan of towel bars but have a hook on the back of the door and by the shower. I do re-use my towel but MUST use a clean washcloth each time. Please do a article on wallpaper. I love it but sometimes question myself so could use some advice. Your articles help me avoid costly mistakes.
We store our towels on hooks on the back of the door, BUT we dry them spread out on a bar – kind of the opposite of what you were saying! Towels can sometimes stay bunched up when placed on a hook, which can cause some folds of the towel to stay wet longer and possibly invite mildew/mold – but when we spread them all the way out on a bar (even over the shower curtain rod) all parts and sides of the towel are exposed to air and can dry completely before going back on the door hooks. (If we had a larger bathroom, I’d love to add more bars, but we only have one plus the shower curtain rod, so we use those to dry and return to the hooks afterwards)
Great article. It helped me realize a few things about bathroom decor and remodeling. I have a 3rd bathroom that was an add on by the previous owner. It has a toilet, sink, and a jacuzzi. The walls are light blue with a light brown tile running halfway up the wall and there are 3 small windows. The ceiling is plain white and so is the jacuzzi along with all of the window/door trim. I don’t plan on doing any serious remodeling to the bathroom, but I do want to paint the walls some shade of purple and put a starry night sky type of wallpaper on the ceiling along with some kind of relaxing forest/pond/etc type of window film over the windows for privacy purposes. I have quite a bit of octopus decor that was in my previous bathroom as well that I’d like to incorporate into the room. I’d like the room to have a relaxing/calming yet mysterious feel to it. Something that will help me to relax while also encouraging creativity. I’ve read that purple is a good color for that purpose. At first, I was thinking a dark purple, but the more I have looked into it, I’m currently leaning more towards a lighter shade that will also go well with the white trimmings. As for the towel bar/hook debate, I prefer the towel bar and think it dries my towels better, but it is also nice to add a few hooks as well in case you have guests visiting or in the case of my jacuzzi room, a place to hang a bathrobe or two considering there is no shower in the room. There are also tons of decorative towel hooks available that add design and functionality at the same time which isn’t as common with towel bars.
“Loud tile” is the reason white is popular. When choosing colors for surfaces that are not easily changed out – like bathroom tile floors and walls, showers, etc – the simpler and more neutral, the better. You can then add pops of color through accessories or other items that can be changed out when you’re over the design statement.
Honestly, i feel like with time, the all- grey bathroom will stand as timeless. It’s a neutral option to white, and can be elevated and taken in many style directions. Personally, the biggest mistake I see too often is a pedestal sink in a tiny, main bathroom with open shelving or no shelves. People will opt for having the main bathroom look classy or minimal, and neglect the day to day needs of the family. Cue the clutter and personal products everywhere and suddenly your chic bathroom looks much worse than having a clunky, outdated cabinet sink.
Since I can only have one towel bar in my little bathroom without it looking ridiculous, to me towel bars are for guest towels! I love hooks not only for bath towels, but also because I’m a swimmer, so they get a lot of use for hanging random damp stuff to dry. Can’t wait for the studio tour – that painting is GORGEOUS!
Towel rail (bar) for me. Actually, in one of our bathrooms (we’re in Europe where we have radiators) our bathroom radiator is shaped as towel heater. Ideal. Even when the radiator is not on, the towels dry quickly because the bars are thick. I have hooks for hand towels and therefore, in my experience, the hand towels don’t dry as quickly, so they need to be changed out more often.
A compromise I did on a clear glass shower door was to etch it from about armpit height down to mid-thigh height. Just made it ‘obscure’ glass. This hides the soap and shampoos (and most of you!), but allows you to see in and notice the nice shower floor and parts of the walls (which also makes a small bathroom look its full size), and allows two persons in the bathroom to see each other. I also like a recessed light over the shower stall or bathtub enclosure. When you don’t have a light up there the shower area is just a dark part of the bathroom and visibility is reduced in the shower area.
When I first moved in to my house, I had hooks for the towels because I do think they are easier to hide and you can add more in a small space. But, they DO NOT dry. Specially here in the tropics. So towel bars it is. Here is an issue: I need to have my jewelry boxes and stands in the bathroom because I do not have enough space in the closet (and I share my bedroom with my partner so I do not want the space to feel too girly…), any wisdom on how to reduce the visual clutter that creates? 🙂
You covered every possible consideration in this article, Garrett! I have both towel bars for looks, and hooks for convenience. (Towels do dry better on the bars.) I love your tips for warming up the space. If people can’t afford painting, flooring or rugs, I have found that baskets, new towels, warmer lighting, and artwork blending cool and warmer colors can do the same! My remodeling contractor wanted to use 1-hole, 1-handle faucets and grey tiles, which would have been cheaper and easier for him, and now I’m glad I said no! Thank you for addressing accessibility issues, too. Bathrooms are often some of the first places in a home requiring accessibility modifications over time, and there are ways to make even these LOVELY! Can’t wait for the studio reveal!!! 🤗 Colleen
In my experience glass doors are OK for showers, even though the glass and the troughs are a pain to clean. What does not work well is are sliding glass doors that extend from the edge of a tub up. Those awful troughs make it impossible to sit on the side of the tub, more difficult to bathe children, and take away the shelf for toiletries. Glass may look prettier, but function is much more important. Thanks for the articles. I am a fan.
We have had a heated towel rack for a long time, and that’s my favorite. After that the towel bar, the hook, and last place takes the towel ring, because nothing ever really dries on these things. Mistakes that I made IMO was to have a shower with just a glass partition and no door. While it looks awesome, it’s really cold. Another thing I wouldn’t do again is a sliding barn-style shower door. There is a gap below on the side that moves, so don’t even think about giving your dogs a bath in there, because the bathroom will get flooded. Also, there is an overlap in the middle that’s impossible to clean. You absolutely can’t get in. And since the width is usually not exact but a range, the narrower your shower is, the narrower the opening will be. Less than half for sure. For big waisted people that can get dicey even with a 48″ shower. Just things to consider, but my one real pet peeve is clutter, and for me a huge mistake is not having enough drawers in a vanity. My favorite vanities are the ones with not only 3-4 drawers down the middle or to the side, but drawers at the bottom below the sinks. That’s storage space that goes to waste in all other types of vanities.
The bathroom photo with the decor all around the toilet, at the same height actually made me a little queasy, never, ever, never should anything, aside from a plunger and the toilet scrubber, be level with the toilet, just yuck🤢 Another fantastic article, thank you as always for your excellent advice, love your content ❤️
Off topic but I really love the art piece behind you in this article!! 1) I WISH I had the space to separate the toilet from the powder room area. That’s the dream really. 2) I like towel bars personally but I think hooks are more practical in smaller bathrooms and in houses with larger families where many people are sharing the same bathroom. 5 wet towels squished onto 1 bar is not a cute look, and probably not very sanitary either.
Towel bar is lovely when everyone has their own bathroom. I am fortunate to have my own bathroom, so it’s all good. But when kids visit, I wish I had a bunch of hooks. (We do use towels more than once.) Thank you Garrett for another useful article, I am always looking forward to the next one of your articles! Oh, and the glass door vs. curtain debate: each has its merits. Examples you’d shown would or do look ridiculous with a curtain, you are right. I lived 5 years with glass doors installed on a builder-grade bath and it was a nightmare: cleaning the glass was a full-time job (if you have kids and/or your water has a lot of calcium – forget it, life’s too short), cleaning the tub was its own kind of yoga, then the silicone seal around the glass started discoloring after 2-3 years, so I just went for a curtain in my next home. Just toss it in the laundry and it’s clean.
Guilty of putting shower curtains up. Even in front of my gorgeous glass enclosures. I agree Garrett it doesn’t look good please suggest a fix… the reason I did this is because I have two bathrooms for the six of us in our rental while our home is being built. While one kid showers the other can brush teeth in the morning etc… and on it goes eliminates bathroom fights in the morning before school. Is there a better way?
I’d love to have a glass door instead of shower curtain. But I live in London and our spaces are much smaller than in America. My shower curtain (which I bought in Pottery Burn some years ago, made of gorgeous ticking fabric) must cover my laundry over the buthtub, No I do not have a space for a dryer. My bathroom is tiny and pokey, thus cluttered. Every inch of this space is used. But yes, I’d love to have it pristine and high end, I am ready to spend some money on it, but I do not have enough space. And I am 74 living on my own. I have to think that some beautiful free standing tubs might be too difficult to get into when I am older. I actually would love you to design my smallest space and find some other way of organising my bathroom.
Loved your article and can’t wait to see your studio reveal! I will share a personal story. We started out with towel bars; however, me being Little Mrs. Fussy could not deal with how my husband hung his towel over the bar. It was always crooked! To solve this dilemma I decided to hang hooks on the back of the bathroom door. I went one step further and sewed plastic rings on the edge of the towel in the middle. This way all he has to do is put the ring on the hook. It was truly a marriage saver. Well maybe it wasn’t that bad, but believe me, it wasn’t good. Thanks for all your wonderful articles. I have learned so much.
I use both bars and hooks. A bar for the hand towel in the bathroom, and hooks behind our bedroom door for our bath towels. I also have a shower curtain.. to do anything else would be so out of place in the condo building my family and I live in. However, we had fun with our new shower curtain. We are redoing our bathroom in white and grey, and got a shower curtain of a dark grey hippo taking a shower. We have named him “Hugo, the Happy Hippo”. is it upscale? no, but the condo building isn’t in an area of needing to be upscale.. and we have grab bars in the shower, and a door would not work for us
If people have a shower/tub combo or a large shower with a smaller entrance door so shower is sort of hidden (which I personally love), then I would suggest using a second shower or small curtain rod somewhere above the tub, behind the main curtain rod. You can hang your towels on there and also if you have to hand wash something or have wet swimsuits, you can hang it on the rod above the tub to dry. Another bonus is your towels will be out of site. Towel rod in main area of bathroom for decorative towels only.
Oh yes, the shower curtain is what makes an otherwise peaceful calming experience frustrating, yuk. I think I’m going to prioritize that project. Thanks for the reminder. BTW, I reuse my bath towels, and I prefer to let it dry on a long bar. This will ensure the towel dries faster, and more evenly, and that is a good thing 😀
I understand the negatives of shower curtains but there are some really gorgeous shower curtains that can add texture & break up the sterility of a bathroom. Also you can open it all the way and you’re not doing a weird back & forth shimmy with the sliding glass when you’re bathing yourself or your kids. Also the vitriole I have heard from people that haven’t maintained the glass or have kids that instantly make them dirty…. 😬
About 6 years ago we switched from towel bars (something I grew up with and used my whole life), to hooks, and we really love the hooks (there are hooks available that fit every style/taste!) No problem at all with the towels drying properly, and when my kids were younger that absolutely solved the problem of towels just stuffed onto a bar haphazardly. To my eye if the towels one uses are pretty they look just as good hanging on a hook as they do hanging on a bar, although our house has always had a more casual, lived in vibe as opposed to being fussy or high style. So hooks for the win for me 🙂
Here’s why I have a shower curtain: I’m doing my main bathroom in stages. The ugly jetted tub with 80’s fixtures and grab-bar is the last stage. The former glass door was hideous, so damaged by soft-water residue and marred by (again ’80’s) aluminum framing, that we removed it, covered the tub (oh, I forgot to also mention the horrid, griege tiles some with a weird, gnarled relief that surrounded the tub) space with a curtain. Thank God for a curtain covering up that whole tub space mess until next year when we can afford to replace with a delicious tub, delightful tile and desirable glass enclosure. Loved your advice – thanks Garrett. You truly are tres chic!
The shower curtain touching the body! hahaha I am dead.Recently rented in Paris in the most stunning area and had the most beautiful traditional French big windows high cielings and they had this older bathroom which was not ideal BUT, it had a shower curtain that smelled so bad who knows how old or what was going on there, and it touched me! 😭 … but, this is such a unique area and so hard to find a place I was super bummed. I can’t deal. I thought about changing it out…. The nephew manages the property for his older family members. Or I could just ask for them to do it. It’s just any hotel. -A comforter and not and duvet and a shower curtain is just no. lol
Hey Garrett, just recently found your website and been binge perusal quite a few of your vids in anticipation of hopefully soon getting a house and completely renovating/redecorating it. Thanks for all your advice, it has been super helpful to have someone like you articulate feelings/tastes that I’ve had/enjoyed for a while, but couldn’t concretely define, not to mention for all the new ideas/things I’ve learned from you so far. Just liked, subscribed and bell notification turned on, glad and grateful to be here on your website, stay awesome!
I love the vibrant tile but only have it in my laundry room. It is just a touch of my overall house decor, kinda unexpected,and I’ve had tons of compliments. Laundry is a chore and this room makes me happy every time I go in. In the bathroom I use towel bars and hooks. I only reuse a towel maybe once.(Let us go back to my laundry room,ha!)The bar serves as a drying and place holder/decor, (depends on if I’m showing it or living it)I have hooks on the inside of closet doors,(do not put wet anything on hooks)I have one hook close to glass shower doors for ease of access to towel(s) or decor(depends). I also am the type that cleans my shower walls, tub, and sinks after every use, so, it is work but I love it!
Loved your shower curtain comments…..my thoughts exactly! 😄Would always include glass shower doors in a bathroom reno budget…..completely worth it even if you have to go a little basic on tile to compensate. Must have 2 towel bars. I think towels dry better when spread out but I always include a hook for robes as well. Your advice is so practical as well as inspiring
Hello 👋 another great article! I like both the hook and towel bar and I have both, but I don’t ever hang towels on them 😂 I’m that person who’s bathroom looks like no ones moved into it yet, but “Oh look they left a rug by the shower floor” I went from having 3 bathrooms to 1 small bathroom (Renovating) going back to 3. My biggest pet peeve is a cluttered bathroom drives me bananas 🍌 maybe I’ll put a plant in the bathroom 😂 great design advice for my next two bathrooms Thank you!