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Small but refined bathroom designSmall Bathrooms: Ideas for Design Options
Even small bathrooms can become a real feel-good space. You don't need a lot of square feet to design a great bathroom; you need good products and a host of creative bathroom ideas for small bathrooms. Small bathroom solutions can make medium to small bathrooms seem bigger with some smart and clever tricks. Because the footprint is small, the focus is instead on the basic elements and making sure they are arranged in a smart way.
In general: Detailed planning and confining yourself to only a few consistent materials and harmonious colors will create visual calm and add value to the room. Optimal planning and choosing the right bathroom design for small bathrooms is often a challenge. With our tips and ideas for small bathrooms, we will show you how choosing the right fixtures and bathroom furniture can make your small bathroom more inviting and make it seem larger.
Designing Sink Areas for Small Bathrooms
Orderliness is the top priority in small, narrow bathrooms. That is why sinks with storage space, such as vanity drawers, are an indispensable item for small bathrooms. Wall-mounted furniture generally looks a bit lighter. Asymmetric vanity sinks with shelf space to the side and a matching vanity unit that combines drawers and open compartments, like in our D-Neo, are an especially practical solution. Metal consoles with furniture washbasins, with open shelves that can also be used for decoration, can give a small room a homey touch. With the Cape Cod series, Duravit offers a chrome console with a small sink that has a particularly elegant look. The DuraSquare console, optionally in matte black or chrome, is available as a floor-standing or wall-mounted version and is also available with compact dimensions that don't extend as far out into the room. It provides practical added value with an integrated towel holder and glass shelving.
Designing Small Bathrooms With a Shower
In a small bathroom with a shower, a floor-level shower tray with a glass shower wall helps to create a calming effect and looks like a natural continuation of the room. Tempano, made of white sanitary acrylic, offers a seamless, comfortable shower surface in a puristic design. The matte surface of our Stonetto shower trays made of DuroCast® UltraResist have an authentic stone-like appearance and are available in various natural colors. Color-coordinating the flooring and the shower tray results in maximum spaciousness. Floors in a mini bathroom can also be dark; this gives the room even more breadth and will make a small bathroom appear larger. Light floors, on the other hand, make the room appear flooded with light.
Tip: For a spacious feeling, it makes sense to choose large-format tiles in a smaller bathroom or to do without tiles altogether in a small bathroom.
Small Bathrooms With a Bathtub
In principle, it makes sense to do without a bathtub in small bathrooms so the bathroom doesn't feel too cramped and so the individual bathroom elements aren't too close together. If you like taking baths, though, they can also work well in a small bathroom. Niches, for example, work well for this since a built-in tub can be installed flush. Even free-standing bathtubs are available in slender dimensions that make them fit into many small bathroom layouts, depending on the floorplan.
Tip: Shower tubs are an excellent option for small bathrooms. The space-saving combination of shower and bath is a reality with our Shower+Bath series.
The Ideal Toilet for Small Bathrooms
Compact toilets for small bathrooms
GLarge furnishings take up a lot of space in small bathrooms. Duravit has toilets and bathroom furniture that doesn't extend as far out into the room, designed especially for small bathrooms with floor plans from 50 to 100 square feet. This helps you save valuable square feet without compromising on comfort. This makes it possible to create very small guest bathroom designs, for example. Space-saving toilet wall elements can also conceal the cistern inside the wall, helping to make your bathroom look tidier.
Shower toilets instead of a toilet and bidet
Practical two-in-one products like our SensoWash® shower toilets save space in small bathrooms while still providing plenty of comfort. The combination of toilet and bidet cleans gently and naturally with water.
Furniture for Small Bathrooms
Storage furniture for small bathrooms
If you're short on floor space, we recommend using the room height of your mini bathroom to create storage space. This can be achieved with tall cabinets, for example. An especially eye-catching design, the XViu models are available as a version with semi-transparent Parsol glass doors. They are also available in two different depths: either 9.5 or 14 inches (240 or 360 mm). Duravit offers a variety of bathroom furniture for small bathrooms to match the sink area, from small shelves to cabinets on casters. Also, a vanity unit can provide additional storage space that would otherwise go unused.
Mirrors and small mirrored cabinets
Small bathrooms in particular benefit from large mirrors. Mounted above the sink area, they reflect the daylight and will make your mini bathroom seem much larger. Duravit offers you the greatest range of design options with high-quality mirror and mirror cabinet solutions. A great advantage of mirror cabinets is that they have enough storage space to perfectly organize items next to your sink area. In addition to potential mirror lighting, mirror heating is also particularly convenient since it is a reliable way to make sure the mirror doesn't fog up - which is an extremely useful function, especially in small bathrooms.
Accentuating Highlights in Small Bathrooms
Lighting in small bathrooms
Choosing the right lighting with different light zones can also make small bathrooms seem more spacious. A good example of this is using brighter lighting near the sink and more subtle feel-good lighting in the shower or bath. Using indirect light, you can set beautiful accents in the room that draw attention and create a calm and relaxed atmosphere. In very small bathroom layouts, the mirror above the sink is often the only source of light. If this is the case, dimmable mirror lighting is ideal since, in addition to lateral light, it also offers ambient light and spot lighting for the area around the sink.
Accessories for small bathrooms
Small bathrooms will immediately look tidier when everything has its own place. When you incorporate high-quality bathroom accessories, you enhance the entire room. The Starck T range of accessories is coordinated with the Starck series in terms of design and the bathroom faucets in terms of material for a harmoniously furnished bathroom with a small layout. Accessories from the Karree series can be flexibly incorporated thanks to the skillful interplay of chrome, glass and the puristic shape. Whether it's a soap dish, toothbrush cup or glass shelf - the contrasting right angles will make your feel-good bathroom more dynamic. Do you prefer rounded shapes? Then accessories from the D-Code series are the ideal choice for you.
Decorating small bathrooms: Less is more
The same rules for furniture also apply to decoration. If you use décor in a targeted and discreet way, your small bathroom will not look too busy. Invest in color-coordinated bathroom textiles, such as hand towels and bath towels, as well as bath mats that add an air of coziness to your small bathroom. Individual items with color accents will be a distraction in the limited space. Decorative items from a similar color palette will round out the overall picture, and houseplants always give a fresh look to the room.
Light-colored walls for small bathrooms
In order for small bathrooms to not feel cramped, we recommend using tiles for small bathrooms only sparingly so as to make your small bathroom appear larger. Free wall space appears more open and airy. Light pastel tones or light wood also work well. A well thought-out choice of colors can make your mini bathroom appear friendlier and more spacious and open, depending on the color. Soft tones work well in such cases since they visually recede into the background.
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