5 modern bathrooms that embrace colour
These real bathrooms eschew traditional white for colourful styles that spark energy and joy.
Forget wall-to-wall white, colour has taken up residence in the bathroom, and it’s here to stay. Take a look at 5 real spaces which approach colour in different ways.
Image: Day True
Bathrooms, historically, have been guilty of being a bit bland – whether that’s down to the permanence of fixtures and fittings in this space leading to less bold choices; just a sense that this space should be clean, sparse and sterile; or a reaction to those avocado and candyfloss coloured bathroom suites of the 1970s.
In recent years, however, colour has returned in a big way to these spaces, with manufacturers taking risks with coloured fixtures and homeowners introducing colour into the bathroom fearlessly. Take a look at 5 such examples which push forward with colour in interesting ways.
Guest of honour
Image: Day True, bathrooms start from £8,000
As guest bathroom is the perfect place to use colour, without the risk of those using it everyday getting weary of a bold look. This is exactly what Day True did in the renovation of this former small coat storage space in a spare bedroom, using colourful tiles from Popham which captured the homeowner’s bold personalities, and added some energy to this compact space.
Biophilic design
Image: Manyu Architects
Colour is a great way to connect a space with nature and evoke biophilic design in your bathroom – using colours that echo natural environments to spark a memory of the enjoyment of those spaces. The key of this ‘Disappearing Bathroom’ project by Manyu Architects is the window view of the garden – so much so that moveable joinery used for the door allows a throuhg-line of vision through the house to this window, while the bathroom fixtures remains hidden. This textured green paint helps to blend the indoor and outdoor spaces.
Sparking joy
Image: Ripples bathrooms, Little Big Bell
Created in collaboration with Ripples bathrooms, blogger Geraldine from Little Big Bell’s pastel bathroom uses colour more subtly. Soft pinks and blues keep the scheme apppropriately calm for a bathroom, while yellow accents ensure it’s a space that infuses its users with energy, especially important first thing in the morning.
