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Decorating Tips for
Narrow Bathrooms |
How to Make A Small Bathroom Look Bigger
You can create the illusion that a narrow bathroom is wider
and roomier than it is by using optical illusions. Light,
mirrors and simple lines are the obvious ways you can make a
narrow bathroom seem twice as large and spacious. Simplicity
of tones also plays a crucial part in making a narrow
bathroom feel bigger. The less the eye has to process, the
less busy the space feels.
Make a Narrow Bathroom Seem Wider by Decorating with Striped
Rugs
Stripes that stretch to the width of the room will make a
narrow bathroom seem wider. Instead of buying new bathroom
rugs, take your old bathroom rugs and cut them into stripes,
then mix the strips up as you sew them back into bathroom
rugs. Your whimsical, striped rugs will create the illusion
that your narrow bathroom is wider.
Make a Narrow Bathroom Seem Bigger by
Decorating with Light Colors
Paint your narrow bathroom white, then bleach your shower
curtain and towels, and spray paint your bathroom soap
dishes and tooth brush holders. By making everything white
in your narrow bathroom, you will create the illusion of
airiness, while highlighting any items of color, like your
striped rugs.
Make a Narrow Bathroom Seem Spacious
by Decorating with a Mullioned Mirror
Too many mirrors in a narrow bathroom will create a
confusing infinity effect. But you can still have the
feeling of a wider space that comes with a mirror, by spray
painting a French window pattern on the mirror. Just take an
old frame mirror, tape square paper on it with spaces in
between to create a grid (let no tape cover the grid). Spray
paint with frosted glass paint, then remove the paper. Paint
the frame of the mirror in high gloss white. (See how to
make faux French windows.)
Make a Narrow Bathroom Seem Roomy by
Decorating with Light Illusions
Your narrow bathroom will look wider if you diminish light
in the corners and focus it at the center. With the white
decor you don’t have to worry about the bathroom becoming
gloomy. And the central lighting will make your narrow
bathroom feel wider
Make a Narrow Bathroom Seem Bigger by
Decorating with a Faux Window
If you don’t have a window in your narrow bathroom, you can
easily give it a faux window to create the illusion of more
space. By using paneled picture frames, a landscape poster
and breezy white curtains to hide a neon light, you can even
make it seem as if sunshine is streaming into your narrow
bathroom. Follow the step-by-step instructions for
creating a faux window to make your narrow bathroom look
wider.
Make a Narrow Bathroom Feel Roomy by
Employing Decor that Eliminates Clutter
Clean surfaces will make your narrow bathroom seem wider.
Simply install a white mantle shelf at the end of your
narrow bathroom, and hide your clutter in decorative white
baskets. Because the shelf will reduce the length of the
room a little, it will create the illusion that your narrow
bathroom is wider. And the white baskets that keep all the
clutter hidden will increase this effect.
Make a Narrow Bathroom Feel More
Elegant and Roomy by Decorating with Molding
By lining the center, top, or bottom of your walls
with molding you can create the illusion that your narrow
bathroom is wider. Use the same crown molding as the base
molding, and match it to a chair rail molding at the center.
Or, for a simple homemade solution, Paint width lines at the
top, middle and bottom of the wall for the same widening
illusion. Alternatively, Paint the bottom half of the room
in white and the top in a sage or other light shade, and
weave subtle width lines in both to increase the illusion
that your narrow bathroom is wider.
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