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It’s all in the decoration

With your beautiful new bathroom installed; you’ll now need to think about room decoration.  It’s time to make decisions between favoured wall coverings like tiles, paint and wallpaper…

 

First things first

Humidity levels in bathrooms rise and fall more than in most other rooms.  With so much moisture in the air, you need to ensure that you have adequate ventilation in the bathroom.  This should have been considered during the design and installation of your new bathroom.  If not, make sure any necessary changes are completed before you start on the decoration.

 

Light and shade

Lighting is another consideration before you decorate. Different lighting options can change the way your wall design looks.

Its a good idea to first check out the room both in full daylight and by artificial light – Where does the light shine? Where are the dark corners?  Consider all of these things when choosing the wall decor.

 

Wall Options


Tiles:

A functional choice which has many designer options.  There are a vast range of tiles available; from mosaics and pebbles to real stone, glass, ceramics and many more.

Travertine Wall Tiles

Travertine Wall Tiles

 

Paint:

The cheapest option – and easy to update.  Choose an oil-based paint for the bathroom such as gloss or eggshell.  Both of these help to protect from moisture, and are easier to wipe down.

Bare in mind that painted walls are likely to show the runs of condensation, inevitable in a bathroom.  The paint will need to withstand regular bathroom cleaning.

Paint also gives a wide colour choice, with literally thousands of different shades on the market – some retailers even offer colour-match services to create the ideal hue.

 

Painted Bathrooms

Painted bathrooms are simple yet effective

 

Wallpaper:

Wallpaper has come back into fashion over the last few years – it can be perfect for adding a feature wall to your living space. This trend is now beginning to find its way into bathrooms too.

A word of warning though: make sure the wallpaper is suitable for the bathroom, and then only use it if your bathroom is well ventilated.  Otherwise you can suffer mould problems or paper lifting.

Bathroom Wallpaper

Bathroom Wallpaper (via Houzz)

These are just a few of the options to choose from when decorating your bathroom. Of course you don’t have to choose just one – you could employ different wall coverings for different areas of the room: Paint the room one colour, wallpaper a feature wall, and tile around the bath and shower?

The possibilities could be endless when you look at all the different tiles, wallpaper designs, and paint colours to choose from. The fun part is designing these finishing touches to reflect your personal style.

 

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