Design A Black Bathroom

Chrome fixtures offer sharp contrast with black tubs and showers.

Though overuse of black decor in a smaller bathroom can cause the room to feel small, black accents and fixtures can add a posh and modern edge to your motif. Patterned walls featuring black and white animal print, houndstooth, pinstripes or polka dots keep the room from feeling closed up, while bright accents in hot pink, lime green and electric blue give the room a youthful feel. Platinum and chrome accents are versatile enough to use in a variety of decor styles and can transition easily through redecorating and changed motifs.

Instructions

1. Establish a budget for your bathroom design. Include the costs of new black bathtubs, sinks and toilets as well as the installation and related tools or supplies. You will also need to account for paint, wallpaper and other basic decor in addition to accents, linens and other bath accessories to incorporate black, along with white, red or other colors, into your decor.

2. Determine what to completely change within the bathroom versus what to update with paint or a new finish. This is often heavily reliant on the budget for each element of the renovation or redesign. Simple coats of paint are inexpensive ways to revitalize a space and can introduce a new color without requiring the permanent change tile or bathtubs can. Stripes, damask patterns or traced and stenciled black and white designs add contrast.

3. Plan the redesign, including any rearranging of fixtures, additions or removals to the space and a general look at the overall design for the room. Use graphing paper to create a scale drawing of the space and to help you determine sizes and orientation of fixtures. While planning the redesign, decide what items will integrate black into the design.

4. Paint and accessorize the bathroom, using several coats of a glossy or semi-gloss paint. Accent with reusable black and white, black and red or black and silver wall decals or a wallpaper border. Often wallpaper panels in bathrooms are damaged by the humidity and repeated moisture exposure, so borders can retain the benefits of wallpaper without the risk of warping or peeling. Decorate with linens that complement the chic new shade of your bathroom.

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