Bathroom remodels often raise the overall value of a home.
Create a bathroom portfolio, whether for personal use in your own home remodeling projects or for professional use, by putting together a cohesive picture of your tastes and style. In order to this, choose the schemes that best showcase what interior design means to you and create rooms that reflect your visions. Gather pictures, material samples and sketch down ideas in a way that others understand what your design plan is.
Grand
Designing a large space is sometimes just as difficult as a small one.
Large bathrooms offer residents an oasis inside their own home. Minimalism is an option for designing a space to keep it open and clean looking. Other ideas include creating a spa-like feel to the room with warm colors and luxurious fixtures. Add architectural features such as arches and columns for a stately presence.
Small
Small bathrooms do not have to lack color.
Smaller bathrooms do not have to be boring or nonfunctional. Layout is of the utmost important when dealing with less square footage. Consider creating rooms for your portfolio that have shower stalls instead of tubs and pedestal sinks instead of vanities. Using small tiles to create patterns, especially along the floor, and opens the space visually, making it appear larger than what it really is.
Modern
Minimalism is a modern interior design style.
Modern and contemporary styles encompass many different ideas. Bathrooms that are black and white and full of chrome and glass may be considered just as modern as an eco-friendly, green-designed bathroom filled with natural fiber materials. The trick to having a well-rounded portfolio of contemporary designs is to add all of the trendiest styles alongside designs of what a modern feel looks like to you.
Traditional
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Traditional bathrooms are another style that may encompass different ideas. The best way to add these designs to your portfolio are through using conventional materials. Examples include stained wood vanities, classic tile that is not too bold or bright and a simple layout that makes the space function flawlessly.
Vintage
Restoring a bathroom to its former glory is a specialty of some designers. Hours upon hours may be spent searching for the right tile or wallpaper that fits in with the era of a home. Luckily, companies do offer to reproduce elements based on your specifications. So, if you find a scrap of wallpaper that is just right for a bathroom remodel, they will create as much as you need to finish the room. Include in your portfolio bathrooms that recreate the feel of a certain era without having the expense of authentic reproductions. For example, use an old armoire that is repainted to house linens in rather than a modern closet built-in to the room.
Retro
Work with old tile in a bathroom design to keep the authenticity of the home intact.
Retro designs in bathrooms are usually defined as being from the decades of the '50s, '60s or '70s. They do not fall into the vintage category with most designers as they are not considered to be as timeless or classic. (Picture some of the modern designs in today's age 40 or 50 years from now.) Still, the retro style holds dear to many individuals from the era and should be included in your design portfolio. Bold color and patterns, mixed together in ways that seem to clash but somehow works are a staple in this style.
Themed
Reflect themes with decor and accessories that may be taken out if tastes change.
To add these types of designs to your portfolio, you have two main choices: you can go big or you can be subtle. For example, an ocean-themed room may have a full-fledged mural above the tub and a seashell chandelier or it may just have cool tones with a stripe of blue seaglass along the wall to reflect the water.
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