I’m calling it now, our family bathroom has one of the smallest footprints for a family of five. However, I’ve never really understood the need for a large, luxurious bathroom. You’re not all in there at the same time, right? And you’re only in there to do one of three things.
We’ve never found our teeny tiny bathroom to feel small, however, and it’s down to a few simple tricks to save and streamline the space. Check them out below. Can you use them in your small bathroom? Let me know if you try them out.
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1. Feature Mirror
You’ve probably read the tricks every Interior Designer implements to make a small space feel bigger, and that likely includes installing a large mirror to reflect the light. That’s not why I installed this mirror. I wanted to draw visitors attention to the funky, wonky, organic mirror on the wall rather than focusing on the fact the bathroom is barely larger than a broom cupboard. Divert their attention elsewhere, and they won’t notice the small footprint. You can find a similar mirror here.
2. ‘Secret’ Storage
This secret storage won’t have you reaching for the DIY toolkit and installing hidden cupboards. Instead, reuse those stylish little pots and tubs that once contained shampoo or body creams. Give them a good wash, fill with those smaller items like cotton buds, cotton pads or bath salts, and put on display on shelves and in alcoves. My co-wash comes in an on-trend brown opaque tub, so I used the above method and no one even knows that it contains cotton buds!
3. Contoured Furniture
Now this one, I’m quite proud of. When we planned the small bathroom, it looked like I was facing the grim reality of having a 1980’s style corner sink. All the countertops we’d seen left us with an awkward angle that would have had us side stepping past to use the toilet.
Instead, I wanted to create something organic that didn’t feel out of place and ‘flowed’ naturally with the toilet beside it. So, before installing the toilet, we turned it upside down and traced the contours of the bowl on to a scrap piece of plywood. We gave this to our carpenter who then shaped the countertop for us.
4. Lidded Storage Baskets
No one needs to have their personables on display, so tuck away those bathroom products in stylish, lidded storage baskets, stack ‘em up and no-one need ever know. Unless they go snooping.
I found the exact ones we have on Amazon here.
5. Built-In Recesses
If you can do this, do it. Shelves, unless recessed, will protrude from the walls, and when you’re contending with an already tight space you don’t need to be sidestepping the shelves to avoid injury.
We had a small recess built in behind our shower to allow easy-access to products but without sacrificing air space.
6. Utilize Doors
The simple act of placing hooks on the back of the door can ease congestion of towels and robes, as well as providing a great place to hang handled baskets and stow products like toilet paper and spare towels. I found these angled peg hooks at great value for a set of 6.
7. Squeeze
Use every single nook available to you, and don’t feel you have to follow convention. The proposed footprint of what our small bathroom was going to be during the planning stage differed completely from what we went ahead with, simply because we tried out different layouts on site and managed to squeeze the bathtub in to a nook.
There you have it! Small spaces can be mighty spaces, you just need to handle them a little differently. I share more over on my Instagram so be sure to check me out and give me a follow!
Kelly x
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