I want to decorate my windowless bathroom i know i could use mirrors to lighten it up is there anything else?

Question

this would have to be a diy job no pro

Answer 1

have lived in a house for 20 years with this problem - have tried everything from dodgy wall paper to every shade of paint you can
imagine - am assuming your bathroom is tiny like mine - this is what we have now found works:

White bath, basin etc with chrome
White tiles
White Shower curtain
chrome accessories paper holder/bin/ mirror
tiles floor was too much so removed and replaced with a clever
vinyl strip flooring that looks like wood in very light shade.

with this you can ring changes by changing colour of towels and
pictures etc (I have one set of blue another of lilac and just for my insane days white!!) get loads of comments ' oh have you decorated your bathroom gain?' when all i have done is changed
towels,pictures and other tiny items.

All woodwork in matt white paint
Good lighting is essential as is good extractor fan!
Only thing I do warn you of is Cleaning - it has to be A1 perfect
as all that white shows even the slightest dirty mark but I use a steamer to clean and its done in a jiffy

Answer 2

Mirrors work well but try some mirror squares(adhesive backed) instead of traditional ones..you can make a design shape from them making each one different from the other on different walls...such as a triangle,diamond etc...paint could be a light color as well,or running a border thru the bathroom
along the wall about a foot dropped down from the ceiling tends to heighten
a room,make the decor cheery & bright and not very cluttered,maybe usiing a theme such as celestial suns,or stars or moons..good luck!

Answer 3

Mirrors. Could you put 'sunken' lighting in the ceiling, or is it to difficult? If you can do it make sure you get the correct class of lighting.

If tiling, or painting over existing tiles, make sure that any coloured band is around hip height as it makes the room seem taller. The best thing for small rooms is to use largish white tiles & have a middle strip of a darker colour (blue mozaic is good). Large tiles actually make a small space seem larger, the reverse is also true.

If there is any wood or seagrass boxes make sure they are light in colour.

Someone else suggested making a 'false' window. DONT. I did this a couple of apartments back & it just focussed my mind on the fact that there was no window.

Answer 4

You could mount a set of shutters in a frame on the wall and light them up from behind with a fluorescent tube.

We did the same thing when doing a promotion at the Ideal home show and they looked just like windows. Have a look at the picture.

Shutters are not the cheapest option, you could do the same with just frosted glass with a light behind.

Answer 5

try and use only soft pastel colours throughout the bath room (eg creamy egg yellow, and light browns are still very en vogue) and try to avoid any use of dark wood, bleached or white painted is ok. it is also ok to use chrome metal and mirrors throughout to balance out the soft tones. whatever u d do not use any prints of any kinds (flowers, cartoon characters, butterflies) on the linen, walls, floor, ceiling or shower curtain - single colours only. and do stay away from pinks, lilac, purple and orange colours go for natural pastel colours (green, blue , brown, cream) it is ok to use one counter colour (eg if you have beige interior it might be nice to use bordeaux towels or within a green interior the colour dark brown might be nice, blue however can only be com bined with either cream or white or as a last resort navy blue) hope this helps
good luck (dont be fooled by makes very often the cheapest paint turns out to be the best!)

Answer 6

it might be a good idea to use lightbulbs with the wavelength of natural light. These are becoming more widely available now, and are often the long-lasting eco-friendly bulbs too. These bulbs provide a light that is much more like natural daylight, as opposed to the obviously artificial light of some lamps and bulbs. Natural wavelength bulbs are great for use in other rooms too, especially for sufferers of Seasonal Affective Disorder, as this is linked to the reduction in natural light over the winter months.

Answer 7

can you use light colours, this will give a "feeling" of space rather than using dark colours. White is the best colour to paint your walls, and a light peach bath or light green bath is great. Erm, you can get directional lights, (3 point lights) so you have three different sources of light, to light up different areas of the room. This last method will work great, and use powerful lights as it is a bathroom you want the lights to be bright as possibly to give a feeling of cleanliness and sanitation. Peace sister.

Answer 8

You can actually buy tiles that have lights built into them. They are very expensive though, but look stunning when there up. Sounds like you need lots of crisp clean light. Go for spots to give you a nice sparkle. What about hanging up pictures of the outdoors, landscapes etc. and shining a spot light on them?

Answer 9

Adding more lighting to a bathroom gives it a more hygenic feel. Also put more lighter coloured towels in it. More mirrors as you have mentioned. Chrome in the bathroom adds sophistication, better than wooden rails which are dark & boring.

Think 'bright'

Answer 10

You could dress the mirror with a window frame and shutters to look like a window, and make the inside of the shutters shelves for storage.