When you make repairs in your apartment, then most often you try to adhere to a single concept in the arrangement of the interior. An important role in creating coziness is played by accessories. In our article today we will introduce you to toilet accessories: their varieties, features of choice and use in different interior styles.
Features
Since the toilet is a room that has its own specifics, and besides, it is often small in size, its accessories have their own characteristics. Consider them.
- Any bathroom - combined or separate, is a room with a high level of humidity. Based on this, you should carefully consider the choice of materials from which accessories will be made. For example, textiles and raw wood will not last long under such conditions. But plastic, metal, glass or wooden (processed) things will come in handy.
- Minimum items, maximum functionality - this is what should be your starting point when choosing toilet accessories. You must clearly understand what you really need in this room, and without which you can do.
The dimensions of each item should correspond to the parameters of the toilet room. It would be absurd to look at a single toilet brush, lonely standing in a corner in a spacious room, it would be just as stupid to try to squeeze a large newspaper counter into the bathroom, where it’s even hard to turn around.
Varieties
Well, now let's find out what accessories for the toilet room can be found on sale today.
- Ruff with a glass. Nobody needs to be acquainted with him in detail - he is in every house. It can be placed both on the floor (floor) and on the wall (wall).
- Toilet paper holder. This accessory is made of various materials and can be of any color. Most preferred are chrome paper holders. They often come with a hanging toilet brush.
- Trash can. Many people prefer to throw used toilet paper and hygiene bags into trash bins located directly in the bathroom. The peculiarity of such a bucket is that it must be hermetically sealed in order to prevent the entry of unpleasant odors into the room, and have a foot pedal to open the lid.
- Floor mat. This product carries both aesthetic and practical functions. It is much more pleasant to place bare feet not on a cold tile, but on a warm and soft coating. When choosing such a rug, make sure that it has a non-slip base.
- Multifunctional floor stand "3 in 1". A very convenient little thing that allows you to organize space and save space in the toilet. Includes ruff, paper holder and stand for air freshener. Since the product is placed on the floor, it does not require drilling walls for installation, which is also an indisputable advantage. Made of stainless steel. It has a modern, stylish appearance and rather compact dimensions, due to which it will fit into any interior.
- If you are the owner of a spacious toilet room with a bidet installed in it, you should be interested in such an accessory as dispenser - special container with dispenser lid for storing liquid hygiene products. At first it may seem that he is not needed at all, but this will be a mistake. Let us explain our point of view: all these funds are available in different bottles, the appearance of which sometimes leaves much to be desired.
Having poured them into a dispenser, in harmony with the design of your toilet, you can stick to the chosen style concept and save money: sometimes intimate hygiene products are sold in large containers without dispensers, but at very attractive prices.
- A holder for newspapers, books and magazines, or a magazine rack. A lot of people like to read on the toilet. For such book readers, this accessory was invented. It can be of two types: wall and floor. The floor version is often supplemented with shelves for toilet paper and air freshener. It is made from materials such as textiles (floor bag), processed wood, rattan, chrome, plastic. A wall holder requires drilling walls for installation, however, such a newspaper rack is often chosen by people whose bathroom area is very small.
This is understandable: the accessory placed on the wall does not take up the usable area near the floor where you can put a brush or a trash can. And to pull out newspapers and magazines from a bag hanging at a convenient height is always more comfortable than bending down behind them.
Colors and materials
The most common materials for making toilet accessories are:
- chromed stainless steel;
- ceramics;
- glass;
- plastic;
- processed wood.
The color gamut of such products is extensive:
- shades of the sea are most often used: blue, blue, blue-green, Tiffany;
- those who design the toilet in a minimalistic monochrome can choose accessories in white, black, gray and metallic colors;
- if you like muted classics, take a look at the products of beige, dairy, light brown with gold patterns;
- bright accessories (red, orange, purple, yellow) will be an excellent color accent in the interior of the toilet room.
How to choose?
The choice of accessories for the bathroom is based on the same principles that you rely on when choosing accessories for the rest of the rooms, namely:
- a combination of selected items among themselves and the correspondence of the chosen design concept;
- simplicity in leaving;
- functionality: it is advisable to purchase accessories “3 in 1” in order to save usable space;
- a specific requirement related to the characteristics of the room is moisture resistance.
Use in different styles
The toilet should not get out of the general style of the apartment, which means we are learning to design it in accordance with it.
- Style eco the use of natural materials and natural colors is inherent, so we choose accessories from rattan, processed wood or a woven unpainted fabric. The floor mat can be sand or green (depending on the color of the tile).
- Monochrome colors, metal details, fancy or, conversely, deliberately simple forms - most likely your bathroom is decorated in the style of hi-tech, minimalism or modern.
- Cozy country and charming Provence involve the use of artificially aged, vintage accessories made of ceramic or wood. A floor mat, stylized as woven from straw, will come in handy.
- Decor classic style carried out by selecting items made in the old palace style. Monograms, gilding, white primary color will be very appropriate.
Placement of accessories
Before you purchase and begin to place accessories in the toilet room, you must make careful measurements and determine your location for each item, so that you don’t have to puzzle over where to put this or that thing, which will be both beautiful and convenient. There are several recommendations on this subject:
- if you are hanging a newspaper rack, paper holder, shelf for an air freshener or dispenser on the wall, make sure that you will not touch it and hit it over and over again;
- sit down on the toilet and make sure that everything you need will be available to you at arm's length;
- if your bathroom is equipped with a bidet, hang a towel next to it, making sure that it does not fall there, accidentally breaking off the hook, and that it will be convenient for you to get it.
Below, watch a video describing the additional accessories for the toilet.
