Many modern apartments, as well as Soviet-era housing, do not please with the spacious bathrooms. But even if only 4 square meters are available. m., there are ways to make this area cozy and functional, having placed here everything you need. The decoration of the miniature size room is becoming a fascinating occupation.
Layout Features
Bathroom happens:
- a deaf room without a window;
- with a window;
- angular;
- located between other rooms;
- combined with a toilet;
- separated from him.
All of these factors have to be repelled, starting a device with a comfortable small bathroom.
If the project, according to which the apartment was built, suggested the availability of a separate bathroom, to expand the space of this part of the house, you can swing at the demolition of the wall separating one room from another. But such drastic measures are possible if it is convenient for all members of the household. If the family is large, the combination of different functional parts of the bathroom is irrational.
Then there is no other way but to use a bathroom limited by square meters. When planning a renovated room, every centimeter of available space should be taken into account.. This applies to the installation of niches, including under the ceiling and in the area of water pipes, the use of methods of incorporating specially selected equipment: a washing machine, toilet bowl, bathtub or shower.
Sometimes in such rooms even the transfer of the entrance is justified. If you find a place in the corner for the doorway, it will become easier to arrange furniture and sanitary ware.
Style solutions
Any bathroom is not just a place where hygiene issues are solved.Even without a specific goal, I want to stay here for a while to relax and be alone. One or another design helps to tune in to the desired wave, which correlates with the ideas about the beauty and comfort of the residents of the house.
The modern market of finishing materials, furniture and plumbing allows you to implement almost any style decisions - from modern to classic.
Of the most fashionable today - eco style. The design uses natural motifs, which are emphasized. The main color is cream or beige. Naturally for ecostyle use and green. The texture of the finish is wood or mosaic.
At the same time, glossy elements that visually push the space are important.
Modern style approaches allow you to combine gray and red colors in the interior. At the same time, gray is the main one, and red is used as a complement. Here, shades of dark wood will be appropriate, emphasizing the depth of the primary colors.
Arranging such an interior, you will have to think through all its components well in order to avoid a feeling of crowding. The specialist is quite capable of managing even dark shades so that the area of the bathroom of such a small size is not visually compressed. To do this, most often use finishing elements of the same tone with a glossy effect. Thanks to this, they do not stand out too much against the main background and do not create the effect as if the room was filled with excess objects.
However, connoisseurs of classics may not worry that the interior of their bathroom will seem unfashionable to someone. Classic style is always relevant. Light finishes and a multi-colored mosaic floor will present the available space in a favorable light, emphasizing traditional motifs in the design. Also, an oval-shaped mirror will look best here.
Very relevant in a small bathroom and marine theme. Beige mosaics combined with large blue tiles will create the right impression. Space, thanks to this combination, will seem more voluminous and spacious.
It is well emphasized by the marine style of the floor, finished in sand tones in combination with blue wall decoration, and the decor of the interior elements in stone. It is advisable to supplement the desired atmosphere with spot lights.
Color spectrum
The design involves a wide variety of colors in the decoration of the bathroom, but traditionally light shades are used here. This is the simplest solution for a room with an area of only 4 square meters, especially when people who make repairs at home do not have special knowledge in the field of art.
Basic in this case is most often chosen White color. At the same time, it does not so much make the space more, but gives more light than other finishes. They should not get carried away. Do not confuse the home bathroom with the hospital - just such associations arise when looking at a snow-white bathroom.
In addition, the eyes get tired from the glare that the glossy white surface creates, and in such an environment it becomes simply boring.
The best partners for white in a small bathroom are:
- blue;
- greenish blue;
- Ivory;
- pearl gray;
- peach;
- beige.
When decorating a miniature bathroom, you can take two tones of one auxiliary color or just use paired colors, for example, blue and blue. At the same time, the contrast of tones in a limited space has the right to exist, however, the contrast should not be deliberate, and there is not too much bright tone. For example, elements of red color on a white base will make the bathroom stylish, if not sorted out with the number of bright inclusions.
When using two colors, for example, when finishing with tiles, elements of auxiliary color can be supplemented with a pattern.
In a bathtub of a minimum size, very careful use large bright drawings. From a short distance, their beauty is still not appreciated, but there is a risk to visually reduce the already cramped room.
In the same time mosaic, including a set of different shades, is able to blur the boundaries of the room and hide the flaws of the layout.
When choosing a color is best guided own preferences, rather than fashion trends or other people's tips. Repair is done for a long time, and you will have to admire the interior once created for more than one year.
It is important that going into such a room, during all this time there is no desire to leave it right there. “Wrong repair” will want to be redone earlier than planned, and it is good if there is a sufficient amount for this.
Finish options
Also of great importance for the perception and comfort of a small bathroom is the choice of finishing materials for the floor, walls and ceiling, which should be not only beautiful, but also moisture resistant.
Walls
Traditionally, to create the interior of the bathroom are used:
- plastic panels;
- ceramic tile;
- marble;
- agglomerate;
- special paint.
For the bathroom, the usual is best suited painting walls with moisture resistant paint.
In order for such a finish to look beautiful, you will have to carefully consider the preliminary alignment of the walls. If they are crooked, the paint will only underline the flaws.
A much more solid view of the room happens if the walls are decorated ceramic tiles. This is a classic when creating an interior in bathrooms. Walls with such a coating are reliably protected from moisture, and the set of colors of finishing materials in stores is so large that any design idea can be realized.
Plastic panels much more economical when "glossing" in a damp room. It’s easy to mount them, and the choice of colors is not bad. You can choose the finish even for stone, at least for ceramic tiles. For little money there is the opportunity to give the bathroom a decent look. At the same time, this finish will last a long time.
The only trouble with these materials is their fragility, although damaged fragments can be replaced.
Agglomerate is good because it does not wear, does not leak moisture. You can choose the material of any shade depending on the pigment added during its production.
But it must be borne in mind that since it is essentially pressed stone chips, the sinter has considerable weight, and this is not always appropriate for decoration.
Even a small marble bathroom looks like a part of a palace. In addition, this is a very durable material that can withstand even strong blows with heavy objects - anything happens in everyday life. Therefore, if something happens, premature repair is not needed.
However, it must be borne in mind that wall decoration with this material is not a cheap pleasure. In this case, since the marble is porous, moisture penetrates into it. It requires special treatment to prevent stains from appearing on the surface of the marble wall. It must always be wiped dry. Also, when rubbing such a surface, household compositions containing chlorine cannot be used - it damages the structure of the finishing stone.
Floor
To finish the floor in the bathroom most often use:
- linoleum;
- ceramic tile;
- Self-leveling floors.
Linoleum allows you to inexpensively solve the problem of flooring in the bathroom, although it has only a thin waterproof layer. Experts advise using linoleum in a damp room without a substrate, which suffers from the penetration of drops through the seams. In this sense, its durability depends on the quality of laying of the finishing material, as well as the safety of everything under it.
When choosing linoleum, you also need to give preference to options with a rough surface, so that after repair, if liquid gets on the floor, it does not slip.
At the same time, when installing heavy objects in the bathroom like a washing machine, you need to be prepared for the fact that traces of them will certainly be printed on the coating.
Application of bulk floors - A relatively recent phenomenon in design, which opens up enormous artistic possibilities in creating interiors. Very realistic looks sea foam underfoot or a flower meadow.
Such a coating is easy to wash, since it is absolutely smooth and there are no microcracks - the reasons for the spread of microbes. This surface resists mechanical stress and chemical attack.
However, giving preference to finishing the bathroom floor in this technique, it should be noted that pleasure is not cheap, and liquid polyurethane, which is used during installation, is highly flammable. And if the likelihood of such a development of events is small, then the heavy smell will still not escape. It reassures that after hardening from toxins, even memories are not left.
Ceramic floor tiles in the bathroom, in contrast to the bulk floor, are used more often. It is more familiar and affordable. As well as for walls, you can choose a tile of various colors, externally imitating any texture. But we must take into account that the surface of the floor must be properly prepared, and the tiles themselves must be laid wisely using the correct grout. Such a business will have to be entrusted to a specialist whose services also cost a certain amount.
It is better not to choose the cheapest version of the tile, so that walking on the floor was safe even in conditions when drops fall under your feet, or even water is pouring.
Ceiling
You can finish the ceiling in a small bathroom in different ways:
- use a tension structure;
- to paint;
- apply a mirror.
Stretch ceiling it is increasingly used in the decoration of bathrooms, including the minimum in size. Usually choose the option with a glossy surface that creates the impression of a three-dimensional space. The advantage of the design is that it is easy to wash. It is recommended to use this finish in rooms with good ventilation. If there is a flood in the house, it will take the whole blow, but after the water is drained, a fungus can develop under the ceiling itself.
This is likely if there is no ventilation hole in the gap between the stretch ceiling and the present.
The budget solution is to use special paint. The plus is that it is easy to paint the ceiling yourself, it is only important to properly prepare the surface and choose the paint itself in the store - if it is “wrong”, there is a risk that mold will start on the ceiling.
A mirrored ceiling in a small bathroom is a good solution, as it significantly expands the space. Moreover, this design is resistant to moisture, easy to install, even if the "native" ceiling is uneven. However, there are difficulties in caring for a mirror coating, as with any mirror. It is not easy to get rid of stains on it, especially taking into account the fact that you have to keep your hands up for a long time while cleaning, which is very tiresome.
When choosing finishing materials, there are no ideal solutions, but the optimal one can be chosen, achieving the desired effect and the degree of functionality that you rely on when creating an interior four-meter bathroom.
The choice of furniture and plumbing
A significant part of any bathroom is occupied directly by the bath. If we are talking about a cramped room, many people come to mind replacing it with a shower. If the presence of a bath is essential, you can opt for a design in which a shower and bath are combined.
As for the toilet, for a combined small bathroom it is better to choose the corner option or the wall. You can pick up a plumbing device in the store in which there is no drain tank, and flushing is carried out by force. This will help to avoid the feeling of clutter in the room.
The washing machine for a cramped bathroom will have to buy a compact. A machine in which you can wash a bunch of linen of the same color at once will not go into it. But when buying sinks and washers, it makes sense to take care of how to combine them into a compact design.
The combination will save a decent piece of valuable area, if the sink is installed above the machine.
It will be logical to pick up for the bathroom white furniture. The place will have metal and glass elements. It is no coincidence that open shelves in niches and under a mirror are made of such materials. All these things do not look bulky in a cramped room, supporting the illusion of spaciousness.
Good examples
The ideas for designing a small bathroom and placing everything necessary for hygiene in it are very diverse.
- The angular design of the shower with transparent walls, a compact washbasin with a curbstone and a small toilet are easily placed on 4 "squares".
- The lack of free space in the bathroom is “masked” by design techniques - a mosaic coating on the floor and a large mirror.
- Finishing in gray tones is not at all boring if the walls are in a small pattern. This is just what you need for a small bathroom. The design under the mirror successfully combines a sink and a washing machine.
