Stylish and versatile bathroom design in black and white

A warm palm glides over a smooth, cool surface. Black and white planes, lines, spots intersect, refract space, form something unusual, fantastic and, at the same time, cozy around itself. The light from the ceiling and wall lamps seems to be sprayed, dissolved in the air. What is it? It is impeccable ... a bathtub in black.

The bathroom must be spotless

The use of black color in the design of the bathroom, materials of various textures, dullness and gloss, will create an interesting play of light and shadow, expand the space, give the room an exclusive look. You can use the emphasized contrast in the design, additionally beating it with light, furniture, plumbing, or, conversely, add notes of softness, introducing additional tones and midtones.

Soft lighting will bring a little warmth. You are in stark contrast.

The characteristic stylistic orientation of the interior, which must be determined even at the stage of preparation of the design project, will give special expressiveness.

Take care of the style of your future bathroom

The style decides everything ...

For a bathroom in black and white, stylistic directions are perfect:

• classic;
• vintage
• high tech;
• Art Deco;
• modern.

A hi-tech design requires a minimum of accessories, sharp lines, geometric shapes, a maximum of metal parts and mirror surfaces.

High-tech bathroom combines extreme minimalism and sharp lines

Art Deco is emphasized by the monumentality of forms, luxury finishes, the presence of spectacular carved, curved furniture parts, original lamps.

Art Deco bathroom teems with carvings

Art Nouveau is more democratic, less demanding on plumbing, accessories. Geometric and floral ornaments, simple, standard storage systems will fit well into this style.

Modern extends the scope of the bathroom

Vintage style is ideal for designing a bathroom in black and white, original antique furniture is in harmony with modern fixtures, and the interior can be highlighted with retro-style photographs, original prints on the walls, and textiles.

Vintage famously combines vintage accessories and modern plumbing

The good old classics will require high-quality expensive finishes, good, solid plumbing, exquisite accessories.

Chic classic bathroom style requires justifiable casualties

Having decided on the style, you can proceed to a detailed study of the design project.

Background or accent? No, proportionality ...

When choosing finishing materials for the floor, walls, and ceiling, it is important to determine which planes will be monophonic, create a background, and which ones are worth highlighting, make accent. It is necessary to take into account the features of the room: its size, shape, height. Large details harmoniously look in such an interior, and a large number of small details are tiring.

Create harmony in the bathroom with large and expressive details

The most common finishes.

1. The white ceiling and the white top of the walls, the floor and the lower part of the walls are dark.
2. The walls are black and the floor with white fixtures and furniture.
3. Completely white walls, black flooring, accents in the form of decorative panels, borders, accessories.
4. The use of ornaments - geometric (in the form of stripes, cells, shapes), vegetation on a contrasting background.
5. The allocation of functional areas, for example, shower, in one color.

Decorate the walls with a fancy black and white ornament

In rooms of small area for most surfaces it is more convenient to use white color, which visually increases the space.

White color spreads the walls of a small bathroom

In bathrooms with a high ceiling, a combination of black top and light bottom will be effective. This combination visually reduces the ceiling level, expands the lower part of the room.

The black top and white floor will expand the walls and lower the ceiling

Decorative inserts made of tiles, mosaics, ceramic elements, ornaments and prints are expressive, rhythmic, dynamic. The floor with alternating contrasting fragments in the coating often becomes accentuated in a monochrome design. Prints with human figures, faces, city buildings look original. Plant motifs will soften the sharpness of geometric shapes and bring softness and fluidity to the bathroom.

The expressive dynamics of the ornament on the floor will correctly emphasize

Lightness and airiness will be given to the interior by glass shelves, glass shower cabins and partitions, mirrors, glossy surfaces.

Glass surfaces and gloss add air to the design.

As accent elements, you can use shelves, facades of cabinets and stands, mirror frames, towel holders, toiletries, window frames, door trim.

The gilded mirror frame against the black walls looks spectacular

Neutral color scheme - all shades of gray with tinted transitions or contrast. Gray color softens, deepens the achromatic harmony of black and white.

Gray tones soften sharp transitions between contrasting colors.

Black and white interior is easily and effectively “diluted” with bright colors. Color spots - red, yellow, orange will give dynamism, passion; saturated turquoise, blue, green tones - coolness and tranquility. The mood of such an interior is very easy to change, adding colorful accessories, towels, curtains to it.

Hot colors will warm the cool black and white range of the bathroom

Plumbing, furniture, contrasts

Furniture is selected according to the principle of contrast to wall decoration, flooring. Against the black background, the white color of the plumbing stands out and vice versa.

The beauty of the lines of white home decoration will be emphasized by the contrasting background

Dark plumbing and furniture with dark facades look unusual.

Black plumbing looks monumental

Softness, warmth and coziness will be brought on by wooden surfaces, furniture made of natural wood or finished in wood, wooden frames for mirrors, hinged wooden shelves for storing toiletries, wooden window frames, door leafs.

Wooden elements give a black-and-white bathtub an inhabited look

Wooden furniture brings a natural touch to the bathroom

Such important tips

If you decide to design your bathroom in style, then take advantage of the experience of practical designers.

1. Dark color visually reduces the room, so for small bathrooms it is preferable to do white in the background. You can lay out the floor with dark, on such a floor white plumbing - a bathtub, toilet bowl, bidet will look very advantageous.
2. Bright lighting is necessary for the design of the bathroom in black, because this color actively absorbs the light coming from the fixtures. Transform the bathroom, emphasize the beauty, sophistication of a discreet design, the backlight will help, colored LED strips will add brightness and expressiveness to the interior.
3. The yellowish lamps in the lamps will bring a feeling of warmth, coziness, and the cold bluish light - freshness, coolness.
4. With black and white stripes it is good to balance a disproportionate space - vertical ones will visually increase the height of the room, horizontal ones will expand the volume.
5. Another feature of black is the smoothing of corners, so clear geometric shapes of dark color in furniture, plumbing, accessories, wall and ceiling decoration are welcome.
6. The monochrome design of the bathroom is simple to diversify with bright details, for example, a red rug and a towel in tone. It is important that there are not many such bright accents, so as not to burden the interior, not to overload it with color.
7. Fine-patterned tiles are best used only on one wall or strip on a plain background to avoid the ripple effect, especially noticeable in contrasting interiors.
8. If an ornament is created using a contrasting tile, it is necessary to first perform the layout of the required size in order to evaluate the result in volume and avoid possible overload, randomness.

White plumbing looks advantageous on a black background

With all the indisputable advantages of such a bathroom design, it has a significant drawback - clearly noticeable pollution, dust, dried drops of water, stains from detergents, limescale. To maintain the perfect cleanliness of the bathroom, made in a dark color, you will have to make no less effort than for a white bathroom.

Timely care will preserve the spectacular appearance of a black and white bath

To create a harmonious space, the design must be carefully thought out, the balance of black and white, bright accents must be observed.

The balance of black and white brings peace

Refined bathroom luxury

Is it possible to start your day with sophistication, luxury and chic? Yes, if you have a black and white bathroom.

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