Bathroom remodeling helps us make the most of our bathroom space–especially for our storage. Naturally, we store a lot of products in our bathrooms, and this is compounded in family homes where many people are sharing one space. Remodeling your bathroom gives you the chance to upgrade your style as well as how your bathroom functions, creating a room that feels less cluttered and more relaxing.
How Does My Home Benefit From Bathroom Remodeling?
While we can redecorate as often as we want, remodeling is a larger undertaking. You may lose the use of the room for a few days, and you need help from professionals instead of just taking a trip to a home design store. Because of this, homeowners usually wait to completely overhaul their bathrooms with a full remodel. However, it’s easy to assess whether you need a bathroom remodel for your home.
How is your bathroom’s wear and tear? After many years of use, some bathroom materials may start to chip or take on water damage, even with the best cleaning routine. While some materials, like natural wood and stone, last much longer than others, every material will start to break down at some point. If the wear and tear your bathroom has taken is affecting the aesthetics of your space or the function of your room, it’s probably time for bathroom remodeling.
Does the aesthetic still fit your home’s style? We update our decor throughout our homes fairly often, perhaps seasonally for small items or every few years for larger items. These rooms experience more shifts in design, and your bathroom may get left behind. A dated bathroom can break your home’s sense of design cohesion, making a full remodel a good opportunity to upgrade your bathroom’s style.
Lastly, how cluttered is your bathroom? The shower shelf you added a few years ago might not be able to hold all of the current products in your hair care routine, or maybe you’ve added to your family and are running out of space for your toothbrushes. Bathroom remodeling can help you get the most out of the space your bathroom has. By utilizing smart storage and reworking the available space, you can create a luxury bathroom layout that’s more functional, has more storage space, and also looks less cluttered visually.
Smart Space And Storage Design With Bathroom Remodeling
There are many ways to add storage with style to your home, but bathrooms can cause particular concerns. These rooms are heavily function-based, which means they need to be easy to use as well as provide water-tight storage for certain items. They’re also generally smaller than other rooms in your home, meaning they may appear more visually cluttered even without products lined up by the mirror. So how can you make your bathroom appear bigger and add more storage space?
Multifunctional Fixtures
Multifunctional fixtures are a classic way to add storage to your bathroom and reduce clutter. These include mirrored cabinets, heated towel racks, and vanities with attached basins. The key here is making your fixtures functional–not just aesthetic. Mirrored cabinets hide storage shelves and add to the visual appeal of your bathroom at the same time, making them a solid fit for almost all bathrooms. Innovations in bathroom design have made mirrored cabinets more popular than ever, with some featuring lighting and soft-close technology.
Floating Fixtures
Floating toilets or vanities may not add physical space to your bathroom, but they do open up the visual appearance of your space. These barriers of empty space bring lightness to a bathroom, while also making your space easier to clean. They work especially well in very small bathrooms without a lot of floor space.
Utilize Vertical Space
What bathrooms lack in floor space, they often make up for in vertical space. In addition to cabinets or vanity storage, vertical space is an excellent way to make the most of your bathroom’s storage capabilities. Towel racks, for example, can store your towels closer to the wall than shelves, which require folded towels. You can also create built-in shower nooks or shelves to store body wash and hair products.
Replace The Door
Bathrooms can feel cramped even without leaving space for a swinging door. Consider sliding or pocket doors to give you more usable space inside your bathroom. If your bathroom is small, like a bedroom en suite, you may find that drying mats can get caught or shifted by a swing door. Free up the extra space for more functional fixtures or storage inside the bathroom itself.
Glass And Mirrors
Any space can look larger with the right materials and color scheme. Light colors, mirrors, and glass all contribute to a space feeling more open and bright. Swap out opaque shower curtains for a glass partition wall in small bathrooms to instantly make your space feel larger than it is. Vanity mirrors and mirrored cabinets reflect the light in your bathroom, visually brightening the space. In combination with the right lighting fixtures, your bathroom can feel twice as large as it actually is.
Fill The Corners
Corners are underutilized spaces in bathrooms, but they might be some of the most useful areas when styled correctly. Corner sinks, shelving units, or storage all offer functional ways to use this space, making your bathroom easier to use and opening up the center of the room– physically and visually.
Bathroom Remodeling By Mr. Kitchen
Bathroom remodeling is more than just a design upgrade. You need a team that you can trust, a licensed remodeling contractor that’s going to assess every inch of your bathroom to make sure that remodels are up to code, custom fit, and tailored for Florida’s climate. A bathroom remodel requires an assessment of how you use your home day to day, so we can consider how to make your daily life better.
Ready to upgrade your everyday living? Start with your bathroom. Contact us today at 561-672-7306 and book a private consultation with our design team to see how we can elevate your bathroom’s style.