If you feel like count­less other folks who con­sider their bath­room to be noth­ing more than a shiny glare of fix­tures and tile, try re-thinking how your bath­room can be. It is not that dif­fi­cult to do, since all you need is your imag­i­na­tion to fig­ure how you want it to look and feel. Here are a few design tips on bath­room theme acces­sories that will warm up the bath­room in no time.
Bath­rooms, like every other room in a house, should be themed because it gives the space a mood and adds your per­son­al­ity to your lit­tle cor­ner of the world. It is where you can say, by design, what is most impor­tant to you. There are hun­dreds of design themes to pick from, includ­ing coun­try, dolls, sea life or even vil­las on the Mediter­ranean. The choice is yours, so choose the theme that you want. It is a good idea to pick a theme that matches, or at least cor­re­lates with other design styles in your home. That way, it will not be too busy, or out of tune with other areas of the house.
If you have a bath­room that small, you are not out of sync with oth­ers since bath­rooms in older homes were lit­er­ally carved out of small clos­ets. Even if you are one of the unfor­tu­nate ones that do have a tiny bath­room, you can still dec­o­rate for color. Remem­ber though, that with small bath­rooms, less is often bet­ter. Your color scheme can be paint or wall­pa­per, but if the space is small, a neu­tral paint or paper color can be used on either one wall, or as an accent on a chair rail. You can choose to paint a tra­di­tional white, and accent with color using var­i­ous dec­o­rat­ing acces­sories such as framed prints, shells, bas­kets, rug throws, and win­dow treat­ments to name but a few..
Warm rust tone of paint or paper work very well with plants in the bath­room, but choose plants that like steamy warm con­di­tions, and that can tol­er­ate the dif­fer­ent chem­i­cals. Some plants just can­not take the mousse, hair­spray, and per­fumes that are reg­u­larly used in a bath­room. It will gum up the plants on the leaves and they will end up in your trash­can. If your bath­room is large enough, you can hang plants from the ceil­ing, or put them on the back of the toi­let. Large gar­den style tubs have ample space on the rim of the tub to place tiny plan­ets, and with bath soaps and bas­kets, they look lovely.
Tow­els and rugs are impor­tant when dec­o­rat­ing your bath­room. Deep plush or hand woven rugs add a touch of ele­gance. How­ever, be care­ful when plac­ing rugs on slip­pery linoleum or tile because a nasty fall can be the result. Look for rugs that have a lined back­ing of rub­ber to pre­vent falls. You can coor­di­nate the rugs with the bath­room mat in alter­nat­ing or match­ing col­ors as well. Using dif­fer­ent tex­tures that match your theme will give the bath­room a lit­tle extra touch of warmth. Do not think you are lim­ited on tex­tures because when they are com­bined with a neu­tral back­drop, they make a bath­room homey and invit­ing to be in.
Light­ing is impor­tant in a bath­room as well. The first con­sid­er­a­tion is for safety of course, but when the room is not being used, night­lights can be left on and your cab­i­net tops could be used for a small lamp. Lamps can match your theme and so can your night­lights. You can dec­o­rate them, or buy them already fixed up with your theme. Of course, this all depends on if you have enough counter space, but it is a great dec­o­rat­ing idea for a theme.
Towel racks are another way to piz­zazz up your bath­room. Dec­o­ra­tive racks with col­or­ful tow­els make a bath­room stand out. You can find towel racks in dif­fer­ent shades of wood, bronze, sil­ver or gold. Many folks paint their own wooden racks, and match their bas­kets and pic­ture frames with them.
Finally, take time and read a few dec­o­rat­ing books on bath­rooms. Look at their designs and see the many dif­fer­ent ways to theme your bath­room. Use their designs for inspi­ra­tion so your own cre­ative juices will get flow­ing. It is okay to be uniquely you when dec­o­rat­ing your bath­room, so go for it! You will never know what other themes take your fancy until you check them out when try­ing to dec­o­rate your bath­room at home.

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