Designing and maintaining a minimalist bathroom can be a thrilling challenge as to call one a minimalist design, it must be characterized by simplicity, clarity, and a reduction of elements to their essential forms.
When planning to design a minimalist bathroom, there are certain rules that you need to keep in mind. First, mind your color palette. Whites, grays, and earth tones work well in minimalist designs like this bathroom.
Simplicity is the key phrase when doing minimalist spaces. Think of clean lines, straight lines and simple shares in your bathroom fixtures. This means you will have to let go of excessive embellishments and go for sleek bathroom fixtures like minimalist style faucets, sinks, and mirrors. The bathroom example displays those examples as it stuck to the basics with its no nonsense black bathroom fixtures of faucets and knobs and even its shower head fixture did not have unnecessary accessories.
Storage was also kept to a minimum as it was designed to just have the basic bathroom essentials: A few towels, spare toiletries, just enough to fit in the bathroom storage cabinet.
The lighting also adhered to the minimalist rule as it only used recessed lighting strategically placed in parts for the ceiling for ample amount of illumination. Other options you can use for bathroom lighting are pendant lights, flush mount or semi-flush mount ceiling lights, wall sconces, and dimmers but remember to just choose one and make sure it is not too many to avoid looking cluttered. Choose ones that give both function and visual appeal in your bathroom.
If you want to add a decorative element, keep it to a minimum. This bathroom used one small potted indoor plant to add color and character in the bathroom. Notice how it did not obstruct the view of the mirror and there are no other elements hanging around the area. Practicing minimalism also means making a conscious effort to be clutter-free. So make sure to store your toiletries in the storage cabinets below the sink after use and especially when not in use and regularly keep your bathroom walls and floor clean and sparkly.
As they say, less is more, especially when it comes to minimalism, so when you feel like you are about to pile stuff again, remember to go back to this thought to maintain your bathroom’s minimalist look.
