Bathrooms - great ideas for small spaces

Planning a new bathroom in a small space? Look for the latest in space-saving bathroom design.

Bathrooms tend to be the smallest rooms in the house, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be well-designed and inviting. Properly planned, small bathrooms can add a great deal to your property and you can still have the luxury and style you want.

Planning a small bathroom

There are lots of things to take into consideration when you’re planning any bathroom re-fit. Space is clearly important, as all bathroom suites have a footprint, and you need to make sure that you will be able to move round the bathroom easily. One of the quickest ways to do this is to cut life-size shapes of your bathroom suite out of newspaper and lay it on the floor. This will show you exactly how much walking space you will have between the toilet, bath, sink and shower, and allow you to move things around to get the best organisation before you actually start installing anything. Bathrooms are key places in our homes, so it’s no wonder that there’s a huge variety of products available to help you make the most of your space:

• Shower cubicles – if you don’t really need a bath in your bathroom, why not opt for a larger-than-average shower cubicle? Taking up less floor-space than a bath, but giving you the added luxury of more showering space, this is a great option.
• Corner basins – often used in cloakrooms, the corner basin is also a great choice for smaller bathrooms. Freeing up some floor-space and available in more than one size, a corner basin will help you to maximise the space in other areas of your bathroom.
• Wall-mounted toilets – these are becoming more popular in bathrooms across the UK. Whilst they take up roughly the same amount of wall space, wall-mounted toilets leave a clear space to the floor, giving the impression of greater floor-space all round.
• Wet rooms – these are also becoming much more popular, particularly with home-owners whose bathrooms are small. The design of a wet room means that you don’t need a shower tray and surround, which automatically makes your bathroom look bigger.

These are just some of the ways you can make the most of small bathrooms. There are thousands of bathroom products on the market, many of which are designed exclusively to help you save space, whilst designing a fantastic bathroom for your home.

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