Design of a small toilet in the apartment

A small narrow toilet is a common problem for owners of small spaces and more modern apartments. It is difficult to come up with something unusual and non-standard in a room in which even a seven-year-old child can easily rest against opposite walls, spreading his arms to the sides. At the same time, “small toilet” is a rather capacious concept, it can mean very narrow and low rooms in Khrushchev, rooms in which there is a washbasin and a little space on the back wall for a shelf, and latrines containing a bidet, a washbasin, two -three shelves or a long narrow cabinet. Photos showing bathrooms of different layouts and interesting ideas implemented in them will help create the perfect design for a small-sized toilet.

How to choose a toilet

Before proceeding with the lining of the ceiling, walls and floor, it is worth replacing the plumbing. As you know, light tones visually increase objects, dark ones reduce them. Having thought over the shade of the walls, floor, ceiling and accessories, you can focus on the colored toilet.

• Tiles in beige, cream, light brown tones harmonize with a cup of coffee or cinnamon color. The floor can be laid out with tiles imitating natural dark brown stone with white and yellowish stains. Onyx cladding, coffee-colored marble, brown porcelain stoneware are suitable.

• A toilet imitating malachite looks advantageous in a toilet in light green tones or the color of young grass, cobalt blue in blue and turquoise, red in white, beige, light pink.

In a room with a sink, both items must be replaced. A colored toilet bowl with a white washbasin in a small toilet design looks very unfortunate even in the photo.

Black toilet in a small bathroom

The black bowl looks bold and impressive in any case, but creating an appropriate entourage for it is quite difficult, despite the universal nature of color combinations. The standard approach - black and white walls, floor and ceiling - may seem too banal, but you can focus on bright accessories: shiny chrome elements of lamps, paper holders, a brush with a stand, a waste container.

For a change, it is desirable to include dark gray and light gray tones in the colors of the cladding, making a dark gray vertical insert with a matte or corrugated surface on a wall lined with glossy white tiles. The design of a separate small toilet with a black toilet bowl wins:

• when decorating walls with tiles in two tones;
• the use of contrasting and mirror inserts of different configurations in the design of walls and floors;
• a combination of the color of the toilet bowl with the tone of the floor covering - onyx tiles with red, white and dark veins, porcelain stoneware, black marble;
• additional hidden spot lighting of walls, ceilings, skirting boards.

Advantages of classic plumbing

Leaving the traditional white plumbing, you can create the illusion of a completely normal-sized toilet due to the well-chosen color palette of the ceiling, wall and floor tiles, and a competent approach to lighting.

When choosing a toilet, you need to pay special attention to its design, material, color, size. A floor standing compact white toilet with a cistern is a popular option for a small toilet. It harmoniously looks with any wall, floor and ceiling coverings and accessories.

The floor-standing toilet can be replaced with a hanging one - it will be easier to clean the room, and the design without a tank fits perfectly into the interior.

The toilet with the installation protrudes forward a little further than the device with a standard cistern, so it does not save space. However, this solution would be best if a water heater is fixed above the plumbing fixture.When using a conventional toilet bowl, it will interfere; when choosing a hanging model, the boiler fits organically into a niche. You can do the same with a washing machine.

How to choose wall and floor tiles

At choosing wall and floor tiles for a small toilet in the apartment it is desirable to take into account the following nuances:

• A square, rectangular or irregular tile should not be too large or small - it is better to choose a medium-sized facing material. Floor tiles may be slightly larger than wall tiles.

• The tile in the form of an elongated rhombus looks good. When you need to visually increase the height, rhombuses should be laid with an elongated angle upwards. If you push the walls - vice versa.
• The combination of medium-sized tiles with small ones contributes to the visual expansion of space.
• You can visually increase the height due to narrow vertical inserts of mirror tiles of a straight, broken or curly configuration.

• The narrow back wall, which usually houses the toilet, can be finished with two-color tiles or you can use a combination of different textures - glossy and matte, embossed and smooth.

If the toilet is located opposite the front door, the back wall can be decorated with mosaics, two or three narrow shelves with decorative lamps can be installed, or a light panel with a pattern can be mounted.

Choice of cladding tone

Contrary to the opinion about the importance of the predominance of light colors in the design of the interiors of small rooms, photos on design sites make you realize that dark tones sometimes create very elegant compositions.

• The combination of brown with beige, white, yellow, orange, honey, amber looks extremely successful. Walls tiled in glossy brown with matte inserts in one of the listed bright colors create an unexpected effect, especially when well-lit.

• The combination of purple, lilac and pink fits perfectly into the interior of a small toilet. The darkest purple tone should prevail over the rest of the shades. Not superfluous elements will be flat ceiling and wall lamps with matte lilac shades. Pink should be used as accents - decorative elements of ceiling and floor plinths, small inserts.

• The same rules are relevant for creating an interior in blue, dark green, black colors. Blue walls, navy blue or aqua floors look beautiful with white, turquoise or blue accents. Dark green - with emerald, light green, white, the color of young grass or jade.
• Do not neglect the gray tones. Pearl gray looks great as a base finish, which should be emphasized and set off with bright accents - light blue, white, purple, emerald green or orange.

The main rule of color smalltoilet - emphasis on spectacular classic combinations and a sense of proportion. Too bright and colorful interior - the combination of black with red, blue, orange, white, compositions hitting the eyes and nerves, quickly get bored, cause a negative reaction and irritation.

small bathroom design in white

Adherents of classic white or light interiors in a modern style should add variety:

• Decorate the floor with tiles under natural stone of valuable species, such as granite, marble, malachite, turquoise, obsidian, onyx, amber, tuff.

• Use decorative ceiling and floor plinths in cream, beige, yellow, green, blue.
• Mount a light panel with a bright picture on the ceiling or wall - a starry sky, night illumination of the city, a beautiful abstract pattern.
• Decorate the ceiling in pastel colors.
• Choose ceiling lights with bright flat or pendant shades.