How to Add Space and Height to Your Bathroom

If you want to add space, height, and depth to your bathroom, there are plenty of ways to do it. For one, you can make your ceiling a more decorative, eye-catching element, or you can use mirrors. You can also maximise the advantages of good lighting or choose a good shower enclosure or cubicle. Here are some top tips on how to add space ? and height ? to your bathroom.

The ceiling can play a big role

Many bathrooms today don't make enough use of ceilings to emphasize a certain style or design. But this is where you can be different. Rather than just having boring white ceilings, why don't you transform your bathroom?s ceilings with some decorative implements, such as installing a vaulted ceiling feature or installing trays? Even if you have a low ceiling, you can still make simple changes to make your bathroom look more striking. You can opt for a different colour for your ceiling ? a colour that complements the rest of your bathroom?s colours can make your walls look higher. Even ceiling murals can transform your bathroom, such as a background of light blue with some muted clouds (just make sure, though, that it is done properly, as a badly-painted ceiling mural could only make your bathroom look tacky or shabby).

Mirrors, mirrors everywhere!

No, we don't mean installing mirrors on your bathroom?s ceiling or all four of the walls ? we mean some simple statements that make use of mirrors to emphasize the illusion of space. You can opt to have a vanity mirror over the basin or sink to reflect lighting and make your bathroom look bigger, or you can even have some mirrors that are framed decoratively to look like artwork. Keep this in mind as well: the placement of your mirrors may have a big impact. A mirror placed across a window can reflect the scenery and light outside, whilst a mirror placed across a storage shelf or cabinet will not have the same visual appeal.

The right lighting can work wonders

In most bathrooms, you can only find overhead lighting ? enough, perhaps, to perform practical tasks and functions, but not enough to really illuminate the entire space and make it look bigger. You can get rid of dark shadows and corners in your bathroom by installing bulbs in the corners. CFL bulbs have a gentler yet whiter hue, and can save you money on energy as well.

Choose a light and airy shower cabin

The shower enclosure has a big impact as well. If you have an enclosure which is dark and dreary-looking, this can make your bathroom look drab and small as well. If you can, choose shower cubicles that have clear glass doors and a white colour so it can easily complement your bathroom?s theme and make your bathroom look larger and airier as well.