There are many ways this spring to give a room in your home a makeover – often involving a feature wall adding a splash of colour, reflecting what’s happening in the natural world. And yet sometimes working within the confines of good old black and white is just what you need to create a chic and elegant room. This piece focuses on the bathroom, from the perspective of our team involved in bathroom refurbishment Leicestershire.
Bathroom design has so much potential – boundless really and it can be great to let your imagination run wild. However working within the confines of a monochromatic scheme not only frames your project with a dose of realism it also helps avoid the mistake of over-gilding the lily.
In addition, there is little as eye-catching as a well designed black and white room with matching accessories. Let’s start with these.
- Crisp, white towels offset with a sharp black edge can really look the business.
- Soap dispensers or dishes, toilet brush holders and toothbrush holders can all be found in either black or white. Keep consistent both in style and colour and they will add much for little outlay.
- For those blessed with larger bathroom spaces, you’ll have the luxury of being able to choose some suitable furniture – from chairs to benches. For the smaller bathroom a little black stool can work as a compromise. Soft furnishings in black or white not only fit in with the scheme but also add a touch of softness to what can be an unforgiving palette.
- All black is a real possibility. If quality matte tiles adorn the walls and floor and a nice matte paint is applied to the ceiling, then there is no reason why you can’t go the whole (black) hog, even opting for black ceramics. The effects of this wholesale switch to the dark side can be surprisingly therapeutic. There’s a fabulous all black tiled swimming pool in the spa at The Grove hotel, where the England footballers stay before matches at Wembley and it is a truly memorable and very calming experience.
- Black brick-effect tiled walls can look fantastic and fits in with the trend that has seen a shift towards incorporating the industrial into the home.
Black and white really are a perfect pairing – white reflects and black absorbs – which is why this combination can really yield superb results in the bathroom where bold angles and clean lines dominate.