6 Small Bathroom Decorating Tips Pros Wish You Knew

07.05.2024 - 13:45 / thespruce.com

Small bathrooms don’t have to pose a design dilemma. Although they may be short on space, a small bathroom can encourage you to get extra creative, flexing style and function in interesting new ways.

From tucked-away storage to working with one-dimensional elements like wallpaper, designers know the right tricks to help small baths and pocket-sized powder rooms live up to their full potential.

If you’re looking for ways to transform a small loo into a welcoming spot, you’ve come to the right place. We asked six design pros to share their best tips for making a space-pressed bath feel loads larger, read on for their best tricks.

Candace Plotz Design

It might be tempting to cloak an old tub or shower stall in a shower curtain, but consider this: ditching the curtain in favor of a clear, unobstructed glass partition can fool the eye by “expanding” a sense of space.

When you close off a tub with a shower curtain, you also lose the decorative potential of the shower surround itself. A bold-colored tile or patterned tile shower surround is a great way to give a small bath a kick of energy.

Design byAmhad Freeman

In a small bathroom, a good portion of your square footage is assumed by a shower or bathtub. With that in mind, it’s wise to turn the shower or bathtub itself into a statement maker. Amhad Freeman, a designer and founder of Amhad Freeman Interiors does this by adding lighting to shower niches. 

“I like to place lighting in the shower niche because you don’t need overhead lighting in the shower anymore," Freeman says. «It turns the niche into a prime place for spotlighting decorative items like premium soaps, shampoos—or even flowers.” 

Jessica Nelson Design

Storage is at a premium in every room, but