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Making one of the smallest rooms in the apartment – the toilet – is far from the easiest task. It is necessary to use even the smallest area optimally, placing, if possible, also a small sink. At the same time, the design of the toilet consists not only of the choice of finishing material, but also the development of the design of walls, floors, ceilings, and lighting.
Finishing materials
Since the toilet is a room that requires frequent cleaning with detergents, the requirements for finishing materials are high. They should wash well, not be afraid of water, not absorb odors, have a long service life and not change color for a long time. There are not many such materials. Most often it is ceramic, marble tile or porcelain stoneware.
Separately, it is worth highlighting the mosaic. These small squares look completely different. With the right combination with normal format tiles, you can get many interesting options.
There is another material that appeared a few years ago. These are decorative plasters. They are of different types with different characteristics. They are also water-repellent, and many of them can be washed many times with brushes. They look modern and last for years. They are applied to the leveled walls with special spatulas / spatulas made of plastic. The disadvantage of this type of finish for the toilet is the high price. Another unpleasant moment: there are few specialists who can lay decorative plasters at a fairly high level. It seems that there is nothing complicated, but without experience there are many “jambs” – visible seams, poorly ground components, irregularities, etc.
There is a more budget option – finishing with plastic panels. Of course, it is not as durable as tile, but it also costs much less, and it is much easier and faster to install. If you’re looking for an inexpensive option, this is it.
Another cheap way to finish the toilet is to paste the walls with washable wallpaper. But the durability of such a coating is relatively small, and the prices cannot be said to be so low. In this case, there is a good way – to combine plastic panels and wallpaper: trim the lower part with plastic – to a height of about 1,5 m, and paste over the rest of the space with wallpaper.
Color choice and design
When choosing a color scheme for finishing the toilet, one must proceed from the general design of the apartment. In principle, the design of the toilet should not fall out of the overall concept. But every time you change the tiles in the toilet after the wallpaper has been re-pasted, no one will definitely. Therefore, neutral tones are often used – white, beige gray. They are diluted with accessories to match the basic design of the apartment. It turns out a universal option.
When choosing a tone – light-dark – they first of all look at the size of the room. In most apartments, the toilet is small – 2 square meters. m, maximum – 3 sq. m. This does not complicate the situation too much – a similar situation occurs often, solutions are known and worked out.
For a small toilet, light tiles or a combination are more suitable. It is desirable to do the combination like this: dark bottom, light top. Such a division is not fashionable, but it visually makes the room much wider and more spacious. Look at the photo. The red and white toilet seems much wider than in beige tones, although in fact they are the same.
Horizontal division gives another effect: a clear line, as it were, “falls apart” the walls to the sides, lowering the ceiling. In a narrow and high room, this is the desired effect. If you don’t like this toilet design – with a clear division – at all, do something similar, modifying the idea. For example, as in the photo below.
Same idea, different execution. The combination of black and beige is not as bright as with white, but it is more pleasant for the eyes. The separation is also horizontal, but it is not on the same level, besides, the zebra-like tiles on the sides distract attention, also optically “pushing” the walls to the sides.
Two more photo examples. In the right picture, the wall farthest from the entrance has a dark color and a dark stripe runs along the sides. Visually, the strip pushes the walls apart, but the dark distant wall becomes, as it were, even further. In this case, it’s not the best solution. It will look better if this wall is lighter than the side ones.
The design of the toilet in the standard apartment in the photo on the left was made using several techniques. The first is the horizontal division of the far wall, which visually brings it closer. The second is the vertical stripes on the side walls, which serve the same purpose: to make the room more square, at least visually.
Another way to visually make the room not so high is to lay several rows of tiles on the walls that were used on the floor. It looks good, creating the illusion of lower ceilings.
Interesting vertical stripes. Manufacturers of ceramic tiles also began to produce it in collections (as well as wallpaper), to make it easier to combine. All of their elements blend well with each other, you just need to decide how many different types you will use – two, three or four. Some options for finishing the toilet with ceramic tiles can be seen in the photo.
As you understand, it is impossible to imagine all toilet design options. There are too many options and variations, but we have outlined the main trends and methods.
Location of plumbing
As you have seen, in many toilets, even small ones, they try to put a small washbasin. Fortunately, plumbing comes in different shapes and sizes. For toilets, so-called mini-options are used. Their depth can be – 20-30 cm, there are straight and angular ones, so, if desired, you can find an option for a variety of conditions.
Consider the most typical ways to locate the sink in the toilet. If the doors are arranged so that one of the walls is a little larger, you can put the sink on this wall. The toilet in this case is traditionally located – closer to the opposite wall.
With the same layout, you can choose another option – put a toilet (if desired and possible, and a bidet) along a long wall, and place a mini-sink in the corner.
Just keep in mind that the width of the passage must be at least 60 cm. Otherwise, it will be very inconvenient. This means that such an option for the location of plumbing can be implemented if the width of the toilet room is at least 1,2 m.
You can pick up plumbing for a very narrow and small toilet, with an area of u2buXNUMXbno more than XNUMX square meters. m. There are models of toilet bowls that can be placed in a corner. It can be perfectly combined with a corner sink.
Color and type
In most cases, plumbing is chosen in white. But maybe it is of different colors: red, black, pink, etc. Another thing is that colored toilet bowls or sinks are supplied mainly on order, and you have to wait several weeks for them. But you can buy any color.
If possible, it is better to install a console toilet in a small toilet. Due to the fact that it rests on the wall, and not on the floor, it does not look so massive, it is also more convenient for cleaning. Its disadvantage is the high price. For its installation, a sufficiently powerful base is required, which is hidden behind a bezel. This wall can be made
- part of the height – to close the mounting frame;
When installing a cantilever toilet, the false wall closes the mounting frame. Pay attention – textured ceramic tiles are laid below – decorative plaster is on top - up to the ceiling, making a door for revision or installing a plumbing shutter;
Plumbing shutters in the toilet - arrange in the form of shelves.
From above you can make shelves
Installing a console toilet – video
The principle of installing a console toilet is shown in the video. The sequence of actions is clearly and understandably described.
Lighting in the toilet
Traditionally, ceiling lighting is made in the toilet – one light bulb, and not very powerful, is enough for a small space. But lighting is also one of the ways in which even a simple tile can be played with, creating interesting lighting effects.
You should not refuse the light source at the top, you can just add a few lamps in the interior. If you have shelves, make them backlit. For this purpose, it is more convenient to use an LED strip. Although it does not have a tangible effect on the degree of illumination, it looks good (in the photo on the left). Another option is to install lights in the wall. These can be ordinary built-in models, but they look very unusual on the wall (in the photo on the right).
There is another option – to mount the backlight on the bottom of the wall. It will be easier to do if you can find fixtures that match the size of the tiles and calculate their position so that they become completely. If it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t matter, but the tile will have to be cut.
The technical requirements for lighting fixtures for the toilet are standard – there should not be high humidity here, so you can buy any model.
Photo of toilets in an unusual design apartment
Let’s start with the practical part. In many apartments, the technical rooms are so small that it is very difficult to find a place for a washing machine. First of all, this applies to Khrushchevs, but other typical high-rise buildings rarely indulge in open spaces. If this is the case for you, you can try to install a washing machine in the toilet. There are two options – find a special machine – as in the photo on the left, or install it in a specially made niche that covers the pipes. Only the base is required a strong base, and the machine with a minimum level of vibration.
Now let’s move on to design delights. Let’s start with the floor. In recent years, self-leveling floors have become fashionable, and they can be made with a 3D effect.
The image on the floor can be anything, without restrictions. This expanse for fans of non-standard solutions and extreme sports … even if in the toilet.
Photo printing can be done on the walls. Images with photographic accuracy are transferred to ceramics. As a result, you can feel like you are on top of a mountain before the start of a ski competition, for example…
There are quite strange collections of tiles. For example, in the form of windows of high-rise buildings. It looks interesting, but how comfortable you can feel in such a place is the question …
And if desired, even ordinary finishing materials can be arranged in such a way that you get a masterpiece design of the toilet.
